World Asthma Day 2019
So today is World Asthma Day and it would be very easy to make a post complaining about the symptoms, the medications, the admissions and all of the disruption it causes to my life and others (sorry mum and dad!). Instead I want to take a moment to think about some of the things I'm grateful for. Firstly my friends and family (particularly all my long suffering housemates and my parents!). Without you all there to listen to me moan, keep me company during long hospital admissions and prompt me to seek help when I'm being too stubborn I'd have gone mad (or more mad) long ago! Much as I moan about them and would rattle if you shook me I'm grateful for the incredible medications that just about keep me functioning on a daily basis. Yes, side effects and having to remember them sucks but let's be honest I wouldn't be here without them and medical science is amazing! Also my incredible asthma team (and all the respiratory and emergency staff) at Leicester, they