Part of this post is one of the hardest things I will ever write. It will be reliving the most terrifying asthma attack I have ever had and the experience of the whole admission. Before I go to that I want to explain why I am doing this. As a coping strategy I block out… Continue reading Facing Fears.
Tag: hospital
Botched asthma diagnosis…
Nothing like the sun newspaper to come up with a good headline: I may not be totally accurate in my view that for a long time asthma was a bit of a buzz word within the medical world. From reading and talking to different people it appeared that often people would go to their… Continue reading Botched asthma diagnosis…
Great Expectations
Yesterday I saw my consultant in clinic. His secretary actually called in the morning to cancel it as Consultant wanted to have a joint appointment in a few weeks to finalise the emergency care plan that was being written should I end up in hospital. However recently I have not been really really unwell but… Continue reading Great Expectations
Guest Blog from Wendy
Continuing with the guest blogs this next one comes from Wendy. Wendy too suffers from more severe asthma aka Brittle asthma. I got to know Wendy I think initially through AUK perhaps and latterly on asthma groups. I think Wendy's blog was one of the first blogs I started reading many many years ago and… Continue reading Guest Blog from Wendy
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
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.
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
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!!
Your Boss, you, occupational health and asthma!
In this blog I openly talk about my asthma and how it effects me. The highs and lows and everything in between. One thing I am not so good at though is actually talking in real life about my asthma. I can do the factual stuff...what my meds are, what my pf is, my symptoms… Continue reading Your Boss, you, occupational health and asthma!
There must be something in the air
.....oh yeah it all that pollen. I think there is something bad in the air just now. So many of my lung friends are struggling jsut now and I too am finding it tough going. If I am honest I really have not felt great since coming out of hospital. I am finding I am… Continue reading There must be something in the air
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