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Newly discovered horror pictures
Just in time for Halloween! Some newly discovered horror show pictures. Last week while I was clearing out my cell phone, I stumbled upon these eerie photos that my partner Douglas must have taken when I was in the hospital this past June. If you recall, I was intubated for an asthma exacerbation, but had [...]
Full Story »Laying low, but staying busy
Nothing really interesting going on since I got out of the hospital. Though Ive taken a couple of short slow walks, overall Ive been trying to let my lungs heal as much as possible before jumping back into a physical fitness regimen full time. Been spending a lot of this post hospital recovery time doing [...]
Full Story »Rock&Roll Race Report
Sorry, this race report is a little late in coming, but I didn’t want my little prison stint to over shadow all the good things about this race. First let me say what a pleasure it was to finally meet the famousMc Govern alumni who trekked in from all over the country to do this [...]
Full Story »The Recovery
A lot of attention is focused on what goes on during a severe asthma exacerbation, but very little about what occurs after. What a lot of people ( and even some physicians ) don’t often realize, is that once the initial asthma crisis is over, the party has only just begun. There’s a perception that [...]
Full Story »Number 96
Thanks everyone for all your kind emails while I was in the slammer. The hospital volunteer who brought the messages to my bedside, said he’d never delivered so many messages to one person , and that I must be pretty popular:-) Sorry I couldn’t respond to each one individually, but I read all one of [...]
Full Story »Out of commission
Ive been trying my best to tough this one out at home, but I’m starting to get really tired which is not a good thing. If I end up on a ventilator because I waited too long to come in , I’ll really look like an idiot. So, I’m gonna bite the bullet now, and [...]
Full Story »Brief race update.
Had a great time and a stronger than expected finish at yesterday race. My final race results aren’t in yet due to a technical glitch, but I think I finished in about 3:07 , which is much faster than I anticipated and probably why I’m having problems today. I felt fine immediately after the race, [...]
Full Story »Another write-up
(Click on cover to read article) Related Posts:Third time’s a charmBoston—-7 hours 17 minutes and change Getting slower and fatter.Rock & Roll training completeAsthma and marathon training updates
Full Story »SARP podcast
Interesting article from a 2008 SARP study, titled… “More than a Matter of Degree: Severe Asthma May Be a Different Form of the Disease”. Seems to answer a lot of questions Ive always wondered about. Dr Sorkness does a great job of explaining the basics of asthma as well as the research the SARP is [...]
Full Story »30 Things About My Invisible Illness
I rarely ever do these question and answer things , but some of my favorite asthmatics are doing it and it’s for a good cause…. so what the heck. 1. The illness I live with is: asthma 2. I was diagnosed with it : at the age of 2 3. But I had symptoms since: [...]
Full Story »My stress reliever
Yup, I’m a severe asthmatic and my stress reliever is a cat! How weird is that. I should do a survey to see how many severe asthmatics have cats! Related Posts:Christmas KittiesOur Little TurkeyDoes your cat do this?More WinstonBack by popular demand
Full Story »Im going to Pennsylvania to be studied.
SARP for short), is a collaborative research effort involving 4 different Universities, each adding their own research specialties to the mix. The basic goal of the SARP is to determine what make “severe” asthma different than the moderate of mild forms of the disease. The information they gain by studying people like me, is added [...]
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