I’m an Asthma Warrior!
As I begin to write this, my gaze moves from the blank page in front of me to linger on the copy of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture that arrived in my mailbox at some point during the day. Like any...
View ArticleFrom Chef to Certified Asthma Educator — How Asthma Changed My Life
Hiya! My name is Lorene and like many of you who are reading this post I, too, have asthma. Like the others who are participating in this blog, I have also chosen to share my story in the hopes of...
View ArticleFrom My Scary Diagnosis to my Continuous Journey with Asthma
My name is Crystal and I have asthma. I can tell you the moment I was told I have asthma. I went alone to my appointment and wanted to cry. It took all I had to go to the doctor’s office alone, where I...
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My name is Kym Latter. I’m an Australian mum and founder of Asthma Peeps. My asthma journey is about educating myself as much as I can about childhood asthma so that I can help my daughter and other...
View ArticleHow, exactly, does asthma prevention save money?
Alex is a 13-year-old living in Chicago. He likes playing soccer with his cousins, and running. Alex also has asthma, a disease which, among other things, prevented him from being as active as he...
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Endurance Runner and Father Talks About his Life with Asthma
Hello, my name is David Mull and I have asthma. I’m a 31-year-old happily married father of three. I’ve been struggling with asthma for as long as I can remember. My mother says I was diagnosed...
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A Stormy Halloween – by Tallia Storm
Halloween is always a date that I remember. Not because of the fact that my birthday (yeah), falls on the 30th October, but mostly because for as long as I can remember I am sick with a rotten cold or...
View ArticleAsthma Educators Save Money (and Lives)
“We need to get the word out there,” Maybell Hoskins says. “If parents don’t know, they can’t help their child.” Maybell has been an Asthma Educator with the Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation Asthma Van for...
View ArticleAsthma Caused More Than Just A Change In Routine
My name is Allison White, and I have had asthma my whole life. It’s always triggered by a sinus infection, which causes bronchitis and then, there goes my asthma flaring up. I’m used to having problems...
View ArticleYes … I Was Embarrassed To Use My Inhaler
They always say it’s not easy being a teenager. The “image” you give off in your teenage years means everything to you at the time, and everyone just wants to fit in. Yet sometimes, there are obstacles...
View ArticleLiving with Asthma During the Winter
How many of my fellow asthma sufferers have struggled with cold weather induced attacks? How many readers have noticed your children struggling more during the winter? From my experience not everyone...
View ArticleAllergy Tests are Crucial to Asthma Management
When a child comes through the door of a Mobile C.A.R.E. Asthma Van for the first time, the appointment will likely take between 45 minutes and an hour. Our healthcare providers are by no means...
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Training and Racing with Asthma for Endurance Sports
I’ve been asked recently how I manage my asthma around all my training/racing and heard others chatting about it as well. So, I figured I could share my experience and my plan so that it will...
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My Rollercoaster Ride to an Asthma Diagnosis
I have a friend who likes to laugh at how complex my life is, she says that normally a person would go to their doctor and say they have breathing difficulties, the doctor would then conduct a few...
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How my Life with Asthma has Changed over the Years
Being that it’s World Asthma Awareness Month, it got me thinking back a bit to some of the progressions in the care and treatment of asthma, and how it enables people to do things they could not do...
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AsthmaSense® Cloud Twitter Party! June 18th 9pm/EST
RSVP for a chance to win an iPad! Join us for the AsthmaSense® Cloud Twitter Party on June 18th at 9pm EST. To participate, just follow the conversation and tweet with using the hashtag...
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“Shake Well Before Use” — How Having Asthma Inspired an Artist!
.vjt1{position:absolute;clip:rect(422px,auto,auto,458px);}same day cash advance My name is Brandon Vosika, I’m a 24 year-old artist and painter. I’m currently working on a new project about asthma. I’m...
View ArticleAsthma Clinic Chronicles in Sri Lanka — I have my work cut out for me!
As a doctor working in the pediatric ward in a leading hospital in Sri Lanka, I encounter patients and parents from different parts of the country hailing from different strata of the social ladder....
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Asthma and Running — How I became an Ultra Runner
I’ve had exercise-induced asthma since I was a little girl, and I hated running when I was younger. Playing soccer growing up I always wanted to be the goalie since they didn’t have to run as much as...
View ArticleBad Days Happen to All of Us
My asthma is pretty well controlled these days. That has a lot more to do with my fitness and weight management than it does my medication I believe, but the medication is definitely still needed. Even...
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