I was diagnosed with COPD around 15 years ago, but hadn't really suffered serious side effects until recently. I am in remission from breast cancer that was diagnosed in June 2020 and completed chemo, surgery, and radiation in April 2021. I am still working through all the side effects of these treatments. It has been difficult to separate those side effects from COPD. It's likely that they can't be separated, but rather they have interacted to create another set of side effects. Anxiety has compounded it all. Last week the anxiety simply subsided, which suggests to me that it was a side effect of the chemo. A young friend who had cancer some years ago said that his longest lasting side effect (peripheral neuropathy) simply disappeared after 15 months. I am now on oxygen and am able to walk short distances again. I have to take the stairs in my townhouse several times a day, which is a real godsend. No matter how bad I feel, I have to sleep, eat, and do laundry on three different levels. I have finally found a good pulmonologist and will be undertaking a therapy course. I am 81 years old, so all of my alleles are struggling to hang in there.