I promised so many friends I would email you about how to get involved in research and do the stuff I do but I haven't emailed any of you so figured I would do a post about it instead and then everyone can see it and everyone can get involved!! The centre I am part… Continue reading Getting involved in Patient and Public Involvement
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Do we have a warped sense of illness?
My last post about World Asthma Day I spoke about the barriers to reducing asthma deaths and the behaviour of asthmatics when they are in difficulty. I like to think I am a proactive asthmatic and will recognise when I am not well and when I am struggling but Im not sure I am. Its… Continue reading Do we have a warped sense of illness?
World Asthma Day
On Tuesday 1st May is was World Asthma Day. I normally do something during the day, or post a video etc raising awareness about asthma, how serious it is, how critically under funded research into asthma is. This year however I didnt do anything I just wasn't well enough, my chest was far from good… Continue reading World Asthma Day
Last few weeks
The last few weeks have been tough, far tougher than I ever thought and looking back on them I am glad to have come through them with only requiring review from ICU and not needing to go there. My chest and asthma control really hasn't been great mainly due a combination of different things which… Continue reading Last few weeks
Writing in hospital
I don't normally write when Im in hospital. Mainly because I don't feel well, my thoughts are jumbled up, I am a bit hypoxic which means nothing makes sense. However this time I did write and thought I would share what I wrote. "I hate having asthma. I have been here a week and I… Continue reading Writing in hospital
Explanation for lack of posting
I realise it has been a long time since I last wrote anything here. It wasn't intentional time just slipped by and before I knew it over a month has gone by and I am only now sitting and feel like I have the time, and concentration to write again. I hope now normal service… Continue reading Explanation for lack of posting
Reiki
For so long I have been battling my asthma and health. I have managed it mainly with what I would call traditional western medicine and have never explored the idea of alternative medicine mainly because my Drs or nurses have never suggested it and the one time that I did suggest trying something it was… Continue reading Reiki
Bad weather makes smoking worse
The recent bad weather across the country has hit everyone hard. No one has been immune from it but for me it hit me in a different way. Since the supposed smoking ban came into force across NHS sites in Scotland I have found it near on impossible to get into the hospital and then… Continue reading Bad weather makes smoking worse
Snow week: lessons learnt
This past week the UK has been hit with some awful weather. In the whole scheme of things around the world the weather was not too bad compared to the likes of Canada but the snow fall was enough to bring the transport system to its knees, shops ran out of food, no milk could… Continue reading Snow week: lessons learnt
PPI is so much more than just patient and public involvement.
I really cant believe that on May 6th it will be 4 years since I was introduced to the research world and the concept of patient and public involvement. Its strange to think of life without it and I cant think of what I did with my spare time or down time- probably watch some… Continue reading PPI is so much more than just patient and public involvement.
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