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
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Patient Centred Care
I have quite a few different blogs in my head after my last hospital admission due to a variety of things that happened. Where better than to start at the beginning. It was the usual start= difficulty breathing so did I usual nebuliser treatments and thought I should probably call 999 as I wasn't getting… Continue reading Patient Centred Care
Protected: Experiencing an online/ real life troll….
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Spoke too soon!
I spoke too soon. I wonder if I tempted fate by getting excited about the recent success of my oral steroid reduction. I felt not too bad after the first few days after I reduced but I then started to feel not great. I can't put my finger on what it was exactly but I… Continue reading Spoke too soon!
Breathing tests every two weeks- every patients nightmare
For any asthmatic or any person who needs to be seen in a clinic or Drs surgery they will more often than not be requested to do some kind of breathing test. In a GP setting this tends to be peak flow measuring your peak expiratory flow rate in litres per minute. Pretty much every… Continue reading Breathing tests every two weeks- every patients nightmare
Dreams are perhaps coming true!
For the longest time I have been willing for the day when I really feel like I am starting to get better and have my life back. I guess just going back to the "normal" me. I always thought they day would come when a cure for asthma was found or my consultant tried a… Continue reading Dreams are perhaps coming true!
Understanding how stress can really impact on you physically.
One of the triggers for my asthma is stress. I often feel that I just jump from one stressful situation to the next no matter how hard I try to avoid it. I previously thought i was really weak because stress could have such an effect on my physical health. There are still so many… Continue reading Understanding how stress can really impact on you physically.
Clinic and next steps!
Yesterday I was a bag of nervous, full of fear and also there was a hint of excitement at what may come of going back to see my old consultant again. She knows me the best. I have known her my whole time since I moved back up to Edinburgh. It was a relief to… Continue reading Clinic and next steps!
All consuming
What do you do when everything you hate in life is everywhere you go?? This is what my asthma feels like just now. It doesn't even leave me alone when Im asleep. I get woken up coughing, wheezing and gasping for breath. When Im awake its the same. I try to blank the tight feeling… Continue reading All consuming
Feel like that duck…
Feel like that duck you see calmly swimming in the pond but take a look under the water and his feet are paddling furiously just to keep a float. Chest wise I feel that I am managing to keep the outside world seeing me as ok but when I leave work and get back home… Continue reading Feel like that duck…
ANONYMOUS-ASTHMA 