When my mother was first diagnosed with emphysema and COPD I was worried. I had worked in a hospital as a younger man and did not remember any emphysema or COPD patients getting better or winning the fight against these disease conditions. I began to research for a few hours each night but for over 9 months found nothing. As I watched my mother deteriorate a little more each time I saw her I decided to go with her on her next visit to the doctor. During that visit he assured me there was no cure for emphysema or COPD and that the medications he had prescribed were the best medical scien ...   read more