Well before I start writing this new blog, I know it's been a while since I wrote my last one (I've been busy). But I've been blown away by how many people have read my last two blogs and who has responded to me through Twitter about my blogs. My Dodger blog was read by over 300 people, and I received responses from Dodger broadcasters, sports radio personalities, and ex-Dodger players. Then my blog about Tooth and Nail Records was read by over 400 people, including some of the band members I wrote about. So thank you, and I'm not expecting a huge response to this blog at all.
Well the reason why I've decided to write about having asthma for this blog, is because it's something I've had to deal with, for pretty much my whole life, and mainly because as I'm writing this I'm recovering from a recent asthma attack I had this past week.
I was first diagnosed with asthma at age 11, but I always knew I had it before, because I knew of all the symptoms and struggled with all of them. So as a kid through elementary school Jr. High and school; sometimes it was tough to have asthma, Also if you had asthma you were usually stereo typed as a nerd (oh it didn't help my cause that I also wear glasses.)
Now let's getting something straight, just because a person has asthma it does that make them a nerd. In fact I have a theory, everyone is a nerd, yes that's what I said everyone is a nerd. What do I mean by that? Well everyone has at least one thing, most of us a few things, that we are absolutely passionate about, which may be a hobby, an interest, TV show, you get my point. For me I am a hockey nerd, particularly a L.A. Kings nerd, I know things about the Kings that most likely most people who work for the team do not know. Case in point; on the Kings post-game show during Kings talk, they always have a trivia question and I usually know it, and yes I have called in and answered the question and ended up winning some Popcornopolis, which made my wife Jenette very happy.
Well what is asthma? Here is a link you can click on to read about Asthma.com. Now to explain to you who do not have asthma what it feels like. Sometimes it hits very quickly, and it feels as if a 600 lb. man is sitting on your chest and he's refusing to get off. To be honest that's not the tough part, you need to cough, you pretty much have to cough, but when you do it feels as if someone is stabbing you with two knives inside your chest. At times it even hurts to talk because it's very difficult to get a word out. It even hurts to laugh, one time when I was recovering from an asthma attack I was at home resting watching Seinfeld, I started laughing and my lungs felt as if I was being stabbed, so normally when I'm recovering from an asthma attack I try to avoid watching funny shows or movies. So that is a short and brief description and what asthma feels like. Because anyone who has asthma, as been told by someone who does not have asthma, to toughen up or to quit being such a wimp.
As someone who has my asthma, I have one small device that becomes one of my best friends, my inhaler. And yes, once again, when people see you with one of these, they automatically assume, you're a nerd. But for those of us with asthma, our inhalers can be our lifelines, one or two puffs from this wonderful device can clear up your lungs for a period of time and help you breathe again. Something else that helps out a lot while my asthma is bothering me, is taking a hot shower, the hot steams just helps clear my lungs, and normally after a bad asthma attack I take 3 to 5 showers a day. What makes it difficult now is that, I'm without insurance for a little while, so I'm not able to go see a doctor or get refills on the two different kind of inhalers I use (Qvar and Proair), but hopefully it should be kicking in quickly. This may not have been as a fun blog, but I just had to get it off my chest, yes that's meant to be funny, and I do know that was very cheesy.
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