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My mother has been a heavy smoker for over 30 years and has emphysema and stopped smoking 3 years ago. A couple days ago she got very ill and lethargic and was turning blue so we rushed her to the hospital and it turns out she has advanced COPD and they have her on a ventilator to breathe. My question is how long can someone live after being diagnosed with COPD? She is 58 years old and i’m so afraid she won’t come home from the hospital.
Mike_T says:
I know exactly how you feel, I was in a very similar situation. I remember that I was so nervous at that time and I took it out on everyone around me. I didnt know what could I do until, thanks god, I found Smoke Deter. Now I can look back and laugh on myself and in the same time I remember how helpless I was. I hope that I'll never be in the same situation again
well, it all depends on how well she is going to take care of herself from now on. COPD has no cure. however, there are many different medications out now to help prolong the life of a COPD patient. she is still relatively young, but the heavy smoking for 30 yrs has ruined her lungs. what she needs to concentrate on (after she gets out of the hospital) is eating right, taking her breathing medications (treatments) her steroids, possibly getting some home oxygen…the doctor has to order that. and she could do some pulmonary rehabilitation. she just has to make sure that she never goes back to smoking ever again, b/c that will most definately do her in. kudos to her for quiting 3 yrs ago. that is a very difficult thing to do.
my grandmother was diagnosed having COPD when she was 52 and she passed away when she was 69. everyone is different and has different degrees of the disease. that is why your question is so difficult to answer. everyone responds differently to this disease. some ppl live very long lives after the diagnosis, and some live for a very short time.
i am so sorry that she is on a ventilator right now. it must be very difficult to see your mother like that. usually patients come off the ventilator and do ok after they have a good few days of rest. your mother has been expending a lot of energy just breathing. and she needed a break. that is how you have to look at this. just keep your chin up and pray for her. good luck.
Sorry to hear about your Mother. As you proberly know , copd is an incurable chronic lung disease.
With the right care many folk have a fairly normal life, others may need oxygen 24hrs a day . As to how long people with copd can live ..who knows. Its just one of those unanswerable questions .
no dear dont worry.your mom had a respiratory tract infection that caused her a state of respiratory failou.dont go in panic or qwestion like how long she servive but think how to keep her well..todays techniques in respiratory care unit so she will b weaned from the ventilator and get back home(with the god wish) keep her away from infection and u have to keep an oxygen bottle at home to use it in need…any time dear
I smoked for 48 years before I stopped, since diagnosed with copd. I keep contact with many others just like me.
Your Mothers future depends on many things, how bad her copd is, her attitude and fighting spirit among them.
Once over this she would need to stay as fit as possible, take the medicines (I’m on spireva, symbicort and ventolin), have flu shots and look after herself.
Encourage her, she has to fight.
I am sorry about your mother. I know my kids worry about me too. I am 61 and have COPD. I smoked for over 40 years……I stopped smoking one year and five months ago. My diagnosis was made seven years ago. I think I had it before that, but they called it adult asthma. I still wheeze alot some times. You usually do not wheeze much with emphysema.
Is your mom on oxygen? I am on it 24/7 and have been for 18 months. If she isn’t on it now, she will be when she comes home.
COPD is a progressive disease that cannot be cured. It never goes away. I guess because everyone’s lungs are at different stages and have different damages, you cannot predict death or time you have left here. Your mom would still be young enough for a transplant or other surgery. You never know.
It is a difficult, depressing disease to live with. You have to work at not feeling down. You know it is never going to leave you. It will get worse as you get older. You need a good attitude and a better support group.
Enjoy your mom. Make every day together count. Be patient with her. She will be home again and probably back in the hospital a few more times. Perhaps when she goes back to the doctor for her check up after the hospital you could accompany her and ask questions about the disease. You could get some questions answered and maybe some options.
Greeting, To the whole world……………
COPD/EMPHASEMA is a painful, silent,long suffering killer(BE AWARE)
I am 27 years old, and I just lost my 48year old father,on July 7th,20210.
He had emphesema/cpod. I wathed him suffer. i was scard,confused,and speechless.
There is no cure,you only have one set of lungs.
To whom ever may have this disease, I need you to be stronger than
you ever been in your lifetime.It’s ok to be scard,but you’re never
alone.To whom that may have a loved one that have this disease, be patient with
them, dont worry because time will tell. It took my father death, to make me
realize that ciggerts are my lifeline,i choose life,im currently in the
process of quiting(no matter how hard,it worth it.)sincerly,-a angle from God-
hello, I have a copd/ cronic lung disease called Alpha-one, a genetic disorder, I have lost most of my every day skills, some times i can barely sit -up, I have a nurse that comes in once a week to give me a infusion , it;s called prolastin, this drug is a protein/ plasma infusion, I was 46 when diognoised with this rare disorder, mt father passed at the age 51, his mother at 49. If these symptoms show up get tested, remember it;s a genetic disease, it runs in families!