Nice to hear from you Tinky and l am sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and don't be silly as any diagnosis of any disease is going to get anybody down to start off with and l just hope you are not suffering too much currently.
The strange thing is when l was diagnosed l was actually pretty happy as l had gone on for quite a few years without any diagnosis even though l was telling doctors there was a serious problem but alas l had to wait about 7 years before l was finally diagnosed and by that time significant irreparable damage had been done to my heart muscle.