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COPD

Chaz70

Chaz70 Member Posts: 1 Listener

February 2018 edited February 2018 in Dating, sex, and relationships

COPD is not romantic and very embarrassing when in company and the coughing starts .

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CockneyRebel Member Posts: 5,217 Disability Gamechanger

February 2018

Hi Chaz and welcome

You are not wrong, can be even more so if you manage to go shopping and it starts

CR

Be all you can be, make every day count. Namaste
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Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,799 Disability Gamechanger

February 2018

Hi @Chaz70, and welcome! Thanks for sharing this with us; many of our community members also have COPD.

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