I live in the yellow zone
Always trying to figure out why my asthma is so difficult to control, I decided to look at my daily peak flow […]
Category: Peak Flows
Can air quality apps help prevent asthma attacks?
As a person with life long asthma, my exacerbations usually develop slowly, sometimes over several days affording me enough time to take […]
PFTs Du Jour
For those interested, here are my latest spirometry results from last weeks SARP follow-up visit at UCSF last week. It’s kind of […]
Self Observations: FEV1 and Breathlessness
Always curious about things, earlier this week I did a series of FEV1 measurements on myself. I wanted to see if my […]
15 months Intubation Free!
It feels good to brag about something positive for a change. This week marks 15 whole months since Ive had to have […]
Trapped in the yellow zone
We all know what it’s like to be in asthma purgatory for a few days or maybe even a few weeks, but […]
My first Halloween Contest
The following is a perfect example of what prednisone can to an otherwise intelligent and creative mind…… I was at the town […]
Asthma Breathing Zones
This is the 2nd installment of my “ Breathing, the mini series“. This one is more for the non-asthmatics out there, but […]
Running on empty
I actually had something else prepared for this weeks post, but since there’s a good chance I’ll be heading to the slammer […]
My old yellow is my new green
Just a year ago I was routinely hitting 370- 380 on the peak flow meter, representing the upper end of my green […]
Hospital stay #97
Battle scars: 4 failed arterial line attempts and 12 failed IV attempts. I have no veins left and my radial arteries are […]
The nights are the worse.
Ever notice the time stamp on many of my blog entries? I usually compose and publish them in the early morning hours…sometimes […]
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 […]