Speaking of Asthma...

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Speaking of Asthma...
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Wed, 03-05-2008 - 9:51am

It's my annual have an asthma attack in Feb/Mar time. Back at it. That's why I wasn't here yesterday. It's not as bad this time since the clinic actually had me see a doc who KNOWS about asthma. For all those years I lived in Oregon, my doc there always made sure that we had a supply of steroids on hand. I know when to start them for me or dd, and I know how to tapper off, by rote. We did it far too often for me *not * to learn about asthma (like everyday of my dd's life!), the meds, etc. But when I had to move here, they wouldn't give me a supply at home because "if my asthma was that bad, I needed to go to the hospital." No, I don't. I did when I had chest pain with it as it was atypical asthma. Other than that, if I have the steroids on hand, I *don't* end up in the ER for hours or admitted to the cardiac ward for millions of tests and a #17,000 billing at the end since I don't have insurance. How simple is that. Apparently, much too simple for some health care providers. I understand why they wouldn't do it right off the bat. I didn't ask right off the bat. I waited until I'd been going there for over a year before I asked. No go, until I saw the asthma guy a couple of months ago. Okay, over my rant, on to a note or two and my asthma meds.

Things are staying hot where ds is. It appears that he won't be coming back any time soon. It looks like that will be some time away, several months minimum.

Emotionally, I'm doing better than I was for a while there. I think that the thing with ds pulled me away from my dad dying. Every time I think about it, it still breaks me up. My sister went to see family this weekend and posted pics so that I could see them. Of course, no one looks the same, AT ALL, as my memory says they did. My 98yo grandmother didn't have many gray hairs. My uncle was very young. My cousins were, of course, kids like I was. It was nice to see the pics. One broke me up as it was a pic of a house that Dad built on his ranch. It's a beautiful house. If there's one thing he could do, that was it. He was a contractor, a BIG contractor, in Eugene, OR for many years. He was even given the key to the city by the mayor for making the first curved public sidewalk in the city. He was very proud of his work, and rightly so. He would take us to job sites sometimes, okay, far too often, for us to do stuff with rebar. Oh, when you're a kid, that is not what you want to do when you get onto a building site!

Anyway, hope you all have a good day!

 


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 03-05-2008 - 11:54am

HI Steph


You would think that they would realize a person that has asthma for a long time would know how to handle those meds. Oh well hope you are feeling better now.


Glad you are feeling better about your Dad. I like the picture you posted of him.


HUGS


                          &n
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Registered: 04-09-1999
Thu, 03-06-2008 - 10:19am

Steph, so glad you FINALLY have a doctor that knows about asthma...what a concept...lol