Living

You might have heard that certain jobs or careers predispose (make you more likely) to develop asthma, or if you have asthma, may be more likely to make your symptoms...

I spent most of the summer of 2015 working as a tournament assistant with a local sport organization. On the last night of the biggest tournament of the season (the...

Neutrophilic Asthma is yet another subgroup of asthma. This one is generally diagnosed in the 10-15% of asthmatics who already have a diagnosis of severe asthma. It has an adult-onset...

Awhile back, a friend with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and I exchanged guest posts for one another’s blogs—in both posts, from our own perspectives, we paralleled the similarities and differences...

Today is one of those days, I am in a bit of an asthma funk. While taking my morning asthma medication, I let my attitude slip into that grumpy "Negative...

Whatever you want to call it, knowing and connecting with other people with asthma is important—whether that’s “patient to patient” “peer to peer” or simply “person to person”. Formal groups...

At a recent appointment, I was in the patient lounge which is an internal waiting room with very limited, to no natural light. At first, I was a little taken back when I...

Today I participated in two completely different phone calls, for different reasons, different organizations, but both related to asthma and patient engagement in the asthma community. It’s no secret that...

I'll be the first to admit I'm not a fan of New Years resolutions. While they can be amazing for so many people, I am not one of them. For...

I am embarking on a new chapter in my asthma journey, I am enjoying a stint of feeling well more often. I think one of the hardest things to deal...

While there is no cure for asthma, it can be controlled. This means that asthma episodes can be prevented, or at least made less severe when they do occur. Here...

Right now I'm standing in line at the post office. It's conveniently in my pharmacy, right beside the pharmacy counter. A couple of hours ago I used my pharmacy's app...

This (early!) morning, I’m writing from the Starbucks at the university. I’ve been out of school for two years now (and I’ve already learned this morning, that being a graduate...

For a variety of emotional, spiritual, and other reasons I've recently taken up a meditation practice. I've been doing an introductory mindfulness track of daily meditations using an app on...

In 1990, Jean Bousquet and company were the first to link high eosinophil levels with asthma severity. In 1999, Sally Wenzel and company were the first to link severe asthma...

I have been lucky enough to have been enjoying unseasonably warm weather for this time of year. Unfortunately, the cold stuff is nipping at my heals. We have had a...

I was in San Francisco last week for a national allergy and asthma conference. As a Certified Asthma Educator (AE-C), I want to be up to date on new research...

Another rare subgroup of asthma is persistent eosinophilic asthma. It’s a subgroup of asthma usually diagnosed in adulthood that is associated with a combination of severe asthma, eosinophilia, chronic sinusitis...

Okay terrible pun in the title there, sorry. :D While I write this, I’m cruising at 37,325 feet per the in-flight entertainment screen on my WestJet flight (I wish, like...

A story I’m proud to talk about is how I conquered exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB). As a kid, I was not able to exercise much and even had a doctor’s excuse...