IN A NURSING HOME BECAUSE I HAVE STAGE 4 COPD FROM SMOKING.I NOW TAKE 26 PILLS A DAY,3 BREATHING TREATMENTS AND ON A BYBPAP MACHINE 24/7 WITH 7 LITERS OF OXYGEN.I HAVE HEART PROBLEMS,AND AN ANEURYSM,II HAVE LOTS OF DEPRESSION,,I JUST HAD A COLOSTOMY ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO,AND MADE IT THROUGH THAT,I HAVE BEEN HERE 7 LONG YEARS,I LAY ON MY RIGHT SIDE AS THIS HELPS ME BREATH BETTER,MY DOCTORS CANT BELIEVE IAM STILL A LIVE,I AM 67 YEARS OLD I AM BEDRIDDEN,BEEN ON DEATHS DOOR 3 TIMES,THIS IS A SLOW DEATH,I STAY ALIVE BECAUSE I WANT TO LIVE,IF I COULD ONLY WALK 25 FEET I WOULD BE SO HAPPY,GRAINGER HEBSHIE BAYPOINTE NURSING HOME 50 STY PLACE BROCKTON MASS 02301 GO TO U TUBE TYPE IN GRAINGER HEBSHIE THATS MY LIFE EVERY DAY...
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LIFE WITH COPD STAGE 4
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Lovely to meet you and welcome to the site. You keep fighting you are an inspiration to us. Take care and keep smiling. Love Bernadette 😳 xxx
U CAN C WHAT ITS LIKE ON U TUBE TYPE IN GRAINGER HEBSHIE, THANK YOU FOR THE WELCOME
Hi welcome to the forum . What an outstanding video and person you are . I wish you well in all you do and love the band that plays there. God bless xxxxx snake eye Wullie lol
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Brings a tear to the eye - we read about each other but rarely meet like this. Thank you the video is brilliant. Pity as smokers we would have dismissed your story (so similar to mine) on the basis "it won't happen to me".
THAT WAS MADE BYB MY GRANDDAUGHTER FOUR MONTHS AGO AS A COLLAGE PROJECT,IT WAS TITLED INTERVIEW WITH MY GRAND FATHER,THERE R MANY LIKE IT,IT WAS GOING TO BE LIFE IN A NURSING HOME,BUT THE TIME WAS LIMITED TO 5 MINS SHE WENT OVER,THERE IS A LOT I COULD TELL THIS IS A SLOW DEATH,MOST W/STAGE LIVE 3-4 YEARS,IAM AT 7
What an inspirational person you are having been through so much and still living through more. Sending good wishes to you. Xxxxxx
Hi Grainger thanks for your story keep on keeping on
Hi Grainger thanks for your story I am also stage 4 due to smoking I was diagnosed this year. x
BLESS YOU SO U KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE AT THIS POINT,I JUST WANT TO HELP SOMEONE BEFORE I DIE
HOW R U DOING R U WALKING
Thank you for sharing, I am also stage 4, me head in the sand for many years. Keep posting you are inspirational and bet have some amazing stories to tell xxx
THAK U AND I DO
Hi grainier thank you for sharing your story. I have recently gone from stage 2 to stage 3. You are an insperation take care. And welcome to the group. Xx
WATCH YOUR WEIGHT,EXERCISE,IAM PUTING WEIGHT ON BECAUSE I DONT GET OUT OF BED
Hi Grainger I have just seen your post and I have seen your video and pleased to welcome you to the healthunlocked site and where you will be very welcome I am pleased to hear from you
A warm welcome Grainger! Thank you so very very much for sharing your experience. I was very emotional watching as my beloved Mother endured so much with COPD too. Your resilience is quite extraordinary, and I commend you for it. Perhaps you could do further video updates, as I'm sure it would offer a lot to those who are in the same position. I would certainly tune in. Sending my best from the other side of the pond, I will be thinking of you. ....
THOSE R VERY KIND WORDS,THAT WAS MADE 3-4V MONTHS AGO IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER MY GRAD DAUGHTER MADE IT,I HAD WANTED TO MAKE ONE LIFE IN A NURSING HOME ,U NEVER WANT TO GO THERE IT SUCKS,THIS PLACE IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES,BUT ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MONEY MONEY,IFI CAN HELP SOMEONE I WILL TRY ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN IAM GETING A BED SORE ON MY FOOT,THATS NOT GOOD,BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WORSE OFF THAN ME
God Bless you. I admire your strength and commitment to life. You hang in there sweetie. Thank you for sharing your story. So inspiring.💕
That is such a sad story you are way too young and I'm very sorry that you are so ill. you have been in the nursing home for seven years?
Hi. I'm like you end stage copd. I also take 26 tablets a day nebuliser 4 times a day and bipap machine for 18hrs a day. I'm on 4 litres of oxygen and I am still walking around at home. I put all this down to smoking for years but we just didn't know the consequences then. I also have typed diabetes and angina. I put my still being able to get about down to my great medical team who really look after me any problems I just need to ring and someone comes out to me.
Sorry for the long post. Keep fighting and stay strong.
What a lovely treat having the band play for you, I love music too and sing in a choir - if you were closer we could come and sing to you 
Sending you warm wishes from Staffordshire in England. (very rainy at the moment, had summer last week!)
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