"80% of Care is Provided By Family Members"...I had the recent opportunity to hear a wonderful speaker at a conference. Her name is Ai Jen Poo and she is...reactionscomments
What Is Step Therapy?...Finding ways to manage and treat asthma can be quite a journey. Often times it can feel like there are many different...reactions3comments
Guess Who's Back, Back, Back, Back Again... Primatene!?!...If you kept rapping along with my mini-parody of Eminem’s Without Me, please don’t tell a friend about Primatene Mist… unless it’s...reactions3comments
4 Reasons Why My Asthma Improved Over Time...Sometimes I like to speculate about my asthma. When I was a kid I had severe asthma that was poorly controlled. I...reactions6comments
Food Allergies And Asthma During The Holidays...This year, all of our holidays have been very different and very small. When it comes time to cook a "big holiday...reactions2comments
The Phone Call That Changed My Life...I was diagnosed with severe eosinophilic asthma in 2008. You basically go from living your life and doing anything and everything you...reactions1comment
Couldn't Breathe...In the past month, I've been to the ER twice. The first time, the doctor just said I had bronchitis and gave...reactions1comment
Childhood to Adulthood...As a child, I never really knew what asthma really was despite having it, and many times being affected by it. I...reactions2comments
My Life With Asthma...I always say that I was born with asthma because there was never a time in my life when I wasn't struggling...reactions1comment
Experience in the 1950s with a UK Doctor...First asthma attack happens at 4. At 7 years old - another asthma attack - parents take her to the doctors and...reactions3comments
Mold Allergy Has Made It Hard to Breathe...I had an apartment that flooded. The landlord never cleaned it up. Good after a few weeks. I was coughing a lot...reactions2comments
Asthma's Impact...Asthma has impacted my daily life for as long as I can remember. I always had to be careful about going outside...reactions1comment
Tell Me More About This Clinical Trial Stuff...I am often asked about what it is like to be in a clinical trial. Why did I choose to participate and...reactionscomments
Asthma Anniversary Reflections...I have an upcoming asthma anniversary which made me think about how far I have come and what a weird and wacky...reactions3comments
There Is Always That One Trigger......Over the last couple of weeks, I have been dealing with lots of triggers. I am generally excellent at minimizing exposure to...reactions1comment
New Adventures, New Biologic...The time is quickly approaching, in just 5 days, I will be receiving my first injection of a new biologic that I...reactionscomments
Delayed Diagnosis...I was formally diagnosed in high school, but after asking about symptoms, my doctor figured out that I actually had asthma since...reactions7comments
Early Problem, Still Going...My lungs started showing problems since I was 3 years old. I don't even remember having healthy lungs, my entire life I've...reactions1comment
Late Bloomer...I am 62 years old and I started having severe asthma symptoms about twenty years ago. The problem was that no one...reactions2comments
Asthma Changes Everything...I had gotten adult-onset asthma with two young boys at home. Our once camping and hiking adventures came to a halt. I...reactions2comments
