Saturday, February 11, 2012

The seven benefits of having asthma

Living through an asthma attack is never fun.  The good news is asthma can be controlled, and you can live a normal life with it.  That in mind, and since we have to live with it anyway, no point in saying, "Why me?"   Based on my experience from being a lifelong asthmatic, I ha...
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Dr.Vashisht
1/23/09 7:12pm

Common experience when putdown on paper can make a better clinical Laboratary.

This article shows how to prevent,how to live,how to enjoy a disesae condition.

GOD BLESS YOU

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Anonymous
3/ 8/09 5:53pm
these 7 benefits of having asthma were useless. they didn't help me with anything. you people are so stupid maybe think twice about having those your site. or just find some better benefits because the ones you have are just peices of junk. whoever came up with those must be 5 because those things are super gay
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Jacob
3/12/09 7:40am

When I read the title in my email I thought, "Well, I need to read this as it seemed a bit of a strethc to look at asthma as a benefit to anyone. Although the sentiments in the list of seven are things to strive for; not many people suffering with a disease as serious as asthma or copd or emphysema would consider their conditions "benefits". Imagine if you were a child with a life-long debilitating illness like asthma, or an elderly person barely able to breathe. You really need to be careful when addressing things to the population you are dealing with. This article had little sensitivity for the sufferer as it was written in what seemed to be rather glib sound-bites. I wonder of the author is an asthma sufferer. Because unless you've been through the near suffocating experience of having to rely on meds breathe, you would write with greater sensitivity and explanation. If the author does have a lung condition than perhaps they need to generate their own "empathy" in a greater fashion when writing such material. In any event, the editors of this site should also be more responsible about what is written here.

4/23/10 8:13am

Rick Frea actually runs a blog entitled "Hardluck Asthma", about his own asthma. Check it out.

 

As to your other point, I don't think he was intending to be insensitive, but rather to point out that, although there are bad things about asthma, there are some good things.

 

As someone who's been everywhere on the asthma severity spectrum, both controlled and uncontrolled, I agree with what Rick has to say. Yeah, asthma can suck sometimes (and more than "sometimes" if you're uncontrolled - there was nothing at all pleasent about spending last summer too short of breath to walk up a flight of stairs), but it's not all bad. You learn some valuable lessons being asthmatic - like how to listen to your body, when you have to depend on others, and more importantly, that you can depend on others.

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Erica Laurie
3/20/11 3:38pm

I have severe asthma and while sometimes I do get into the self pity "why me?" mode, I know it is not productive. You can't spend your life in this mindset for very long, and having asthma has definitely helped me to appreciate the bright side of things. After an attack I am always thankful to be breathing normally again and walk around happy just to be alive and breathing. So many people take it for granted and get caught up in petty things and feel sorry for themselves, when really they are so lucky. I understand the point the writer was trying to make, and I agree. Yes, it sucks to have asthma, but that doesn't mean there isn't a bright side. Every cloud has a silver lining. Every obsticle we are given is an opportunity to grow.

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