 [ Symptoms ] repair of a deviated septum septoplasty covered by health insurance [ Disease ] i have dealt with copd issues with my grandmothers almost my whole life the only things i can think of that your body would adversely be affected by are steroids and oxygen if they put you on steroids for your lungs and you do not actually have copd that is not a good thing they put my grandmother on prednisone which is a steroid anyway steroids like this can become an issue for you especially if you do not need them because your body becomes dependent on it oxygen is also something that your body will become dependent on if they put you on a portable oxygen machine or if they had you put one in your home and you use it constantly your lungs will become dependent on that extra oxygen and after so long your body will not be able to go without it this happened to both of my grandmothers and they both claimed that they felt better before they got on the oxygen than they did with it because they could not do anything with out it