bebop;
I agree with what you said.....I bought the John Hopkins White Paper report on COPD. It is packed with a lot of good information. The one treatment that they stress the most is exersize, it is important to expand the lungs as much as possible. Sitting erect, walking properly, not just slaking along. Taking beep breaths for 5 minutes 5-6 times a day, eating smaller meals 6 small instead of 3 large. Never have a stuffed feeling, it affects your diaphram and ability to breath. Keep the nostrils clean, irrigate them everyday with saline solution.

Always have your rescue inhaler with you and get to a hospital quickly when the inhaler dosen't work. Avoid smoke, pollution and noxious odors as much as possible.

COPD is not an immediate death sentence. It can be halted where it is and if not it can be treated to slow it down.

Best wishes to all and live well through better breathing.

Eric