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Wanted: Asthmatics. No Experience Necessary

Published on 2011-02-14 08:55:34

I was talking with one of the Asthma Research Recruiters over at the NIH in Bethesda Maryland where I’ll be involved in a study later this year( more about that in a future post), and I was shocked to learn that they were having a really hard t > read more

Boston training… off to a rough start

Published on 2011-02-08 09:38:37

I knew that jumping into a marathon training regime on the heals of a methadone detox wasn’t gonna be easy, and boy was I right. These first few weeks have been really tough and I haven’t even gotten into the longer distances yet. It̵ > read more

Use Me !

Published on 2011-02-02 08:11:56

The marathon walking–severely asthmatic–RT is in the house and is ready to take your questions. New for this year I’m introducing a new a feature I call “USE ME”, where I answer your questions relating to respiratory the > read more

Third time’s a charm

Published on 2011-01-27 11:47:35

Not sure the title of this post applies, since Ive already succeeded at this two times already, but it has a nice positive ring to it and it puts me in a good mood. So after months of contemplation and a series of decent test walks , Ive decided to t > read more

Alin

Published on 2011-01-24 11:15:20

I probably sound like a broken record when I say this, but it’s true… I might have crappy lungs, but it’s because of those crappy lungs that I’ve been able to meet so many wonderful and interesting people. My friend Alin certa > read more

Getting that Monkey off my Back

Published on 2011-01-18 13:54:42

I haven’t blogged about this experience until now, because frankly, I been too sick to sit in front of the computer for more than a few minutes at a time. You see exactly 2 weeks today, I stopped taking one the most physically addictive substan > read more

I’m Honored

Published on 2011-01-12 11:29:26

Just found out that my story is appearing in the RCB’s annual Newsletter…. “Breathing Matters”. I’m always flattered when an organization or a person writes an article about my fitness walking achievements, but this one > read more

A Cookbook for Asthmatics!

Published on 2011-01-05 15:26:57

Friend, Award-winning Chef , severe asthmatic and fellow SARP alumnus, Sheila Brillhard, wrote me the other day to tell me about her new cookbook . She created it for people who have to take prednisone for their asthma or other medical conditions. Wh > read more

Best Lung Blogs of 2010

Published on 2010-12-29 09:58:30

Introducing the “Breathinstephen Blog Awards” Once a year around the holiday season I like to put together a list of my favorite lung blogs. This year I thought it would be fun to give an award to those bloggers as well. If your blog is o > read more

Happy Holidays!

Published on 2010-12-24 08:02:26

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What to get the lung transplant recipient who has everything.

Published on 2010-12-22 09:09:46

I normally don’t post excerpts or links to other peoples posts, but this one I couldn’t resist. Like the many others who’ve reposted it, I just love it. Piper, a recent double lung transplant recipient who had Cystic Fibrosis, lists > read more

I’m blessed

Published on 2010-12-18 14:10:29

You know what? I might be cursed a crappy lungs, but I sure seem to be blessed with some cool and caring friends. Case in point: After spending a pretty ugly night in the local ER, I woke up the next day to find a bunch of Facebook alerts on my phone > read more

Air-Trapping

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Ive 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 retirement to write about it again. Most of t > read more

Life after the Blog

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Just a quick update on what Ive up too the couple weeks. Lungs I’ve pretty much fully recovered from that last exacerbation and hospital stint. I think the intubation is what caused me to get so sick in the first place. An endotracheal tube is > read more

Time to Move on

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This is probably one of the hardest posts Ive ever had to write, so I’ll just cut to the chase. After 6 full years and nearly 600 posts, it’s time to call it a day and move on. I promised myself when I started this blog, that if it ever I > read more

Do you know when it’s time to go in?

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The idea for this post came to me during the middle a recent severe exacerbation. Actually, it was the same exacerbation that put me in the hospital for 12 days, for which I am still recovering. Foremost on my mind during one of these really bad flar > read more

Live from San Francisco….It’s Asthma Night Live!

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Greetings from the 14th floor isolation room a top the Moffitt building at UCSF medical center in San Francisco. Your guest host for tonight’s show is..well, me of course. I’ll be discussing how much fun it is being a patient in the hospi > read more

Boston 2011 Race Report

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They don’t call it the best marathon in the world for nothing , and this year was no exception. The weather was near perfect and the spectators and volunteers outdid themselves. The moment I entered athletes village and the disabled athletes st > read more

Disappointed, but still finished faster than last year:-)

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I was on well on my way to setting a personal best, when at mile 21, I slipped on some wet paper cups, did a full summer salt, cut my finger open and tore a ligament in my knee. I limped 5 miles to the finish line in excruciating pain, but at least f > read more

Boston or Bust!

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So in just a few hours Bib# 21619 is off to the Boston area to take another stab at the mother of all foot races. Monday morning I will attempt to finish my 3rd Boston marathon in a row and my 8th full marathon since starting this incredible fitness > read more

Training Complete!

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Taking a short break during an 18 miler on the Golden Gate bridge to mug for the camera. Rather than rehash what Ive already been documenting on Dailymile for the last 4 months, I’ll just cut to the chase. I’ve successfully completed ALL > read more

Lunch with Sally

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Had the great fortune of having lunch last week with one of my most favorite people in the whole world. Dr Wenzel was in town for the annual AAAAI convention in San Francisco and managed to squeeze in some private time with me in between her busy pre > read more

Let’s talk Asthma

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To offer broader access to those who would like to participate in asthma related discussions (like those on our Facebook SARP group), Ive decided to reactivate ye old Asthma Forums right here on this blog. I took the boards down last year because I w > read more

A Walkman for the Walk Man

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Look Ma…No headphone wires…. The kind folks at Sony asked this walk man if he would share his opinion about their Walkman! I’m referring to the Sony Walkman W series wireless MP3 player. First of all, you should know that I practica > read more

Cross Country Lab-Ratting

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I just accepted an invitation to participate in a new clinical research project that studies the effects of a certain oral diabetes drug on people who have severe asthma. The technical name of the study is….. “A Randomized, Placebo-Contro > read more

Gayle Myrna—Inhale the Future

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Meet my friend Gayle Myrna. Gayle is a long time reader of mine and suffers from pretty severe asthma herself. Gayle is also an accomplished performer and songwriter. She recently entered a songwriting contest presented by Billy Ray Cirus, the Countr > read more

My New Rabbit

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Mixing pleasure with business

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With almost 2 hours to kill in between medical appointments last week over at UCSF, I decided to put that otherwise wasted time to good use and do something Ive always wanted to…. I racewalked the Kezar stadium! That’s right…. I rac > read more

Bloated

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Everyone experiences a little indigestion and bloating from time to time. Did you know that it’s very common for people with chronic lung disease to experience frequent abdominal bloating? What’s not so normal however, is to actually beco > read more

Asthma Chats

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The 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 participate in this or future meetings, please regist > read more

Buried Alive

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The 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 because of pending legal action. Ive since withdrawn my > read more