Month: June 2014

Last week my granny was taken into hospital. We are now in a position that she is for end of life care and will not be returning home.Today she was started on a syringe driver to keep her comfortable.She has a bad chest and an infection caused her asthma to play up and then go… Continue reading My Granny

Im going through a period of being really fed up. I feel I am suffering and symptomatic most of the time requiring my inhaler etc but when I see my consultant she just does nothing. I am due to see the respiratory nurses soon and feel like thawing my toys out the pram. I cannot… Continue reading Fed up of it all

Tomorrow I have an appointment with the cardiologist. I am a bit nervous about this but also wondering what the point of going is. The respiratory nurses have already told me the result of the tests which I had done. They said that the problem with my heart and it racing all the time is… Continue reading Cardiology

Today I had the opportunity to meet and chat with one of the people who have been promoting patient involvement in research and the new research centre which has received funding from Asthma UK. It was a fantastic opportunity to speak to her and find out what she does, how closely she works with Asthma… Continue reading Research for young people