breathing problems

In December, I was diagnosed with COPD. I was shocked and it has taken me this long to come to terms with it and write about it here at Lumigrate. COPD stands for "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease". The name of this disease is scary enough, and when I read the prognosis of living 5 yrs. to 10 yrs. from the time of the diagnosis, that did me in! I went through a period of panic -  not being able to catch my breath at night.  I have to admit I was scared.  I didn't even share the feelings with my husband or friends.  read more »

I got up today after having enjoyed a particularly good sleep -- probably because I had a GI 'bug' yesterday and was really wiped out. I took the day off yesterday and watched movies and ended the night with Saturday Night Live.  I woke up today feeling like it was going to take a while to shake off the dreaming and delicious sleep, but within a half an hour I was up and around, feeling rested and restored and grateful for sleeping much better and without medications now.   read more »