Yes, there is a certain stigma that comes with having COPD. Let me start by saying this. Smoking is bad, don't do it! (That will be the last time you hear me say that.) How many times have you heard: Did you smoke when you were younger? You keep getting sick because you smoke! It's because you used to smoke! You did this to yourself! Without finding a true cause, we will never find a cure." ~April Norman In ALL of the questionnaires, surveys, focus groups, I have participated in... SMOKING was the ONLY focus. What about those Alpha-1's? What about the 19 year old COPD patient that never smoked, or even lived in a smoking household? What about ALL of the other factors that COULD have been major contributors to damaged lungs? Allergens, work place pollution, public pollution... There are MANY other things I personally have had to deal with in my life that COULD have damaged my lungs. What about the fire? They were to...
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