by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
I was 10 yrs of age with asthma, not as bad as my brother, but parents sent me to asthma clinic in switzerland. our clothes kept in damp cellar. came home after 6 weeks,having lost 2 stone (28 lbs). mum took me to gp who said “dont fuss”. Mum then took me...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
March 2009 A case of surgical removal of an aspergilloma. History Treatment Considering operation Operation Post Operation 1. HistoryIn 1974, I was diagnosed with a large pneumathorax, a collapsed right lung. Attempts to inflate it failed and after several weeks in...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
I am 71 years old and have had problems with my lungs since I was 15. My first experience, when I was 15, was spontaneous pneumothorax. I had several partial collapses, mostly of my right lung. At the age of 18 I was treated by having olive oil injected into the...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
I had sinus problems in 2006 and it wasn’t until I started losing the sight in my right eye that a very wonderful doctor got VERY concerned about me and made it his personal goal to solve what was happening to me. MRI showed I had mysterious fluid around my...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | General interest, Patient stories
Think twice before breathing off a bag Appeared in DIVER November 2010 It was a cruel stroke of fate that abruptly ended Mike Firth’s underwater adventures, but this UK diver is keen that his misfortune should serve as a warning to anyone tempted to skimp on kit...