an insight into my life with severe asthma, advocacy, awareness & research
No one likes pain and I mean physical pain. We do what we can to limit ourselves from getting pain or alleviate the pain we feel. A pain word cloud with some of the terms I would use to describe my life with chronic pain (taken from google) I have lived with chronic pain related… Continue reading Pain Management Appointment
For a number of years now I have struggled with pain in my chest from the years of severe asthma which has led to scarring mainly on my left side. There has been scarring building up in the pleural space and makes each breath feel like my lung is rubbing against my chest wall. You… Continue reading Pain Management
When I woke from the coma and not being able to feel my leg never did I think that a year on there would be no improvement. To be honest I don't think the medics thought it was anything more than temporary too. Over the year I have experienced a lot of different emotions and… Continue reading A year on from that fateful day.
After being seen in neurology I felt kind of positive. I was excited because I was going to be part of a trial for the type of nerve injury I have. I have just received the clinic letter which is eye opening and reading the findings just makes it feel so much more complex. It… Continue reading Struggling to stay positive
I get my medication each week in a dosette box made up by my local pharmacist. I take so many medications that when I am not well I find it hard to work out what I have taken and what I still need to take. I now don't need to think about what I take,… Continue reading Chronic Pain with Chronic Illness
2016 has been a pretty awful year. There have been highs but there has also been some mega low points so like much of the world I am looking forward to 2017 and to it being better than this year has been. January, I guess the start of the year set it off, after being… Continue reading 2016 Round Up!
I done a lot of blogging recently but it is because I feel things that have been happening are important to understand what it is really like living with difficult to control (brittle) asthma. Last week I have had such a good week and been on a high with the amount I can do and… Continue reading Brittle Asthma is brittle for a reason.
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!
I had so many plans for last week which had to be cancelled. My wisdom teeth decided to erupt through. They have been grumbling away for a while and are impacted so get infected periodically. It is only my two lower teeth that get bothered. Anyway once again they got infected and hurt like no… Continue reading Those dam wisdom teeth!!!
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