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 | 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...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
ABPA & prednisolone I`m 71 year old, male, living south/east in Norway . Since 7 years old I got asthma, which developed later on to chronic obstructive pulmonary lung disease (copd), and have therefore used a lot of prednisolon during the years combined with...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
In November 2003 I suffered 2 ectopic pregnancies within weeks of each other, I had been pregnant with twins. The first operation bled the baby that was trapped in my tube (they were trying to save the tube) but unfortunately there was another baby in there and 10...
by GAtherton | Jan 29, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
July 16, 2013 Hi I am Kimberly and here is my journey which has just began. Please help me with whatever experience you have because I only know what I have read. In January during my annual check-up my blood work showed that I had hypothyroidism, which ment that my...