by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
While working in Greece in 1989 I started coughing up blood. An X ray was taken at the local hospital and I was told that I had TB. The English company I worked for flew me back to England and I went to a hospital in Oxford. Tests and more X rays were taken and I was...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
It all started around about the age of three I think, course I was too young then to remember but my mum told me anyway. That was when I was first admitted into hospital with severe brittle asthma, and it was all down hill from there!I was in and out of hospital like...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
I was born in 1939. I had my first asthma attack at the age of 3. There were not many medications then for asthma. So whenever I was breathless I was put into bed until I got better. I learned to live with breathlessness over time. I eventually grew up, got married,...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
This story is reproduced here to help raise awareness that aspergillosis is a major problem for people living with cystic fibrosis. It originally appeared on the BBC website in June 2011 Sadly Becky died a few months after her transplant from complications. We know...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
What follows is a brief synopsis of Ann’s and my treatment of her aspergillus with additions when I recall them. After many fruitless visits to our local hospital (supposed) main consultant Ann had blood tests taken in September 2006.We always knew that she had...
by GAtherton | Jan 25, 2019 | General interest, Living with Aspergillosis
February 1st 2019 marks the second ever World Aspergillosis Day. This year the theme is ‘Diagnosis and Awareness’, and there are several activities and campaigns planned for the day, organised by patients, advocacy groups and research organisations alike!...