Entries Tagged as ‘asthma’

November 25, 2009

Asthma….sucks

Had a sick visit with the pulmonologist a few days ago.  I had a cold about a month ago and did my usual routine….lots of fluids and airborne.  Usually works like a charm!  And this time it was too but then my son had to have open heart surgery and being with him in the [...]

March 31, 2009

Follow up visit with the Pulmonologist

The advair is finally starting to do it’s job and I’m not in panic mode if I don’t have my albuterol inhaler on my person at all times!!  My cough and lung congestion are much better.  Saw the pulm doc in follow up today and he said that my chest xray looked much better than [...]

March 11, 2009

Pulmonologist Visit

           
Yesterday I saw the pulmonologist for this new diagnosis of asthma.  It actually went quite well.  As noted in the last post I have probably had asthma for a long time but yet have also been in denial regarding it for a long time.  The appointment started with pulmonary function tests.  Those are always interesting [...]

March 6, 2009

Photostory Friday–I have asthma

 
Here is my photostory Friday:  I have asthma.  I probably have had it since I was a teenager and started with chronic sinus infections or longer possibly since I had recurrent ear trouble as a kid.  Either way I’m finally at 32 admitting to it.  Not sure why I needed to be in denial so [...]

February 23, 2009

Not Me Monday

                        
This past week I:
 
Didn’t accept an offer to have a friend at work be my personal trainer and then only take the stairs, as per his suggestion to get into better shape, when he was there and I knew I may run into him and take the elevators when he wasn’t.  Not me, I [...]