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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 09/15/2009, comments (3)

How to Live a Full Life When You Have COPD

Yes, it IS possible... you CAN live a quality life, even after you've been diagnosed with COPD. I'm not saying there won't need to be changes. You have to accept the reality that your life will never be quite the same once you've been diagnosed with COPD. But that doesn't mean you need to give up on life, not by a long shot. Living with... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 09/09/2009, comments (0)

Just Diagnosed with COPD -- Your Three Next Steps

This is the third post in my series for people who have just recently been diagnosed with COPD. Previous posts have covered the emotional and physical changes that occur with this diagnosis. In this post, I'll give you some action steps to take to keep COPD from ruining your life. Action is the cure to just about any problem. OK... action... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 08/01/2009, comments (0)

Just Diagnosed with COPD -- Coping With the Shock

You've just come from your doctor's appointment where you were told some shocking news -- you have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, also known as COPD. It's an incurable, slowly progressive respiratory illness. Though you may have been hearing for years about the dangers of smoking, or noticing that you were getting more and more short of... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/26/2007, comments (0)

Now What? 6 Steps to Breathing Better with COPD

In my last blog we talked about COPD- what it is, if you could be at risk, and how to find out if you have it. So, let's say that you have, indeed, been diagnosed with COPD and are among the estimated 12 million other folks who have. Before we go on from here, you must know that you're already a step ahead of the others who have COPD and... Read more Chevron

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