Living

Two years ago I wrote a post titled, “Things not to say to someone with asthma.” That post was well received by this community. Many of you commented. You shared...

In the Loews hotel lobby in Philadelphia, I had a realization. I was surrounded by five other health advocates and a bunch of other random people. The problem with realizations...

Let’s be honest here: having asthma can be stressful. There’s that whole not being able to breathe right thing, which is stressful enough, but then there are the triggers, being...

Life doesn't always go as planned. Especially when you have asthma. Or kids with asthma. As a mom to 3 grown children with asthma (who were hospitalized 12 times when...

We often talk about allergies and asthma in the same breath, but the truth is, they're not always connected. Still, about 60% of the 25 million people in the U.S...

In mid-March I was in Orlando with my parents. We somehow got a hotel room on the seventeenth floor which was lodged between the elevator and the laundry room on...

As asthmatics, we have a lot to keep track of. Our symptoms, flare-ups, triggers, peak flows, medications, rescue inhaler usage and the list goes on and on. I am a...

I don’t have allergic asthma. I have been tested for everything under the sun multiple times. Yet I still have severe asthma. My triggers tend to be more along the...

I’m writing this as I sit in the hospital with Family Member. We got a call that Family Member was not doing well and was in the Emergency Department. So...

So, it’s neat to see all the places people keep their inhalers when they’re out and about. As a guy, I usually keep mine in my work bag or my...

A lot of times people get confused when differentiating between signs and symptoms. There is a difference and I wanted to take some time to explain the difference and how...

I had two wisdom teeth removed in mid-February. I was dreading the recovery more than the actual extraction itself, seriously. (This says a lot given my general dental anxieties which...

People who develop asthma in adulthood, rather than as a child, have a very different type of asthma. And now, a recent study shows that people with this adult-onset asthma...

In part 1 I described the inhaler color coding system. It was a safety mechanism. It was supposed to make sure you didn’t grab the wrong inhaler during asthma attacks...

So, in a previous post, I described “What Airway Remodeling Is." In this post, I would like to discuss ways of preventing or treating severe asthma caused by airway remodeling...

Ever notice that most asthma inhalers have unique colors? This is actually a safety mechanism so you know what medicine you're taking. Color coding was created when most inhalers were...

I was buzzing through the latest headlines on asthma, one caught my eye: "Asthma Linked To Infertility In Women Who Only Take Short-Term Medication". To be clear: I, personally, am...

I take stock of my medicines splayed out across the counter, inside a bag, atop a basket containing more medications. For once, the stars have aligned: I am close to...

Being a Respiratory Therapist, I am on the front lines with people who are really struggling to breathe. Sometimes I am also the patient as I also have severe asthma...

The time was quickly approaching, I was coming to the end of my clinical study and the many questions of what is next were coming to a forefront. These times...