Information and opinions on health from gtyler651 at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/886545/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/886545/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/886545/index http://www.healthcentral.com/copd/c/886545/127646/stage-copd Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:27:29 -0500 gtyler651 My father is in the last stage category. He has trouble putting on his socks. He has very, very limited lung capacity and it sees as though now his ankles are swelling due to heart problems. They have him on so many different medicines that my first inclination is that he is toxifying his body. I'm not a doctor so I will keep that to myself. I don't know what I hope to find here, but I thought if anyone else is dealing with a loved one in this... http://www.healthcentral.com/copd/c/886545/127646/stage-copd