Justines Asthma pages
My own asthma experience
MY TIPS I FIND USEFUL.
Stop smoking. - Have no pets.
- Damp dust instead of polish.
- Visit Doctor even if slight change in health.
- Exercise (try your best to).
Coping and getting on with it.
My own 
wee bit
I hear people whispering sometimes (its only asthma) (she should be working)etc. Well that would be great if only that were the case. There is people who only have a mild form of asthma and then theres severe asthma. I have always had it very bad and had a lot of time off school and work. I wanted to be a hair dresser from a very young age and achived this. This probably did not do me any good at all and I am sure contributed slightly to the copd too. Well I can't work now any way as every day is like a battle to breath properly. I get up in the mornings and take nebuliser and inhalers .They seldon help my breathing first thing in the morning. I can't take kids to school or some mornings brush their hair because I am gasping for breath. I usually come round a bit by 12.00 noon and breathing (sometimes) gets a bit easier. It does sometimes still frightens me even though I have learnt to cope with it all these years. It has a great impact on our family life . I can't do a lot of things with the kids and even going out is a big effort.It also makes me tired and depressed sometimes but I really do try to push my self as sitting about can make my health worse. I also don't sleep very well (WHICH MAKES ME BAD TEMPERED) because I keep waking out of my sleep every couple of hours gasping for breath. This scares me and also my hands and feet go numb too.
MY INTERESTS(BORING REALLY)
Well lets change the record now. My favourite pop star is Robbie Williams. I hope to see him in concert some day! My favourite songs of his are Angels and Shes the one. I have four daughters and all my spare time is tied up with them. My favourite colour is pink, I like reading and surfing the web and also like soaps and the discovery channel. Little boring so I am, but a well . Oh yes I like a wee vodka and a fag at the weekends too..My husband Arf is my one and only best friend. He deserves a medal for what he puts up with. I have known him from I was 15 and he hasn't had it easy as we had a daughter at 17 and another 13 months later. We then got married in 1993 and had another 2 daughters, by the time we were 25. Thats life for you. 
The best singer and entertainer ever.
MY FAMILY HISTORY.
The only person in my family with asthma was my Grandmothers sister. She was very bad as a child but moved to England when she got married and her asthma never returned (she was lucky). I have four daughters and two of them have asthma. They were quite bad as babies with it but luckily they have not had an attack for a couple of years (fingers crossed). The Consultant at the hospital says they will never be like me and I must ask him why the next time I see him.(will keep you updated). Well thats it folks.
