worsening of copd

[ukgb]

will my lungs deteriate to the point where I am gasping for air,.
I'm 42 and cannot face the thought of ending up gasping and fighting for breath at any point in the future,
my fev1 is 53%  thats 2.07 litres.  66% after reversabilty testing
my fvc is around   4.00 litres.
I'm 176 cm in height.
will someone please tell me , with average lung decline will I get to  point where I am gasping and fighting for breath.
what sort of age with normal decline could I expect to get to without being disabled by this.

PLEASE SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME,
BEFORE I DO SOMETHING TO PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY

[lynn151]

I had been to urgent care in june with kidney infection, then was put on
cypro antibiotic, better for 4 days after finnished the antibiotic, then back pain radtiating around my rib cage was back made my self wait tillend july, telling me that i just pulled mussel, then back to urgent care, no infection this time but lots of blood in urine, they susspected kidney stone, did cat scan and found emphyssematous in lung bases ,
also have been getting tired very easy, and out of breath, pain in back and ribs when trying to sleep very bad comes and gos some burning in ribs and back, How do I know what stage i am at, and why all the pain? please help i am new for this and dont understand what is going on? how do others deal with this and what causes this pain also joints have started hurting, i have always been trim,entergetic, now boom Help me understand? please Barbara female just turned 50 yesterday

[ukgb]

I just want to get into old age without gagging for breath.
I know lungs decline naturaly, I just want an idea if I have enough lung function to get me to old age without gasping for air.

[lynnkay]

I was diagnosed in Oct. 07 with moderate stage COPD. I am still up and functioning. Maybe not like I use to, but I am also slowing down, due to the fact that I am 52. Just eat healthy, exercise, do not smoke, get flu and pneumonia shots and try to avoid people that are ill. I had an uncle that was in the end stage of COPD. Docs told him he would live 18 mths. He ended up living over 8 yrs. And that is in the end stage mind you. As we age, our lung function goes down naturally. Even those that do not smoke. I asked my doctor since I stopped smoking, would I live to be an old woman. My doctor reply was, "I see no reason why not." And my doctor sugar coats nothing. I also have an only sibling with COPD. Like me, he is up and functioning. This is not the death sentence you may think it is. My uncle when he was finally dying, actually took some gasps of breath and was gone. Rather peaceful actually. I agree with the other posts. Use commom sense. And I promise you that you have years yet. It is a scary disease I know. I have been there and still at times I get scared. But enjoy your life. I am still going and so is my brother.

[ukgb]

I'm just so scared due even more to the 16mm bullea on my ct scan,

[allmymarbles]

Your condition is not very serious. Don't go planning your funeral. Using common sense you have decades to look forward to. DON'T SMOKE!