by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
Hello Here is my Aspergillosis story… I started having problems with my health around the end of 2006. It began with problems eating then succumbing to emphysema due to smoking. I was diagnosed as having Dysphagia and I was loosing weight all the time. My family...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
This story was sent in to the Aspergillosis Patients support group in 2001. Mary Jo was an active member of the Aspergillus Support Group and she has suffered from Allergic BronchoPulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) for most of her life. This disease is caused by a...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
My story – medical I am 75 and I am writing this in the hope of encouraging new patients to believe that diagnoses which sound awful might not be as bad as they sound. So keep reading past the beginning. Current diagnosesABPA and asthma (formerly included...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | General interest, Patient stories
This man, who is not named, is believed to have had a fully active immune system and yet when he accidentally inhaled large numbers of spores when opening bags of garden compost his immune system was rapidly overwhelmed. This news article was originally written in The...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
My name is Maggie Murray from Christchurch, New Zealand. I have 3 beautiful grown daughters and I used to work with young offenders here in Christchurch. However my life dramatically changed when I was exposed to Aspergillus Fumigatus through unfiltered air...