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Category: Ventilator

From Ventilator to FINISH line in 11 days flat

On January 13, 2020 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • Friends/Bloggers
  • Nurses
  • Race Reports
  • Ventilator

Taken only 11 days apart, I think these two photos of my ICU nurse andRead More

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Advance Health Care Directive

On March 1, 2018 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • intubation
  • Recovering from severe asthma attack
  • Ventilator

The events of recent weeks has made me think really hard about just how longRead More

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My 133rd hospitalization for asthma

On October 17, 2017 By Breathinstephen
  • Arterial Blood gases
  • Asthma
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Bipap
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans
  • Intubation
  • Other medical problems
  • Secondary conditions
  • Severe asthma
  • Ventilator

My 133rd hospitalization occurred on 10-9-2017. The trigger wasn’t the usual environmental allergies or respRead More

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In other news

On September 25, 2016 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • asthma awareness
  • Asthma exacerbations
  • Funny asthma stuff
  • Intubation
  • intubation
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Lung Transplant
  • Other medical tests
  • Ventilator

And despite all the medical appointments, I still managed to learn a dozen new tunes.Read More

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Treatment overload

On April 11, 2016 By Breathinstephen
  • Air-trapping
  • Alternative Asthma treatments
  • Asthma
  • Asthma care plan
  • Asthma Co-Morbidities
  • Asthma medical tests
  • Asthma Medications
  • Bipap
  • Hospitals
  • Intubation
  • Lung Transplant
  • Other medical problems
  • Other medical tests
  • pre lung transplant
  • Shortness of Breath
  • Steroids ( prednisone)
  • Ventilator

Yes, another update about treatment options. Things seem to be changing at a lightening paceRead More

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No matter how well I take care of myself

On February 2, 2016 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • asthma awareness
  • Asthma Education
  • Asthma exacerbations
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Asthma Medications
  • Intubation
  • Severe asthma
  • Ventilator

Not sure what’s going on. Since 2003 when my asthma started to get really bad,Read More

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ICU delirium got a hold on me

On January 31, 2016 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • asthma awareness
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Bipap
  • Dyspnea
  • intubation
  • Intubation
  • Shortness of Breath
  • Steroids ( prednisone)
  • Ventilator

If you’ve suffered from asthma for any length of time and/or have been hospitalized forRead More

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What’s it like to be intubated for asthma?

On December 4, 2015 By Breathinstephen
  • Arterial Blood gases
  • Asthma
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Hospitals
  • Intubation
  • Ventilator

The search term “Intubation” comes up fairly often on my blog’s traffic logs, so IRead More

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The impatient patient

On July 26, 2014 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • Asthma exacerbations
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Intubation
  • Marathon Training
  • Marathon walking
  • Portland Marathon
  • Steroids ( prednisone)
  • Ventilator

Oh goody, another post about asthma exacerbation recovery. After being discharged from the hospital onlyRead More

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104th trip to the slammer for Asthma

On May 7, 2011 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • Asthma exacerbations
  • Exacerbation Recovery
  • intubation
  • Intubation
  • People, Places and Events
  • Recovering from severe asthma attack
  • Severe asthma
  • Ventilator

Greetings from the 14th floor isolation room a top the Moffitt building at UCSF medicalRead More

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Back to Life

On January 16, 2010 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Asthma research
  • Exacerbation Recovery
  • Friends/Bloggers
  • SARP
  • Ventilator

[Not lookin too bad for someone who was on a ventilator just 11 days earlier..eh?]Read More

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Hospital stay #97

On January 9, 2010 By Breathinstephen
  • Arterial Blood gases
  • Asthma
  • Asthma exacerbations
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Asthma medical tests
  • Asthma Medications
  • Bipap
  • Dyspnea
  • Exacerbation Recovery
  • Intubation
  • Nebulizer treatments
  • oxygen
  • Peak Flows
  • Pulmonary function tests
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Sally Wenzel
  • Shortness of Breath
  • Ventilator
  • Wheeze

Battle scars: 4 failed arterial line attempts and 12 failed IV attempts. I have noRead More

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Newly discovered horror pictures

On October 21, 2009 By Breathinstephen
  • Asthma
  • Asthma exacerbations
  • Asthma hospitalization
  • Funny asthma stuff
  • Intubation
  • Ventilator

Just in time for Halloween! Some newly discovered horror show pictures. Last week while IRead More

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