“After his diagnoses my case support worker recommended I attend one of the Expert Patients Programme courses for carers called Looking After Me – it’s aimed at helping carers take control of their situation and make time for themselves and their own wellbeing.
I was frightened to death of this business...now it feels better. I am in control of it. I am not on my own; there are other people out there like me
I’m not an invalid anymore. I have a condition and I have found a way to manage it and I’m pleased with myself, chuffed actually
I am more mobile, have more confidence and feel as healthy as I was years ago. If it had not been for this course I would still be sitting in that big chair knowing nothing about COPD
