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November 9, 2015 By Breathing Specialist Leave a Comment

How Not to Feel Isolated and Lonely with COPD

My patient tells me she feels depressed. She used to go to lunch with all her friends on Wednesdays, but now she just tells them to go on without her. “Why?”, I asked . “I don’t like to hold them up. I walk so slow now!  They say they don’t mind but I feel like […]

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