New asthma drugs in the Pipeline
While doing some research and advocating for myself in hopes of obtaining the anti-IL drug,Read More
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Treatment overload
- 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
2 responsesEvolving treatment plan
- Alternative Asthma treatments
- Asthma
- Asthma treatments
- pre lung transplant
- Severe asthma
- Steroids ( prednisone)
Things seems to be changing by the day. As of March 24th 2016, the latestRead More
3 responsesCo pay assistance for two expensive asthma medications
Having a serious and/or chronic disease like asthma, can be stressful enough. And for mostRead More
Leave a commentNo matter how well I take care of myself
- 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
8 responsesICU delirium got a hold on me
- 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
6 responsesWhat’s it like to be intubated for asthma?
The search term “Intubation” comes up fairly often on my blog’s traffic logs, so IRead More
28 responsesJumping back into the ring
After a 4 year break, Im back to doing monthly visits over at the UCSFRead More
3 responses23rd time’s a charm
No..not as in hospitalizations ( I’ve lost count of those,) I’m talking about my 23rdRead More
3 responses6 times a day
I had planned to write a post about my nebulizer treatment routine, but then IRead More
5 responsesThe wonderful side effects of frequent asthma flares
- Asthma
- Asthma medical tests
- Asthma Medications
- Asthma treatments
- Exacerbation Recovery
- Secondary conditions
- Steroids ( prednisone)
Think a severe asthma exacerbation only effects your lungs? Check out the photos below. EachRead More
Leave a commentO2 sats and asthma attacks revisited
After 9 years of blogging about life with severe asthma, I still get a lotRead More
82 responsesThe impatient patient
- 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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