Sadly, I suspect passive smoking is enough to cause COPD. And persistent coughing is the first symptom - for a smoker it normally always means COPD. Often when you realise you've lost lung capacity, even 50% may have gone already. We humans are so adaptive... So please, do get checked.
That is awesome!!! I personally do not like German cars - but I love old Beetles! What fun!!!! The fact you where there with your dad is so heartwarming!!!!
Lol, I had one of those super heavy cars for my first car - it had been my grandparents’ 1981(ish) Chevy impala. A friend’s dad tried to turn it around for me once, so I didn’t have to back down his super steep icy driveway onto a main street, and somehow ended up flooring it into the concrete side of his house (didn’t realize he’d been drinking
). The only damage was a cracked headlight 
My late wife and I were at the Grand Canyon, around 2015. She was having trouble breathing and keeping up. It was the first time I saw that. I remember being very surprised, but she was really strong, and had already overcome crazy physical problems. She had brain surgery in ‘89, she had been told she’d be wheelchair bound by 2010 - she wasn’t ever wheelchair bound until her lung gave out.
One of my friends had an Impala like that. I don't remember the year, but it used to be a cop car. That thing was a tank.Lol, I had one of those super heavy cars for my first car - it had been my grandparents’ 1981(ish) Chevy impala. A friend’s dad tried to turn it around for me once, so I didn’t have to back down his super steep icy driveway onto a main street, and somehow ended up flooring it into the concrete side of his house (didn’t realize he’d been drinking
Oh god, Im so sorry, that must have been awful especially with it being so fast
How is that possible - to not tell the diagnosis to the patient
and even more, to start treatment! Unforgivable! 
COPD can't be cured, of course, but it can be stopped, and especially the symptoms can be alleviated.
My dad started smoking at 15. His dad, died from smoking when he was 51, but he didn’t quit… he is now 80 and has not felt well for about 5 years, but still alive. My wife was convinced she was fine because of a x-ray (that I still have) showing clear lungs from 5 years or more prior. However, the x-ray from when she “got sick” showed one lung was destroyed. Incidentally, the lung that was bad was the same side of her body that was on then downside from how she sat (laid) on her chair. She clearly was less active, and all that crap just piled in her lung, and it killed her.I wish you or someone could convince my mother of this!! She was a long time smoker, though it’s been 20+ years since she quit. But even though she’s had a persistent cough for the past, oh, 3-4 YEARS, she won’t do anything about it. Her reason - she didn’t like the doctor she had when she was pregnant (almost 50 years ago) and they can’t really do anything anyway
Driving in a Demolition Derby is on my bucket list. I’m always trying to decide what car I would go with. Something described as a tank would be good.
Any old volvo
That's so sad. As if medicine hadn't progressed in the last 50 years.I wish you or someone could convince my mother of this!! She was a long time smoker, though it’s been 20+ years since she quit. But even though she’s had a persistent cough for the past, oh, 3-4 YEARS, she won’t do anything about it. Her reason - she didn’t like the doctor she had when she was pregnant (almost 50 years ago) and they can’t really do anything anyway
The 68 Firebird, and Camaro we both pretty awesome too!
Any specific years you would recommend?
An early 70’s Buick or Caddy!
I'd say pre 2000, something like the big old tank estate cars they did.
I highly recommend at 2000 or newer ford crown victoria! Those cars are amazingly strong!!!
I need something I can play offense in
I am so sorry Brenda!
