Six Month Follow-Up Appointment Time...Have you ever had one of those appointments that completely slips your mind till it is just a matter of days away?...reactionscomments
Here’s What I Expect From My Asthma Doctors...I have always had good luck with asthma doctors. As I live in a smaller town, specialists like allergists and pulmonologists are...reactions17comments
How to Eat an Elephant...Asthma is just one of many chronic illnesses that I deal with on a daily basis. I will not bore you with...reactionscomments
Preclinical Trials for a New Asthma Vaccine...As we all know, unfortunately, a cure for asthma does not currently exist. There has been a lot of progress in asthma...reactions4comments
Nasal Polyps...I recently set out on a quest to gain a bit of knowledge about nasal polyps and asthma. I was identified with...reactionscomments
Unpredictable Asthma...If you are like me, you never really know when "the asthma" is going to rear its ugly head. I was finally...reactions5comments
4 Signs for When to Fire Your Doctor...You are the boss. So if your doctor is not meeting your needs, it may be time to move on. It may...reactionscomments
Cat and Dog Dander Goes to School...When my middle son was in 2nd grade, we struggled to control his asthma. He had been hospitalized a few times over...reactionscomments
Chasing My Baseline...I was sick in early December. The usual, it starts as a sudden tightness in my chest, and the next thing I...reactionscomments
Controlling My Asthma...My dad is dying of COPD and Level 2 respiratory failure. He is stabilized with oxygen but I have come dangerously close...reactions4comments
Temperatures and Asthma Temperament...Living in Southern Indiana, I am no stranger to weather changes. Earlier this spring, all in the course of a week we...reactionscomments
My Dysfunctional Way Of Remembering To Take My Medicine...I am 51 years old. I have had this disease all my life. And, yet, I continue to have a dysfunctional system...reactions19comments
New Inhaler Adventure...It is always a win when I have an interesting follow-up appointment. I have to admit that I was just not “feeling...reactions5comments
Pandemic Proved: We Can Be Productive Working From Home...Since being diagnosed with asthma in 1993, I have been asking for reasonable accommodations at work. Like so many others with asthma...reactionscomments
Chinese Food, MSG and Asthma...This is my recent experience from June 15, 2022. I hadn't had Chinese food in several months. Normally I'll eat half the...reactions3comments
My Experience with COVID-19 and Asthma...So, I'm a 20-year-old who was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma a few months ago. My Mom is a nurse. I have mild...reactionscomments
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Life as an Asthma Mom...I often look back and wonder how differently life would be if my family didn’t have allergies and asthma. Our family of...reactionscomments
My Take on the Long-Term Side Effects of Inhalers...I have a hypothesis about the long-term side effects of taking albuterol inhalers. I'm not going to use science here. I'm simply going...reactions7comments
My Experience With Lung Pain...As a life-long asthmatic, I have experienced lung pain since childhood in various severities, circumstances and symptoms. My lungs have felt most...reactions8comments
