Seeing as there's a decent concentration of old fuckers awesome vets on here, many of whom have partaken of dubious lifestyle pursuits in the past, or have been dealt a duff hand from DNAJesus, we really should have a thread where we can compare numbers.
I know there are some really old threads here about COPD, and some related to it but actually about other things - but if I wake up some thread from 2008 that had five replies, I'll be subject to muttering from the permanently annoyed.
So, I had my annual review this morning. I've moved to a working class, ex-mining community and the clinics around here have some VERY well attended (and needed) COPD support; I could tell the nurse knew what she was about.
I blew a 540 average - not too shabby for a 183cm tall, 60 year-old with smoking related emphysema in both lungs, and alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. The nurse is more used to folks who need help walking from their car 15m away; y'know - the blue-lipped brigade. When she said "Do you manage to get much in the way of exercise?" and I replied "I ride my bike about 200km a week, and usually manage a couple of 10000 step days a week", she gave me the "What are you doing here?" look.
Next appointment - this time next year.