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A few years ago, the mom of a young woman I had provided respite care for off and on texted me with some questions about asthma. Her daughter was having...

I have struggled with asthma since I was in high school, but for the last decade or so, my asthma has become very severe and hard to manage. It seems...

As a seasoned asthmatic, there are moments when tough decisions become inevitable. It is a contemplation that goes something like this: "Should I or shouldn't I?" So, there is this...

Twenty-four years ago, our lives changed forever when my then 5-year-old was hospitalized for “breathing problems.” The respiratory therapist in the pediatrics wing THEN told me my son had asthma...

For months, I have looked at my rescue inhalers...and their expiration dates...and kept using them anyways. Months might be an understatement. Years. In fact, I have repeatedly looked at old...

If you have been following me for any length of time, you probably know that I have multiple health issues, many of which require various and sundry medications to control...

At my last job, I managed multiple webinars every month. After each webinar, I would carefully comb through the comments and suggestions to make sure the webinar topics were meeting...

Greetings, humans! I am your trusty inhaler, affectionately known in these parts as Al Buterol. Though my owner, John, occasionally opts for the simpler moniker of "Inhaler” or “My Inhaler.”...

I seem to have quite the stash of maintenance inhalers. I don’t always remember to take it, as I have noted many times here, and those missed doses seem to...

It is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season (again). I was just listening to a podcast called "Incubation," and the doctor said she dreads this time of year because the halls...

I go to the fitness center on a regular basis – when I am healthy, that is. I go Monday through Saturday and take Sundays off. I have a program...

Flovent HFA and Flovent Diskus, 2 common inhaler medicines to treat asthma, are discontinued. According to its manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), beginning in January 2024, Flovent inhalers will no longer be...

My college-aged daughter had emergency surgery last month. I knew something was wrong and first took her to urgent care for a diagnosis. A few days later, I then took...

I have mentioned in a couple of different articles that I have written, that I really struggle taking my maintenance inhaler. I do not know what the struggle is, but...

I do not use my nebulizer as often as I used to. This means my nebulizer and air compressor get stored somewhere. Sometimes they get tossed around when I am...

I struggle with anxiety. I was diagnosed with it when I was 14 years old. Add medical trauma on top of that and I am one big ball of nerves...

Rinse and repeat was all I could think about. I was nervous about this experience because it meant that I may have a decline in my asthma stability, but it...

I just gave a presentation at a national conference of allergy and asthma physician assistants (PAs). Many of them were surprised to find out about asthma home visit programs, so...

I was born in 1970. This was a time when there were asthma medicines, but nothing that helped me. So I suffered from severe asthma for most of my childhood...

There are a few medicines used to treat asthma that need to be stored in the refrigerator. Injectable medications, like Dupixent, Fasenra, and Nucala are just a few examples. The...