This is what I started to struggle with. I found I was making errors taking my tablets. I would take extra of some and not enough of others or vice versa. This caused me to get very ill when I became toxic as I was out with the therapeutic level for one of my drugs.… Continue reading When the drugs all get to much and mistakes happen.
Blog Posts
Small steps will make big changes.
Today has been one of those days where bits and pieces happened and the end result should make a huge difference. Today was a particularly bad day breathing wise. I knew I was starting late for work as I was due time back but nebbing hourly from 5am was not the way I planned to… Continue reading Small steps will make big changes.
Hospital Targets
A friend recently wrote a post about breaching a hospital time and therefore became one of the statistics. I have been in this situation to and it was for exactly the same reason why I breached a hospital target time and reduced their good statistics!!! The press focus so much on hospitals missing targets and… Continue reading Hospital Targets
Weight Gain but not your fault.
One of the big issues I found I faced since my asthma became very uncontrolled and needing more potent medications is weight gain. I do struggle with the concept that the prednisilone I need to control my asthma is in turn destroying my body. I recently watched the documentary by Katie Hopkins where she basically… Continue reading Weight Gain but not your fault.
A question that changed my life.
What is that question? "Do you want to die?" Never a question you want to hear but one I have. It haunts me so often. Especially at this time of year. It was the night of my birthday in 2008 and my friends went to such great lengths for me to have a great birthday… Continue reading A question that changed my life.
What will 2015 hold??
When writing my post reviewing 2014 month by month I realised a lot of it was filled with unfulfilled goals. Hopes and aspirations I had made this time last year in 2013 but were unable to achieve this year. The glass half empty side of me sees this as a year where once again I… Continue reading What will 2015 hold??
Guest blog from Jo a fellow Nurse and asthmatic
I want to thank Jo for agreeing to do a guest blog. I have only met Jo recently through online groups but as a fellow nurse I thought it important to get her perspective on how difficult it is to maintain a career which you love and deal with very difficult asthma. Jo also has… Continue reading Guest blog from Jo a fellow Nurse and asthmatic
Review of 2014
It has been quite a year this year. So much has happened!!! January- I started working in the Community Dialysis Team and it has been fantastic. It has not gone quite as planned. I had hoped that moving to CDT would mean my health would be much better and I would be able to get… Continue reading Review of 2014
#inspiredbymillie
This blog entry is very different from any I have done before. It is nothing to do with asthma but is focused on another very very worthy cause and a cause that has touched the hearts of thousands of people. Annabella (left) is Millie's (right) younger sister. I met Annabella when I moved schools and… Continue reading #inspiredbymillie
Guest Blog from a great friend Dr Steph!!
This guest blog is from Steph. I met Steph originally on Asthma UK's online forum. We didn't know who each other were. I was Olive86 and Steph was disco dolly or DD for short if I remember correctly!!! We chatted through the forum for a few years and then with the creation of Facebook we… Continue reading Guest Blog from a great friend Dr Steph!!
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