Category: Dyspnea | Breathinstephen

The GI saga

This all began back in mid July. I basically woke one morning and my abdomen was so bloated and distended, I looked […]

I swear you cant escape this shit, it follows you everywhere…. even into your sleep! Not that Im able to sleep that […]

Having documented a significant, but relatively slow decline in my lung function over the past decade, Ive often wondered what life must […]

If you’ve suffered from asthma for any length of time and/or have been hospitalized for it, no doubt you’ve experienced some of […]

Feeling like shit right now? Is your asthma, COPD or other breathing disorder flaring up or bothering you more than usual? Were […]

Most people will tell you Im one of the sweetest, most caring people you’ll ever meet. But make no mistake, when Im […]

Always curious about things, earlier this week I did a series of FEV1 measurements on myself. I wanted to see if my […]

Im talking about the other A word…. ANXIETY As a Respiratory Therapist and a lifelong asthmatic, I know all too well that […]

For the life of me I can’t figure out why my breathing was so good from those last 2 weeks in January […]

When it rains it pours. Our hearts have never been so broken for so long. Why does this keep happening to the […]

It’s almost 2013 and I just realized I really haven’t posted a breathing status update in almost a year. Probably the biggest […]

Ive written about this before, but this is such an important an misunderstood topic; one that effects most chronic lungers and causes […]

I haven’t blogged about this experience until now, because frankly, I been too sick to sit in front of the computer for […]