Living

Like most patients, there are a few items in my medicine cabinet that I have been saving for a zombie apocalypse or that failed but that I just don't seem...

Researchers now understand that about 11% of asthmatics also have COPD, and 10-50% of COPDers over the age of 50 also have asthma. When this happens it is generally diagnosed...

I rarely ever drank coffee until I was 40. Then, for some inexplicable reason, I became a coffee fiend, drinking 6-7 cups of coffee every day. Then I quit cold...

In May and June, I was a part of the Asthma Society of Canada’s initial launch of an asthma peer support program for kids called Asthma Pals. Asthma Pals, is...

I am generally a pretty positive person. Especially, when it comes to health stuff. I usually take the good, the bad, and the ugly and deal with what is coming...

Ever since I was a child I have kept a journal. Writing and being able to get my feelings down on paper is extremely therapeutic for me. When I received...

I feel like you can never know everything there is to know about asthma. For instance, did you know that you can get a collapsed lung from asthma and being...

I sit here sipping iced tea after showering off a morning of digging in the garden. I will head out to bicycle to a potluck supper with friends in a...

I’m mentally packing for my next trip (and my next trip 9 days after that, and my next trip 4 days after that. Life is hard, y’all ;)). In my...

I heard this quote recently at a lecture. "Patients are a multidisciplinary wealth of lived experiences and shared goals" and it really struck me. How can we as patients be...

If you saw my Why Having a Dog Would Be Good For My Asthma video, you’ll already know I love dogs. Big dogs. Preferably retrievers—labs or goldens—but you know, I’m not...

The million dollar question: how long should I wait between inhaler puffs? Like many asthmatics, medications delivered by inhaler are an integral part of my everyday. Also, like many patients, I am...

I’m going to give you an excuse to consume some more chocolate. Worded another way, I’m going to teach you the effects of chocolate on asthma. When I’m done you...

Over the month of May as we celebrate Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, we thought we'd interview Lorene Alba, a contributor and moderator here to get to know more about...

After a recent exacerbation, I have really found merit in my care team that works together has made the word of difference. As usual, I have a knack for getting...

My mom did not have asthma. My dad did not have asthma. My Great Uncle Howard supposedly had it bad when he was a kid, but he grew up, smoked...

May is asthma awareness month, seeing as you've found yourself on an asthma.net I assume you've heard of it. When I mention asthma people give knowing nods and often start...

“That’s just how it is,” or “because I said so,” are, in my world, not answers when I have questions. I am naturally inquisitive, and while I can accept I...

As more research is being done to understand different types of phenotypes, endotype, and genotypes that researchers are currently investigating, I find this pretty fascinating. It may just be my...

Last fall, we took a quick weekend trip to see grandma. My daughter had a cold but didn't seem too sick. She used her inhaler before we left on the...