Archive | December 30, 2008

That was a close call

Filed under Asthma, Asthma exacerbations by Stephen on December 30, 2008 at 9:10 pm {one comment}

That last flare up was a bit too close for comfort. With the speed at which my PF’s and sats were dropping, I’m really lucky I didn’t crash and burn. On Monday afternoon I finally turned the corner and now I think I’m out of the danger zone. I have a much better handle on [...]

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I eat 10 milers for Breakfast

Filed under Asthma, My Cats, Walking, Winston by Stephen on December 29, 2008 at 5:00 am {4 comments}

Today I did my first 11 miler (actually 10.8) of this training session and I think it went pretty well. I did a combination of regular walking and slow racewalking , finishing in just under 3 hours , which is just about right for this distance on a slow walk. My body has become so [...]

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Christmas Kitties

Filed under My Cats by Stephen on December 24, 2008 at 11:57 pm {5 comments}

My kids .. Happy Holidays! Related Posts:Happy Holidays!My stress reliever Canadian style lunch with a cat from outer spaceKeeping the dust out.It’s official

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Marathon training starts now

Filed under Asthma, Exercise&Fitness, Fitness Walking, Marathon Training, People, Places and Events, Racewalking, San Francisco, Walking by Stephen on December 22, 2008 at 4:19 pm {no comments}

With my health kinda all over the place and now with the crummy weather , it’s been really tough to set an official start date for the Rome marathon training. Well, on Saturday morning in between storms ,I finally took the plunge and completed my first semi long slow distance training walk of the season. [...]

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Decision Time Again

Filed under Asthma, Italy, Marathon Training, Marathon walking, Marathons, People, Places and Events, Rome, Walking by Stephen on December 17, 2008 at 5:37 pm {2 comments}

With the Rome marathon training window rapidly narrowing (not to mention the availability of airline tickets to Italy in March), I need to make a decision soon, as to whether or not I’m actually going to do the marathon this year. I’m already registered, but saying I wanna do it, and actually committing to it, [...]

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La Befana

Filed under Italian Language, Italy, People, Places and Events, Rome by Stephen on December 13, 2008 at 10:56 pm {2 comments}

Boy….How time flies ! Seems like I just started this class, but the semester is already over, and today I graduated from the first grade!

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RT/Asthmatic/Patient

Filed under Asthma, Asthma hospitalization, Nebulizer treatments, Respiratory Therapist, Respiratory Therapy by Stephen on December 9, 2008 at 3:08 pm {6 comments}

All this buzz about inhalers ,nebulizers and hospitals , got me to thinking of various situations, in which Ive been involved. Not always practicing what I preach. As I’m sureHeliox . As is pretty typical, they kept me on the continuous neb for about 96 hours. That’s’ around 736 Albuterol treatments in just a 4 [...]

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Needle in a haystack

Filed under Inspiration, Italy, Marathon Training, Marathon walking, Marathons, People, Places and Events, Rome, Walking by Stephen on December 4, 2008 at 4:44 pm {3 comments}

What are the chances you could re-connect with a person you only met for a few hours while in a sea of 75,000 other runners, in a foreign country, that you never exchanged addresses with , or for that matter even spoke the same language? The only thing I knew was his first name…Giuseppi This [...]

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