tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.comments2023-12-27T10:27:52.281+00:00The Antics of a Brittle AsthmaticBeckyGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comBlogger1072125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-89742744322723271962018-05-17T13:24:56.987+01:002018-05-17T13:24:56.987+01:00Hi Jess,
would you still have the pattern for me? ...Hi Jess,<br />would you still have the pattern for me? i want to make it now for my pregnant sister!! thank you<br /><br />Delphinedelphinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943822442987888995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-8420292789297914372018-03-09T06:19:39.251+00:002018-03-09T06:19:39.251+00:00Greats stuff!Greats stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-28654475942282770462018-02-13T11:59:25.918+00:002018-02-13T11:59:25.918+00:00Nice post..Nice post..Annahttps://healthcheckup.manipalhospitals.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-60964630361804363572018-01-30T16:51:04.515+00:002018-01-30T16:51:04.515+00:00I am terribly shocked by your story and think that...I am terribly shocked by your story and think that I might be able to help a bit. I got asthma as a baby by mouth breathing and had decades of the disease. At one stage it was a nuisance to have to use a spray every two hours or so. Then I found some tricks to keep off the spray and did not have to use it regularly, but I always had to be so wary about weather and staying away from home. I did not want to stray away out of asthma as medically defined and such things as herbal remedies had no appeal for me.<br />Like many fellow asthmatics I tried out acupressure and a doctor did advise pressing on the breast bone, but this did not work in the least.<br />Then I started experimenting with pressing the upper lip with a finger, which oddly enough is hardly mentioned as an acupuncture point for asthma.<br />The next step was to use the almost forgotten stiff upper lip when determinedly inhaling through the nose and using a lip-lung reflex This worked very well and I am free of the disease to all intents and purposes, but I had stopped taking asthma drugs, and was not brainwashed into accepting them as my fate. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429446515685499950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-74303073973280527012017-11-28T21:09:07.089+00:002017-11-28T21:09:07.089+00:00Hi Becky,
Love your blog and so inspired by your ...Hi Becky,<br /><br />Love your blog and so inspired by your journey and continued strength.<br /><br />Do you have a contact email? Would love to get in touch but there is no contact option on your site.<br /><br />Thanks!Talithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-31193432578590743992017-10-13T06:20:36.428+01:002017-10-13T06:20:36.428+01:00Hi BeckyG, I have just read your blog post and it ...Hi BeckyG, I have just read your blog post and it was very bad to know about your condition because of your medication change. I wish you the best of luck for your healthy future. Thanks for sharing your experience as it can be extremely for one of my friends who is also an asthmatic patient.Allen Markhttps://www.4dailymedicine.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-34604995448813438622017-06-29T12:08:03.022+01:002017-06-29T12:08:03.022+01:00Thanks for sharing..Thanks for sharing..Annahttps://halairportroad.manipalhospitals.com/speciality.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-6241090301750196482016-12-04T23:01:54.394+00:002016-12-04T23:01:54.394+00:00Hi Rachel N, I also relate to all of the above and...Hi Rachel N, I also relate to all of the above and have been on steroids now since August last year. From August to March I had 5 hospital admissions one of which I had a peri arrest, but no hospital admissions since and I think this is due to xolair injections, which I started about April this year. I'm hoping my consultant will reduce my pred....fingers crossed, I see him tomorrow xKerry Nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-29585304769120071672016-11-20T12:10:24.665+00:002016-11-20T12:10:24.665+00:00Hi I just found your blog, I relate to everything ...Hi I just found your blog, I relate to everything you say in this post, I have also been mainly steroid dependent this year (apart from a seven week period recently) but back on them again for the last month when I got pneumonia and pleurisy. I have been suggested being referred for at trial of Xolair injections and I wondered if this was something you'd tried or knew about? Sending you best wishes, it's horibble what we go through xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867047971914162431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-36767537003964849652016-11-16T02:26:28.683+00:002016-11-16T02:26:28.683+00:00I'm so sorry you've had to deal with all t...I'm so sorry you've had to deal with all this. Love you muchly xxxSarah XXXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15918310377707835270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-30971403001315220552016-10-27T12:06:38.833+01:002016-10-27T12:06:38.833+01:00Great post!Great post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06001985915230196166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-78999749422113394212016-10-27T12:02:37.106+01:002016-10-27T12:02:37.106+01:00Thanks for giving this information.Thanks for giving this information.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06001985915230196166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-74059600487492452112016-09-01T10:54:31.598+01:002016-09-01T10:54:31.598+01:00Hi Becky
Thanks for writing so comprehensively abo...Hi Becky<br />Thanks for writing so comprehensively about your experience with severe asthma and I hope things are a bit clearer now. I work for Asthma UK and we're trying to improve the information we have about severe asthma on our website by speaking to as many people as possible. Would you be happy to fill in our survey and let us know if there's anything you think we're missing? https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/severeasthma16 <br />If you want to speak to us in more detail, please drop us an email at tellus@asthma.org.uk - but no problem if that's not possible. Wishing you all the best,<br />Helen Jefferies, Health Content EditorHelen Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-51261956489486715632016-06-25T20:39:00.767+01:002016-06-25T20:39:00.767+01:00Just stopped by to say I hope things are going bet...Just stopped by to say I hope things are going better than they were. <3Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713144724555524208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-16734803463645032082016-06-01T07:22:08.785+01:002016-06-01T07:22:08.785+01:00I'm sorry for the disappointing outcome to you...I'm sorry for the disappointing outcome to your discussions, and hope that the situation quickly becomes clearer. It's very hard that the Dr can leave you hanging on in limbo. Love 'n hugs, ViV xoxvivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-74634594711076143572016-05-31T00:50:54.619+01:002016-05-31T00:50:54.619+01:00Hello lovely Viv,
Thank you for your comments. I ...Hello lovely Viv,<br /><br />Thank you for your comments. I always like getting comments on my blog, especially from lovely folk like yourself :)<br /><br />I don't know what kind of week Dr H had last week, and of course whatever kind of week he's had is going to impact on him, but I'm not in an emotional place right now that can deal with his week impacting negatively on him. I know that's selfish and lacks all compassion, but it's honest. I need him to be approachable, up for discussion and explanation, truthful, and not playing with my emotions, however inadvertently that may be. I wish I could trust that tomorrow he'll be back bursting with ideas, but I think the difficulty is that there are no options out there that can spark any ideas. He hasn't seemed to have any for me for several years so I can't really imagine that a bank holiday werkend is going to suddenly produce them. I long to be proved wrong.<br /><br />Thank you for your prayers. I need them right now. I hold you in my prayers too.<br /><br />With love, <br />Becky xBeckyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-33715803405672308762016-05-31T00:42:07.723+01:002016-05-31T00:42:07.723+01:00Hello Anna,
Thank you so much for your comment an...Hello Anna,<br /><br />Thank you so much for your comment and clear understanding of where I'm coming from. I'm so sorry that your understanding comes through personal experience of chronic illness and pain. It is so very difficult to be at the end of the line of treatment options, whatever the condition. If only there were a never-ending list of possibilities for us all. I don't know about you, but I am so weary and drained from it all at the moment. It is the relentlessness of it and the serming impossibility of that ever changing. I hope you're in a better place than I am right now, but if not then at least neither of us are alone.<br /><br />Thank you for your prayers. They are greatly appreciated, and the physical, emotional, and mental rest you specifically say you are praying for would be so very welcome. I will pray for you too.<br /><br />Take care,<br />Becky.BeckyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-33699799118988335852016-05-31T00:33:49.539+01:002016-05-31T00:33:49.539+01:00Hello Sue,
Thank you for your comment and for say...Hello Sue,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment and for saying that I'm not s fool for inadvertently allowing myself to begin to hope. I still feel foolish, but maybe I need to listen to you and a couple of others who've said I'm not. Thank you too for all the very kind things you have said about me too. It is difficult always to believe them of myself when I'm feeling low, but I will hold onto what you say so that I have a chance of believing them again when I'm feeling more positive. Of course, my appreciation and love of cats never falters! :) >^..^<<br /><br />I met several folk called Sue during my OU studies. Which module did we do together?<br /><br />Take care,<br />Becky.BeckyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-84165904469800124332016-05-31T00:26:39.276+01:002016-05-31T00:26:39.276+01:00Hello Sara and welcome to my blog. I'm glad th...Hello Sara and welcome to my blog. I'm glad that you've enjoyed reading it. I haven't been very good at keeping it uo to date over recent times, but I'm trying to get my act together and get back on track. <br /><br />Thank you for your kind words about my accomplishments and resilience. It's always nice when someone else thinks those things (and says them), especially at times when it can be difficult to see them oneself. As you will have picked up from recent posts, I'm struggling with the resilience thing at the moment, and I do get fed up when folk tell me to 'keep my chin up,' or the likes, so it's refreshing to have you say that just because I have been resilient in the past it doesn't mean that I should always have to be. Thank you.<br /><br />I'm sorry to read that you have asthma too, though pleased that it isn't as severe as mine. I'm sure it's quite tough enough for you though, and I hope you never feel that you can't be fed up about it just because it's not as severe as someone else's. If it's hard going then it's hard going and comparisons aren't going to change that. <br /><br />Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts and thank you for reading and commenting.<br /><br />Take care,<br />Becky.BeckyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357734120026413542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-65961959302156806932016-05-29T21:24:54.147+01:002016-05-29T21:24:54.147+01:00Hi Becky I'm so sorry that things are feeling ...Hi Becky I'm so sorry that things are feeling so bleak for you. The not knowing and so not having options is so difficult to deal with. Its compounded when you glimpse a possible solution however remote or unlikely and that makes the emotional response so much more intense. I have different health problems mainly a very bad back which I'm running out of options to control the constant pain so while different I totally understand the place you find yourself. It's not foolish to grasp at any chance of improving things , it's human especially when you are so drained and desperate for any improvement..I'm praying that you manage to get some physical, emotional and mental rest and for a way forward to become apparent xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238459790283095969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-35437157365859759422016-05-28T22:55:40.883+01:002016-05-28T22:55:40.883+01:00Hi Becky. I've been checking in on your blog s...Hi Becky. I've been checking in on your blog since I was doing the same OU module as you. I have just read your 3 posts this week. You are most definitely NOT a fool - but I hear and feel how it seems like that to you, for hoping and believing there was a possibility of a better way of living. To have been offered even a chance of hope, to then have it withheld from you - that feels so very wrong. You have every right to feel angry. But you are not a fool. You are wise, determined, patient, caring and a whole lot more - even when you don't feel that way. AND you appreciate the best things in life - cats =^..^=<br />Love and Hugs,<br />Sue xxSuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-87348489415964937232016-05-28T21:07:12.432+01:002016-05-28T21:07:12.432+01:00I'm so sorry to hear that this may not be an o...I'm so sorry to hear that this may not be an option for you, especially since you've struggled so long and have more than paid your dues (so to speak) to receive respite. <br /><br />I discovered your blog about a week ago and have slowly been working my way through your posts. I'm only to some point in 2009, but I've really enjoyed your writing style and stories. I have asthma, as well, though mine is much less severe than yours. I am amazed at what you've accomplished. You have such a resilience, but just because you have it, doesn't mean you should have to rely on it as much as you do. I will be keeping you in my thoughts. Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713144724555524208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-7524558122364581802016-05-28T09:34:37.364+01:002016-05-28T09:34:37.364+01:00I'm so sorry you feel your hopes have been das...I'm so sorry you feel your hopes have been dashed, Maybe Dr H had had a bad week which led to his supposed lack of feeling. Look at it this way: he will rest during the break, and may come back full of ideas.<br /><br /> It's difficult to be patient when you are A patient, that I know well from personal experience, but I pray that they can sort something out between them to make your life better. Love, ViV xoxvivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-8061841826232081022016-05-27T09:38:23.662+01:002016-05-27T09:38:23.662+01:00I'm praying like crazy that he will say yes, a...I'm praying like crazy that he will say yes, and for a positive outcome. This year has been the pits for you, and we all admire so much your stickability, and successes with all the aspects of living, your creativity and perseverence. <br />love,<br />ViV x0xvivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722487213190553031.post-89237865198932958932016-04-26T05:48:39.843+01:002016-04-26T05:48:39.843+01:00HI Becky, I hope you feel better soon, I spend a l...HI Becky, I hope you feel better soon, I spend a lot of time in the hospital throughout my life for my asthma, allergies, and Eczema. Sometimes life is tough and hope is all we have to hang onto. My thoughts are with you. <br /><br />I have spent the last 4 years working on tool to help asthmatics to have a better life. We recently launched an IndieGoGo campaign Here is the link: http://bit.ly/1SuzCam<br /><br />Check out the videos we are trying to get as much support because we know that what we are working on will save live and give the world an unprecedented asthma research platform to accelerate the rate at which asthma research can be done. <br /><br />Please support us in the campaign and share this with your blog or social media. I am happy to chat if you would like to learn more about the details Matt@controlaplus.com. <br /><br />Thanks, <br /><br />Matt Fischer - Founder Controlaplus.com<br /><br />Matt Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058432945796997862noreply@blogger.com