Tell your doc about this. Water retention and swelling of extremities usually means something's not right. It could be COPD related, but it could also be heart issues. You need to get it checked out.

I have the same problem. I take a furosemide pill every day and I still swell at times. Try and watch the salt also.

Hi Donna,
I have not noticed this on my body, but I can see that if one is sensitive as you appear to be you would notice any change, I might well have water retention at times and thought it was part of the crohns disease I also have.
Please enjoy your day.
Breath easy.
God bless.
Peter x

Taken from this source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15510711

Water retention and hyponatraemia are typically observed in the final stages of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the onset of edema is a poor prognostic factor. For several years the pathogenesis of edema in COPD patients was attributed to heart impairment because of pulmonary hypertension, but the evidence that cardiac output is often adequate for the metabolic demands has suggested, since 1960, that the pathogenesis of edema in these patients would be correlated with gas exchange impairment and in particular with carbon dioxide (CO2) retention. The gas exchange impairment induces, in these patients several hormonal abnormalities: renin (Rn), angiotensin II (AnII), aldosterone (Ald), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), vasopressin (ADH) and endothelial factors are some of the factors involved. The systemic response to hypercapnia has the effect of reducing the renal blood flow and, as a result, increasing water and sodium retention with the final effect of edema and hyponatraemia. The aim of this brief review is to highlight the current knowledge on renal/hormonal abnormalities in COPD and their therapeutic implications.

My ankles swell when I sit for long periods of time...like 3 1/2 hours at a bridge or Mahjongg Table...need to remind myself to get up hourly and walk aroumd...I wear support stockings and that helps a lot when I know I'm going to be sitting for an afternoon or take a flight.