For Shirley Dwyer the tipping point came when she was sitting in her car trying to get her breath back after doing her shopping.
Diagnosed with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in 2015, an uncommon condition that causes lung disease, Shirley looked up and saw another man with a large oxygen bottle draped over his car, also struggling to get his breath back.
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