by GAtherton | Jan 30, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
Good old Freddie Mercury classic – ‘hitting the nail on the head’ brilliantly! The one sure thing in life is that we’re all going to die – we’re all headed in the same direction – and yet it’s a subject most of us...
by GAtherton | Jan 30, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
… And Breathing! Reasons to be cheerful – thanks to Derby Royal Hospital I finally was given the correct diagnosis and, importantly, excellent treatment from the team of Consultants in the Respiratory Clinic, which means my breathing is the best it’s ever been! After...
by GAtherton | Jan 30, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
Ok – so, this is my first attempt at blogging! It will probably be best to report on my own experiences and progress with ABPA, and also to bring in accounts/ views of other sufferers of this condition and other types of Aspergillosis. The latter two will be sourced...
by GAtherton | Jan 30, 2019 | Living with Aspergillosis, Patient stories
I shouldn’t imagine there are many people who are still here to be able to tell a tale with the above title! Background: For many years I suffered with periods of dreadful ‘flu-like symptoms, unable to stop coughing, night sweats and exhaustion – and was...
by GAtherton | Jan 30, 2019 | Patient stories, Video
The £5000 Hippocrates Open First Prize for Poetry and Medicine (hippocrates-poetry.org) for 2015 was awarded to poet Maya Catherine Popa from New York City for a poem inspired by her neuroscientist great grandfather. The Hippocrates Prize is an annual award for...
by GAtherton | Jan 30, 2019 | Patient stories, Video
Parisa Thepmankorn from Rockaway, New Jersey received the £500 2015 Hippocrates Young Poet Prize for ‘Intraocular Pressure’. The other shortlisted poets were Daniella Cugini from Warwick in England for ‘the surgeon dissects his lover’ and US...