Donations

[Robyn Jodie]

I just discovered that I haven't made a donation to this site in all of 2022. My apologies. I just donated triple my usual monthly amount to make up.

Thanks for this site.

[Betty]

Oh my! Thank you so much! It's been a rough winter & my budget is tight.

[Robyn Jodie]

I know what it's like to be on a tight budget. My budget has gotten "not-tight" lately. But I feel bad for missing January and February because I know how much difference even a little bit can be when things are tight.

[samantha1]

Hi Betty just too let you know i have sent you some  money  via PayPal. I have not been around due too acute Bronchitis asthma. How  Is your  health lately

[Betty]

Thank you so much. Sorry for the delay. I've been having an extra nasty bout with my COPD this past week, so really haven't had a chance to spend much time here. I have been visiting the servers for the sites to keep them maintained & make sure security is updated almost daily. But when you're desperately gasping for air, in a panic, feeling like you're gonna drown or die a lot, it's hard to get anything done.

Oh my, acute Bronchitis asthma is a type of COPD. When were you diagnosed? Do you need oxygen yet? If it's recent, you probably have a long time to survive. There is no cure, & it slowly gets worse no matter what you do. I was supposed to be dead by around 2017, but I'm still here, so I'm about 5 years past my expiration date.

I was diagnosed officially with COPD around 2005, but it didn't get seriously bad until after the fire in 2007.

Still on oxygen 24/7 at 4 LPM. Feeling terrible today & for over a week. Desperately gasping for air if I try to move around & I'm stuck home all alone.

At my age, the few friends & family that don't live out of my state, are either dead, or in a wheel chair, walker, or have arthritis & other problems so can't even make it up my stairs. I can't make it up & down my stairs either.

My sister & one of her friends bring up my supplies & help with some chores about once every 3-4 weeks. But they have arthritis, hip problems, & back problems, so they get up the stairs carrying stuff with great difficulty.

I haven't seen anybody else in person or got outside my apartment in many years. It's like being in solitary confinement in prison, except I'm very sick with COPD most of the time. Having a computer, TV, music, & cuddly cats probably prevented me from going insane or considering suicide.

[samantha1]

hi Betty, I have had this on and off since i was born ,however mine is not as bad as yours yet. And hopefully it will never get  that bad ,I do smoke and a have a chest x-ray  every 6 months and so far each one is  clear.

[samantha1]

I  have also got asthma slightly and i  have  also been on antibiotics  lately which has helped. Also i am 69 yrs old and also had upper  respiratory  tract infection.

[samantha1]

Hi Betty, any problems I do have is quickly picked by my Doctor and I get to see a specialist within 1 week. My Doctor is very good and I can see any of the 12 doctors on the panel, and why is there so many is because when any doctor come to uk they have too do an extra year for gp uk and my surgery does the teaching for one area of uk

[Betty]

Glad to hear it's not too bad yet, but at our age, you really need to try to quit smoking. When we're older, we're more sensitive to it, & it will hit us harder than when we were younger. Our lungs & heart are more fragile now, & all worn down.

Maybe you can switch to e-cigarettes, they're safer. Then from there try to quit a few times. They have e-cigarettes with & without nicotine so you can reduce your addiction gradually while still having something to puff on. Every time you quit & fail, makes it a little easier to quit the next time, until you finally quit for good. So every time you try & fail, brings you one step closer to succeeding some day.