Bill, WOW, this is information I had not heard about. Thank you so very much for reaching out to me. I'm starving for information like this and feel like a fish out of water. It seems like I've googled everything I can about COPD but still know nothing about it except that it's a lunch disease supposedly caused by smoking. What does a "branch" of COPD mean? I'll look that up on Google. I went into the hospital one time for bronchitis and suddenly I have COPD when I tell them I smoke. I hadn't had bronchitis in over 12 years. i felt like I was just a statistic. But I realize that I do have COPD. But now more questions to ask my Pulmonologist. Is that the kind of doctor you're referring to? I do have a nebulizer but I also use inhalers. I like the nebulizer. Where would I go to get the breathing treatments you spoke of? I haven't been able to stop smoking yet. My worst monster. Have you quit? If you have, how did you do it? I've cut back a lot but that's not quitting or helping. I'm sorry if I'm all over the board here. I'm just so overwhelmed. When I look back, I realize that I may have had this disease longer than I knew and I just ignored it. Which worries me because I could be at a later stage than I think I am. Bill, I can't thank you enough for the info you've given me. There's just so much to learn about this disease and I hope my Pulmonologist will be patient with me while I try and learn what this all means for me, other than death. Like how do I live with it. God give you peace through your battle. Thank you again.

Shirley