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    Sunday, November 22, 2009
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    Are you an asthma sufferer?  Manage your asthma or COPD with great ideas from people like you.Start here.

    Connect with Our COPD Community

    Meet our COPD Experts

    • Meet Kathleen MacNaughton
      Kathi is a registered nurse and health care writer with many years of experience working with patients with COPD. Her mother has end-stage COPD and she cares for her.
    • Jane Martin
      Meet Jane Martin
      Jane is an accomplished respiratory therapist, author and founder and director of Breathing Better, Living Well.com.
    • Anne Mitchell
      Meet Anne Mitchell 
      Author of the award-winning book Give It Up! Stop Smoking for Life, Anne is also trained as a facilitator for the American Cancer Society’s FreshStart stop-smoking program.
    • Jim Christopher
      Meet Jim Christopher
      Jim smoked for 30 years before he quit. He is the founder of the S.O.S. (Secular Organizations for Sobriety/Save Our Selves) program in California.

    COPD Community

    • Create a SharePost
      Be a part of our community! You can write anything you like in a SharePost, whether it's a daily journal entry or a quick tip to help get someone through the day. Create as many as you want. We want to hear from you!
    • See Latest SharePosts
      Read the most recent SharePosts and see what our experts and community members are saying.
    • Meet Our Community
      COPD Connection is a community of individuals looking to connect and support one another. Below you'll find profiles of our experts who can help you through this difficult time.
    • Support Groups
      Need someone to talk to—someone who understands what it’s like to deal with smoking cessation or COPD? Joining a support group could be just the ticket to finding the people who understand what you're experiencing.
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