Copd

[Bogdanie]

Hi I've had copd for roughly 10 years and finally decided to give up the fags but I have become more tired and more breathless

[Magpuss]

That's more or less normal, that's what makes it so hard to give up - you don't feel any health benefits for some time but they're certainly worth waiting for. You will feel the benefit in your pocket though so it really is win, win. Stick with it, you've made the right decision. Good luck!

[hypercat54]

Hi I gave up the fags in August last year and for the first few weeks felt great and full of energy. Then I feel back to tired and breathless again. I am feeling like you but the thing is it takes longer than a few weeks or even a few months to feel the full benefit as someone said to me. It will happen but give it more time. x

[mellyme]

So when there's a fire, all the beings run. All kinds of stuff came out of the house once I quit. The lungs had no idea whether to breathe or lock up. Open channels opened the dam to all kinds of polluted streams. I slept and slept and got dizzy so I slept again; out of depression at losing the most beautiful spouse that ever tried to kill me, madame cig. Stick with it. Start enjoying the possibilities.

xx

[Ergendl]

Please don't go back to it like my late husband Bob did, and get rapidly worse with COPD and heart failure and vascular dementia.

[katieoxo60]

Hi Bogdanie, well done quitting, it's never too late as they say. The feelings you have are normal, given time you will start to feel less tired ect If you start to feel extra breathless or more sputum go and see your GP. Take one day at a time good luck

[mrsmummy]

Hi Bogdanie and welcome to the forum. I don't know how many years you smoked for but it takes time to clean out the debris. Most find that their breathing worsens because they don't cough and clear as well without the cigarette smoke as an irritant. That doesn't mean you need a cigarette! Your doctor can help by prescribing aids to clear the mucus and then your lungs will function better. Well done for giving up.

[Yatzy]

Don’t let me discourage you, but my husband aged 70 answered the usual question from a respiratory consultant ‘Do you smoke?’, proudly with ‘I gave up ten years ago!’ only to be told ‘I’m afraid it takes 15 years to clear your lungs completely.’) But the consultant did emphasise that the biggest step forward is actually stopping smoking, then the benefits build up year on year. Good luck!

[Yatzy]

I tried to add to above reply, but didn’t appear, that he had smoked on and off since he was sixteen, so a backlog of 44 years to work at, unfortunately. May be greater benefits sooner for a shorter history of smoking, hopefully.

[Bogdanie]

Thank you all for comments really helps x