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I need to get this off my chest -pun intended because why not- 🤷🏻‍♂

I miss my respiratory system before 2021

I want to borrow someone's respiratory system for a minute just one minute to cough this shit out of my chest.. It's been hours, most of the mucus is gone but the last bit is not in my wide airways yet? It's not even a damn cold. Most days the bipap device helps me cough it out but on days like today it's very stubborn, could be worse but my chest is exhausted already.

Also some days I nap (with the bipap. I must use it during sleep or naps due to having Sleep Apnea since June 2024) for a bit and my lungs push the mucus out on it's own or once I remove my mask.

-I just coughed some more out- 🙏🏼 it's almost over.

I refused to stay home earlier and went out with my friend despite this and I'm paying the price but idc I did what I wanted I won't always let this ruin a decent day for me I just say fuk it and I do things.

There is no real fix for COPD I have to adapt. Most people get it from smoking but a lot also just get it for other reasons. For me it's a complication related to Muscular Dystrophy.

There's a device I'm planning to get soon that helps get the mucus from the narrow airways to the wide ones quickly so I don't have to suffer for this long.

It’s also completely random I can be completely mucus free for a couple of weeks and I wake up one day with mucusy lungs. Today for instance I was fine till I ate lunch and the drama started for no reason.

I just wish someone was just there for me physically just to tell me I'll be fine and stuff but I guess I gotta tell it to myself.

To be continued with my digestive system next time.
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RosaMarie · 46-50, F
Have you tried a nebulizer? That was a game changer for me.
@RosaMarie I have one but it doesn't exactly work for me and makes me uncomfortable.
RosaMarie · 46-50, F
@PiecingBabyFaceTogether I'm sorry you aren't having success with it.