Re: asthma nurse

[Guest guest]

I'm so sorry that you had such a bad GP the first time, but I'm glad

you have a good clinic now to help you manage your asthma. My doctor

was the same way at first...had to come in every 3 months, but as my

condition got managed, he relaxed and now it's every 6 months to a

year depending on what's going on. I've gotten to be very good about

managing my asthma and want to get even better with my allergies. I

want to live life to the fullest and that's what I'm working on now.

Take care,

Angie

> i've had asthma 5 years & my previous GP was useless to say the

> least. i never once had a letter to see him or the nurse to check

on

> my asthma. i used to suffer from quite a few attacks & he just gave

> me steroids & sent me home. following a very bad attack in feb 04,

i

> learned more about my asthma & how to manage it in 5 minutes

> compared to 5 years with my old GP. i moved to a new town last

month

> with my fiancee & the clinic there is far better. they told me to

> see them on wednesday for an asthma check up & told me that they

> check up on you every 3 months. they checked peak flow, my inhaler

> technique, everything really. the nurse also told me that as i'm

now

> doing well, she would try & reduce my seretide dosage. with my

> previous gp i was always putting in repeat prescriptions all the

> time as he never once checked up on me. i'm now so clued up on my

> asthma than what i was before. whenever i used to ask my old gp for

> asthma advice he just used to say " loads of people have asthma,

you

> just have to live with it. "

>

> sorry if i have bored anyone. glad to get it off my chest.

[Guest guest]

You didn't bore me. I agree. I've also read that prevention would

save a lot of costs down the road which is why I'm trying to be good

about my physicals, pap smears, and any other preventative stuff I

can do to keep me healthy. I even got my GERD under control so I'm

not dependent on prescription medication. I only take it when I need

to, but try to catch it early and take OTC so those days are few and

far between where I need to use prescription medication.

Thanks for sharing!

Angie

> That's a good story, I hear that allot. As a RT I will be the

first

> to tell you that some health care workers including doctors don't

> know how to manage a good asthma plan. Doctors are the worst. They

> go to school a long time and know allot about medicine however they

> are trained to treat an illness after it occurs, not allot of time

> on prevention. Studies show that prevention by far is the best

thing

> that one can do to reduce the cost of health care.

>

> The University of Missouri says that half (1/2) of all health care

> costs are do to hospitalizations. Prevention can reduce the need to

> go to the hospital. I understand that no one wants to go to the

> doctor when they feel good. So why would you go to get a prevention

> plan? Once you become tired of getting sick or going to the

hospital

> you will make a point to go. Now I am afraid that I have bored some

> one.

[Guest guest]

You didn't bore me. I agree. I've also read that prevention would

save a lot of costs down the road which is why I'm trying to be good

about my physicals, pap smears, and any other preventative stuff I

can do to keep me healthy. I even got my GERD under control so I'm

not dependent on prescription medication. I only take it when I need

to, but try to catch it early and take OTC so those days are few and

far between where I need to use prescription medication.

Thanks for sharing!

Angie

> That's a good story, I hear that allot. As a RT I will be the

first

> to tell you that some health care workers including doctors don't

> know how to manage a good asthma plan. Doctors are the worst. They

> go to school a long time and know allot about medicine however they

> are trained to treat an illness after it occurs, not allot of time

> on prevention. Studies show that prevention by far is the best

thing

> that one can do to reduce the cost of health care.

>

> The University of Missouri says that half (1/2) of all health care

> costs are do to hospitalizations. Prevention can reduce the need to

> go to the hospital. I understand that no one wants to go to the

> doctor when they feel good. So why would you go to get a prevention

> plan? Once you become tired of getting sick or going to the

hospital

> you will make a point to go. Now I am afraid that I have bored some

> one.

[Guest guest]

You didn't bore me. I agree. I've also read that prevention would

save a lot of costs down the road which is why I'm trying to be good

about my physicals, pap smears, and any other preventative stuff I

can do to keep me healthy. I even got my GERD under control so I'm

not dependent on prescription medication. I only take it when I need

to, but try to catch it early and take OTC so those days are few and

far between where I need to use prescription medication.

Thanks for sharing!

Angie

> That's a good story, I hear that allot. As a RT I will be the

first

> to tell you that some health care workers including doctors don't

> know how to manage a good asthma plan. Doctors are the worst. They

> go to school a long time and know allot about medicine however they

> are trained to treat an illness after it occurs, not allot of time

> on prevention. Studies show that prevention by far is the best

thing

> that one can do to reduce the cost of health care.

>

> The University of Missouri says that half (1/2) of all health care

> costs are do to hospitalizations. Prevention can reduce the need to

> go to the hospital. I understand that no one wants to go to the

> doctor when they feel good. So why would you go to get a prevention

> plan? Once you become tired of getting sick or going to the

hospital

> you will make a point to go. Now I am afraid that I have bored some

> one.