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I Find Myself Getting More Short Of Breath Even While Doing The Shortest Of Task Like Tying My Shoes. Its Such A Horrible FeelingI Have COPD

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Cornwall, NY
January 8
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If you bend over to tie your shoes, you will become short of breath. Try putting your leg on the bed to one side and with your knee bent, tie your shoes. You do have to change the way you sit on the bed to get both tied, but it works and doesn't require bending over.

January 8

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