If You Had One Asthma-Related Wish, What Would You Wish For? ...Let’s say you had a genie. Or let’s say you found a leprechaun? Or let’s say you found a wishing well? In...reactions9comments
Preparing for Surgery as an Asthmatic...I have a major surgery coming up in a few weeks, and as someone with severe asthma, I am already taking steps...reactions6comments
How FeNO Testing Can Aid Asthma Diagnosis and Treatment...Have you ever heard of FeNO testing for asthma? It is a type of test that was recently endorsed by the updated...reactions1comment
Do You Have Other Conditions in Addition to Your Asthma?...Asthma can impact your life in a significant way. Managing symptoms, treatments, triggers, doctors' appointments, and more can be challenging and exhausting...reactions29comments
Have You Been Excluded From Activities Due to Your Asthma? ...When you are living with a chronic disease, it seems that everyone else is always trying to monitor your activities. If you...reactionscomments
Do I Really Need Preventative Asthma Medication?...Sometimes I ask myself if the preventative asthma medication I use actually helps me avoid asthma flares. I recently had the chance...reactionscomments
Pet Allergies Nearly Killed Me And Put Me On Disability...When I first met Tom at a bar on a beach, he asked if I had pets. I said yes, I had...reactions8comments
Why is Animal Dander an Asthma Trigger?...My partner and I recently went to visit my dad. The visit was brief, but unfortunately, my partner had to stay in...reactions8comments
Why Do I Mow The Grass?...People often ask me how I think of stuff to write about, and a typical answer by me is, “I don’t know...reactions3comments
Impending Flare?...It is no secret that this time of year is a big challenge for people with asthma; late September is dubbed asthma...reactions2comments
What? You Take Your Inhaler Every Day?!...When I first heard a doctor wonder about taking an inhaler every day at the Association of Asthma Educator's conference, I had...reactions9comments
What's This About Hypoallergenic Dogs?...If you saw my Why Having a Dog Would Be Good For My Asthma video, you’ll already know I love dogs. Big dogs...reactionscomments
An Asthma Chat with Mum...When I was a child my parents spent a lot of their time taking me to hospital appointments. They looked after me...reactions1comment
Asthma Happiness...What does it take to make a person with asthma happy? For me, the answers are clear. Several times during a typical day...reactions16comments
Warning Signs Of An Asthma Attack...Asthma attacks can be triggered by so many things: trees, grass, mold, smoke, animal dander—and that big trigger—stress. Because so many environmental...reactions18comments
VATS Biopsy Considerations...I was recently going through my patient journey journals. I try to keep pretty meticulous notes, ranging from medical information to symptom tracking...reactionscomments
Using A Nebulizer: Mouthpiece Or Mask?...Last fall, we took a quick weekend trip to see grandma. My daughter had a cold but didn't seem too sick. She...reactions17comments
Update: Singulair And That Black Box Warning...Montelukast (Singulair) was approved by the FDA in 1998, although I wasn’t prescribed it until March of 2008. At the time my doctor...reactions8comments
Unusual Asthma Symptoms...It’s often said that asthma is a heterogeneous disease. This means that asthma affects each of us in unique ways. A part...reactions44comments
Understanding the Role of the Allergic Cascade in Asthma Attacks...I remember the first time I ever heard the term, "allergic cascade," was in the early 2000s. It came up while I...reactionscomments
