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Rick Frea

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

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posted 11/03/2009, comments (2)

Bronchodilator Anxiety

So it's 6 a.m. and I'm driving down I-75 South in Georgia in the wee hours of the morning when the anxiety strikes. I couldn't find my rescue inhaler. My Ventolin had gone missing. Did I leave it in the hotel? Did I leave it in the lobby? Did my wife pack it in the bathroom bag? I looked behind me and her head... Read more Chevron

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Angel

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posted 10/19/2009, comments (0)

What can help tracheal narrowing?

Hi, I've posted here before. I just went to see a new pulmonologist because I've moved. In the past I've been diagnosed with both asthma and a vascular ring. Last week I was told that the ring is causing some trachael narrowing, and that asthma drugs won't help this. My PFTs show airflow limitation in my large airways, but are normal in... Read more Chevron

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jama

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RN CCM, married mom, grandmom, horsewoman

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posted 07/18/2009, comments (0)

Spiriva and asthma

i was prescribed spirva by a cardiologist about 3 years ago after finding out my asthma wasn't well controlled and was causing chest pain. He had also took me off asmacort and put me on flovent. He prescribed the spiriva because serevent dicreased my ability to swallow. My new pulm can't understand why i felt better with spirva. and I said, cuz it... Read more Chevron

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kahler

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posted 06/06/2009, comments (4)

Scared to live alone w/ Asthma. Breaking up with my boyfriend of 5 years. Need advice Please

Hi. This is a serious question. I have had asthma since the age of 10. My asthma is directly related to allergies of all kinds. For the last 5 years I've lived with my boyfriend, and before that I lived with my parents. We are breaking up and this will be the first time that I am actually living alone, and it scares... Read more Chevron

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SACO

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posted 02/08/2009, comments (3)

TONER & ASTHMA

Here's an interesting thread I came across in another forum. I have been concerned about the toner from Xerox copiers for years. A friend that worked in an office told me that when they repainted the office they removed a thermostat from the wall. The difference in color from the wall that had been exposed to flying pigment and that... Read more Chevron

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