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Prevention and Management of COPD By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Posted Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 3:03 pm PST

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  • 1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Sep 08, 2008, 8:07 pm PDT

    i have a friend who is at this time in the hospital in bowling green ,, ky. she has copd, and is having a lot of fluid build up on her chest, and in her lungs, she's so weak it takes all the energy just to make it to the bathroom. i'm very worried about her. thank you for the information on this dreadful disease, hopefuly one day we can completely wipe copd off the map for good.

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  • 2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Sep 08, 2008, 8:08 pm PDT

    i have a friend who is at this time in the hospital in bowling green ,, ky. she has copd, and is having a lot of fluid build up on her chest, and in her lungs, she's so weak it takes all the energy just to make it to the bathroom. i'm very worried about her. thank you for the information on this dreadful disease, hopefuly one day we can completely wipe copd off the map for good.

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  • 3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Sep 13, 2008, 10:44 am PDT

    I have copd. When I first found out it upset and shamed me so bad that I had to use oxygen out in public. Mostly just sat in a lounge chair depressed. It has been a year since being told what I have so I am use to it now. Meds are expensive also.

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