My husband has COPD and he has a cold.

[magicarpet]

12. I have COPD too...

There are meds that help you get over the hump during bad times.

○ Echinacea - it boosts your immune system to help fight off ailments. Available at health stores, local drug store, or WalMart type stores.

○ Eat lots of vitamin C - oranges, grape fruit, lemons/limes.

○ You should have a hand held inhaler on hand at all times such as Advair or Albuterol. If breathing becomes difficult these help open air passage ways to the lungs.

○ This past fall I needed a course of Prednizone to finally get me back on my feet and clear a major respiratory infection. I kept going from bouts of coughing up yellow/green Mucus then almost clearing up then all clogged up again. This lasted about two months - then was given Prednizone to finally clear it up.

Hope hubbies breathing improves and cold subsides. It just robbes you of all your energy to experience this.