Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : I am a Registered Nurse, so educated in this.  It was abrupt because I couldn’t find a gentle way to approach it and she is here visiting me for 2 weeks.  She has smoked cheap cigarettes since she was 13 (now 62), she has audible wheezing from across a room, she has a chronic couch in the morning, barrel shaped chest and blue tinge to her feet.  She gets out of breath after short walks.  She says it’s “allergies” and she takes Claritin everyday.  I looked at her and said well you should go to the doctor and tell them your allergy medicine isn’t working very well and maybe try something different.  She didn’t respond.  I feel bad. 