As we go through life, we face many changes. Some are happy, like the birth of a child or the…
Caroline Gainer
Caroline Gainer is from West Virginia, the state with the highest rate of COPD in the United States. She was diagnosed with moderate-to-severe COPD in 2013 after a pneumothorax (lung collapse). After two more lung collapses she was diagnosed as severe. She has been very active with the American Lung Association and the COPD Foundation as an advocate for people with lung disease. She hopes that her column, “Life Tethered to a Concentrator,” will inspire others to live their best life with COPD.
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Articles by Caroline Gainer
Several months ago, I was selected by the pharmaceutical company Sanofi to be screened for a clinical trial called…
I haven’t traveled since the COVID-19 pandemic started. This is partly because I was afraid of contracting the virus,…
Do you suffer from emotional fatigue? I do. Mayo Clinic describes emotional exhaustion or emotional fatigue as accumulated stress…
What types of exercise benefit patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? In my opinion, the quick answer is…
I have embarked on a quest to reduce inflammation in my body, which is largely a result of chronic…
One topic in the most recent edition of the COPD Foundation’s Faces of COPD newsletter is staying healthy while…
I had not heard of the spoon theory until a few years ago when I was researching fatigue.
I remember my first outing with my Philips Respironics SimplyGo portable oxygen concentrator (POC) like it was yesterday. The…
Many of us with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) struggle with fatigue. I haven’t resolved the issue to my…