COPD

Don’t panic. My brother, a retired driver who’d smoked most of his life had emphysema. It took a while to be diagnosed, his main problem initially being the feeling of being unable to breathe, causing panic attacks which made things worse, often ending up in an ambulance. Once diagnosed he was treated with oxygen, started off wheeling a bottle trolley around all the time, not very convenient but later having an oxygen machine at home that he used for up to 15 hours a day when sitting in his chair or in bed at night, the rest of the time he could live normally, including driving, just taking it easy, carrying a small bottle just in case but rarely needing it. Eventually he actually improved enough that they took the machine away just leaving the emergency bottles, they used to deliver them to his home as needed. He took some precautions to avoid overdoing it, like installing a stair lift, and buying an upright car that was easy to get in and out of. He lived for years like it, when he died it wasn’t emphysema that did it!
As Winston said, keep buggering in.
Bernard