The purpose of this post is to discuss some of the strategies I am using to recover from chronic illness – a contradiction in terms at first glance, when one considers the fact that chronic illnesses tend not to get better with the passage of time.
It is my hope that some of these strategies might be helpful to someone else who has just gotten out of the hospital, or is trying to find a way to improve their lung disease through exercise. This post will also deal with some of the obstacles that I have faced since embarking on my recovery, how I am overcoming them and what my goals are in terms of how far I want to realistically go with my recovery.
In the end, I am hoping to encourage people with COPD not to lose hope, because the discouragement that comes with fighting for your every breath can weigh more heavily on ones shoulders than a barbell loaded with 1000 pounds of iron.
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