Last week after finding out just how damaged my lungs really are, the only thing going through my head was..WHY? All of the assumptions I had made about my asthma throughout the years, suddenly didn’t seem to make sense anymore. I was beginning to wonder if I really ever had asthma at all? Maybe I just [...]
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I’m a lab rat…. and proud of it ! Later today I’m off to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Sally Wenzel . She’s done so much to advance the knowledge of the severe forms of this disease. I admire her and feel like I already know her. My plane leaves at 11 pm tonight, and with [...]
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……………….Try saying that 5 times really fast. Before reading this post, you might find it useful to read the first two of paragraphs in the “Rick over at the Respiratory Therapy Cave, does a great job of explaining how asthma can sometimes turn into COPD. *************************** On Thursday I had my first appointment at this [...]
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Medpedia, the worlds largest health and information encyclopedia project. Well, I’m excited to announce that they’ve just expanded their platform by including a “News and Analysis”, a Q&A section and an “Alerts” feature. Read the latest press release here. Also in the works, and one of my favorites features, is a “Clinical Trials” search engine… [...]
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I don’t usually write about my childhood, because frankly, its too painful and because most of it is so outrageous, that a lot of people wouldn’t believe it anyway. But just for kicks, I thought Id share one of my favorite stories. To preface this ,I have to tell to you that I came from [...]
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Found this interesting and informative article about Dr Sally Wenzel, and why she decided to get involved in severe asthma research. It gets a little technical in the middle , but well worth the read. The more I hear about this amazing women and all of her contributions to the study of this disease, the [...]
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Ever notice the time stamp on many of my blog entries? I usually compose and publish them in the early morning hours…sometimes way before dawn. You know why? Because I’m usually awake at 3 or 4 in the morning. And why am I up that early? Because Ive usually had a bad night of breathing [...]
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As I mentioned a while back, at the recommendation of Dr Wenzel at the University of Pittsburgh, I decided to do a 3 month trial of Qvar brand ( beclomethasone) . I’m hoping that adding Qvar to my treatment regimen will have a positive effect on my breathing by reducing the number of flare-ups I [...]
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This is what a one month supply of my asthma medications looks like nowadays. Pretty scary eh! Related Posts:Asthma Laundry ListI’m a drug addictIt’s been a whileLife after the BlogLive from San Francisco….It’s Asthma Night Live!
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Just in time for Halloween! Some newly discovered horror show pictures. Last week while I was clearing out my cell phone, I stumbled upon these eerie photos that my partner Douglas must have taken when I was in the hospital this past June. If you recall, I was intubated for an asthma exacerbation, but had [...]
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Nothing really interesting going on since I got out of the hospital. Though Ive taken a couple of short slow walks, overall Ive been trying to let my lungs heal as much as possible before jumping back into a physical fitness regimen full time. Been spending a lot of this post hospital recovery time doing [...]
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