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[AverageOldGuy]

9. COPD . . .

. . . as you know, is tough to deal with.

I"m an old EMT -- retired two years ago after running rescue in a rural VA county for 14 years. Several COPD patients, knew them all very well, helped them through some rough times and flare-ups. We were 30 minutes away from our little rural hospital so our intervention was critical.

Glad to hear you are back home and I'm certain you will follow the doc's orders, keep your concentrator in good shape, don't let anyone or anything kink or obstruct your O2 hoses.

Call 911 at the slightest discomfort. In fact, if you have not done so, contact your 911 managers -- local poiice, fire, or rescue -- and have them make a note on your address that you are a COPD patient as well as noting any special conditions. That way, when you call 911 and we are dispatched, the dispatchers wil inform us that there's a COPD patient at that address with XXXXX going on.

Welcome back home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!