Category: Asthma
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Food as Medicine, or, Blueberries Prevent Death
14 comments on Food as Medicine, or, Blueberries Prevent DeathI’m not the only one who makes fun of the “food is medicine” “eat this and you’ll live forever or at least you won’t get cancer (maybe).” Am I? I’m not the only one who rolls my eyes at “superfoods” or who likes smoothies because they’re a quick breakfast, not because they’re “brain boosters“, right? Right? …and yet…I routinely add eat garlic, onions, and peppers for their decongestant…
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Advair Users Beware
FDA Alert: Some Advair Discus inhalers stolen from a distribution warehouse in 2009 have shown up in pharmacies. Lot numbers available at the link —- don’t use these particular lots. They may have been tampered with, have lost potency, been handled improperly. Note this is not a problem with Advair in general, just that certain inhalers may have been tampered with. Just avoid the lots in question.…
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Trees are blooming everywhere and my allergy meds are dealing with it. 2) The Sounders won their home season opener! 3) Continuing to exercise is having the desired affects — I survived a Costco jaunt last weekend and walked to a restaurant that serves wine today during lunch. 4) …and I haven’t injured myself through pushing myself too much. 5) Hugs and…
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What’s Up With You?
Hi y’all. Feel like it’s been a while since I had a real post. So. Still here. Still fat. What’s changed: Started walking again. The hip pain I referenced about 10 days ago? Still here. Still decreasing, thank heavens, but still here. I took nearly two weeks off from walking every day. I have begun doing very short walks again, and have continued to do leg lifts…
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Thankful Thursday
[a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Able to slowly and gently dance around the living room this week :) 2) Life expectancy keeps going up. 3) Enjoyable walk today despite the sometimes-rain sometimes-drizzle. (I picked a shopping area, so I could spend a lot of time inside or under eaves.) 4) How cleaning my bedroom and CPAP mask/hose can make me feel so much better when I…
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) The man of the house made dinner — patty melt for me, with minced onion & mushrooms mixed into the patty, and a chili burger for him. Yum. 2) Successfully moving my sleep schedule earlier, so I get to work in good time and get enough sleep. 3) The cable company is currently our of lives and we have faster internet access…
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) I am thankful and honored to read the comments people have made in response to yesterday’s post. 2) Hugs from the man of the house yesterday. 3) Elevator repairs at work this week mean I’m walking more stairs. I’m managing this MUCH better than I was afraid I would ;) 4) Experimenting with a new-to-me yoga routine from Megan Garcia’s book Megayoga. 5) I feel…
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Thankful Thursday
1) Being able to work remotely. 2) Noise-dampening headphones to keep me from killing the lawnmowers. 3) Summer solstice has passed. The days aren’t actually shorter yet, but knowing they won’t get any longer helps. 4) My knee doesn’t bother me walking down and up hills as I go around the block. (For those who haven’t been here: The flat parts of Seattle are man-made.) 5) More…
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Notes on Sunday’s Web-Surfing
A few notes on things I ran across on the web. Note 0: Fat asthmatics may need weight-based dosing. Suddenly I don’t feel guilty that I sometimes need 3 inhaler puffs instead of 2. Note 1: “The Drink-8-Glasses-of-Water-a-Day is a myth” story has hit Fark. Maybe doctors will get it soon? Note 2: Some of these other medical myths are interesting, too. Note 3: And exercise…
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Thankful Thursday
[Another weekly exercise in gratitude.] 1) Started doing full squats again* – not very many, and not using any extra weights, but even so, I am pleased with this progress. ;) 2) Finished a big rollout at work, which has seriously reduced my stress. 3) Three-day weekend coming up. 4) The insurance company finally approved the prescription antihistamine, which combined with the Advair seems to be improving…
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Thankful Thursday
This is one of those weeks where I’d rather be venting about the stressy stuff and not looking for things to be grateful for. But … that’s also part of why I do it, to focus on the good instead of the bad. 1) New CPAP mask arrived from cpap.com. 2) A friend asked to borrow Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere. 3) Advair (new preventative asthma drug…
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Fun with Breathing
Manufacturer’s pic of my CPAP mask Sunday night (and Monday morning) I kept waking up due to my CPAP mask blowing a stream of cold air on my lip. I thought it was perhaps an inadequate seal between the rubbery “nasal pillows” and my nostrils, but futzed around and eventually got back to sleep. Monday night as I took my book to bed, I…
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Thankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for… 1) Antihistimines and my inhaler. They help me enjoy spring and not feel like I’m sick all the time. 2) Sunshine. It is a nice change after the dark-by-4:30pm winter. 3) It appears that most of the garden survived the winter. 4) Going for a walk on a stressful day…yes, it helps me unwind. 5) Watching Matt dance. Somewhere between the music…
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Pollen Sucks
Seriously. Nose running, eyes itching, I take extra antihistimines – and then nibble on chocolate-covered coffee beans* to compensate for the resulting drowsiness.** I’m coughing up the occasional bit of phlegm, too, and my lungs feel fullish. The one good thing is that even though I feel sick, I’m probably not actually contagious. How’s hayfever season going for y’all? *Use with caution. **Yes, I…
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Small update
I had been slacking on working out this week. (Something about starting this blog that eats up my free time… !) But after writing the post about the aerobics tape last night, I went ahead and did it this morning. It felt good :) The suprise is that I’ve been feeling kind of congested / sick the last few days and taking it easy. I think getting…
Living ~400lbs 