Blog Posts

I had a fantastic opportunity to visit Victoria Primary School in Edinburgh with the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research. The P7 class had been learning about asthma, how it effects the lungs and breathing, what can make it worse and also what can be done to help it. As part of their learning they… Continue reading Asthma Arcade

One thing I have found often and more so just now is finding those friends who really understand what life is like. I have a great circle of friends but there are only very few who really appreciate how I have to live my life and the accommodations I need to make. I have found… Continue reading Having people who understand

The holy men from columns isles With reverent step and show By cool green dale and still blue loch To others quietly go O’er lonely moor and mountain praise to their god doth rise Eagle startled soars aloft on dawns radient skies   Through narrow gap see shore and loch The voiding Norsemen pour The… Continue reading Rum- A History

Today for me was a day spent reflecting and remembering. Remembering the good times. It is the 6th anniversary of my Grandpa's death. A sad day but also lots of memories which made me smile whether it was walking up Corstorphine Hill in companionable silence only to be questioned by my Granny when we got… Continue reading Grandpa

Over all the years I have had my blog I tend to write freely, tell my story, sometimes it is a bit of a rant at things that have gone wrong or just being frustrated at my body not doing what it is meant to be doing or not doing what I want it to… Continue reading Its hard to write.

Yesterday on twitter I saw NHS Lothian posting about #endPJparalysis. I heard a little bit about it through the grapevine at work and around the hospital on the Tuesday. I didn't get to see what was being done on Wednesday but from the photos there appeared to be a bed space set up in the… Continue reading #endPJparalysis

I am really excited for this guest blog. I have been using nebulisers since I was in school. When at boarding school I used the school nebuliser but once I left school I wasn't on them long term until my asthma got a bit more tricky to handle and then you always needed a power… Continue reading Guest Blog- Evergreen Nebulisers

Today I had the most amazing experience and was able to co-present at the NHS Research Scotland conference in Perth. In the lead up to the conference I was so nervous and got myself  a little bit worked up. Looking back I had no reasons to be nervous or worried. I could rationalise why I… Continue reading When your the only patient #NRSconf17

In my previous post about steroids I said there would be a guest post. A good friend of mine Hay who also has brittle asthma and goes to the hospital in Southampton I used to go to has just had her life turned upside down due to the medication she depends on for her brittle… Continue reading Guest Blog- Hay

I have a guest blog post coming up soon from a good friend of mine who like me has brittle asthma but has recently had her life turned upside down due to the medication we rely on. Everyone has heard of steroids and the majority of people will think there is only one type of… Continue reading Steroids aka “The Devils Tic Tacs”