Stories

It’s bad enough when you have asthma as a child. It’s much worse when you have terrified, fearful, and hysterical parents who respond by treating you like you’re damaged goods...

19 months ago, Covid-19 gave me COPD, eosinophilic asthma, and POTS. By June of 2020, I knew something was very wrong in my post-viral recovery when I tried to take...

There are many scary times I’ve had but this takes the cake so far. It happened in my 20’s. I was considered healthy, fit, and trim and it was a...

I have had breathing issues all my life. The doctors would always stick a stethoscope to my chest and not hear anything. Never heard anything about the connection between GERD...

Six years ago, I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. I was sick for at least a month with what I thought was just a bad cold. Right after...

I had a reaction to a new inhaler. My mouth broke out in sores all over. I finally figured out liquid Benadryl calmed it, and antacids. When the sores healed...

I grew up with bronchitis since I was four years old, However, in 2008 I was working for a supply company and I assumed in tearing down a moth-balled location...

For a long time, I only got SOB, wheezing, and a dry cough. When I talked with a doctor and was having the symptoms while seeing him, he said I...

Hi everyone. I would like to know is there any alternative to prednisone. I cannot take oral steroids because I have type 2 diabetes. I use inhaled steroids but it's...

I have recently noticed that when my asthma is under control as it is right now. I don't get Hypnic Jerks, which is an involuntary muscle jerk when falling asleep...

I had shared before that the doctor I thought was on the right track suddenly stopped responding so I decided after several calls and emails to look for a new...

Sleeping on a futon very close to a nylon carpet is a nightmare waiting to happen. I have slept on carpets and futons before and there has never been an...

I came upon this site when I was looking for info about handheld nebulizers. As I read the posts, I began to mull over the role asthma had played in...

As a follow-up from an ER visit in February which showed an abnormal EKG, I was referred to a cardiologist who ordered an Echocardiogram and a nuclear stress test. I...

I thought I had found a great doctor last year. He tried new medicines and had great success controlling my asthma until I didn't and ended up in the ER...

I have been struggling with nocturnal asthma since I was three. It worsened as I got older, resulting in many hours of lost sleep. It never got better, and I...

I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. I have 3 inhalers. One is my everyday inhaler, one is my before exercise inhaler, and the last one is my emergency inhaler...

In 2016 one year after being diagnosed with cancer, I came down with pneumonia. After healing from pneumonia, I was later diagnosed with onset asthma triggered by allergies. I've had...

I have been having my teeth breaking off and being really soft for years due to the brown asthma inhaler. It has cost me thousands in dental costs and is...

Since I was a small child I suffered from colds that got out of control. Hacking coughs - my mother called it the "seal cough" - that lasted 4-6 weeks...