Your stories
It took me over a year to be diagnosed with COPD but I'm one of the lucky ones
Anita, 60, was diagnosed with COPD when she was 48 years old. Here she tells us about her diagnosis and fight for treatment.
Your stories
Stress caused my father to have a fatal asthma attack at 54. I was scared the same thing would happen to me.
Anita has first-hand experience of the impact stress can have on asthma, as her dad collapsed and died from a stress-induced asthma attack when she was a teenager. Anita, 49, who has asthma herself, changed her life to stop history repeating itself.