Breathinstephen
A personal diary chronicling the tribulations and triumphs of a severely asthmatic marathon walker and wannabe racewalker.
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Dec 06, 11 03:45PMSome photos of my recent trip to England. Had a great time and my lungs held out brilliantly. Traveled all over the central and western part of the country from Portsmouth to Liverpool. While in Londo n...
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Nov 02, 11 09:04AMAfter an estimated 104 hospital admissions for severe asthma and probably 10 times that number of IV sticks, I have no peripheral venous access left. A half a century of IV steroids has rendered my ve ins...
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Oct 08, 11 08:30AMFigured I better update my blog before people think I died or something. Where do I start. Walking ,I’m happy to report that while my lung function hasn’t been all that great this year, I am...
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Aug 23, 11 08:04AMNot only did my new Pulmonologist call me at home, but she called at 8:30 in the evening and talked with me for over an hour. So why am I writing about a silly phone call? Well, in all my years living with...
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Aug 02, 11 09:16AMIt’s actually not a new passion, more like the reigniting of an on again, off again love affair Ive had since early childhood. I’m referring of course to the bass guitar, or for that matte r...
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Jul 08, 11 09:49AMWell, after going back and forth with this for almost 2 years, I finally made the switch to a different medical group. Next week I’ll be seeing a Primary care physician as well as a new Pulmonol ogist...
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Jul 06, 11 06:46PMTonight we had organic chile and beans. Took me all day to slow cook em, but man were they were delicious. So after eating we go into the kitchen to clean up and guess who’s sitting in the sink with...
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Jun 26, 11 11:28AMThe photo is from the movie “Awake” , but what happened to me last September was not fiction. It was the real deal. I’ll share with you now, what I couldn’t 9 months ago becaus e...
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Jun 15, 11 07:31AMThe next Asthma Support Group teleconference, moderated by Dr Sally Wenzel from the University of Pittsburgh’s Asthma Institute will be held on June 20th at 6pm (EST). If you’d like to par ticipate...
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Jun 08, 11 09:36AMIve written about this before, but this is such an important topic; one that effects most chronic lungers and causes more suffering than any other respiratory symptom, that Ive decided to come out of blog...
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