hello... my name is Debbie and I've been thinking about doing a blogg about Bronchiectasis for some time now. Perhaps talking about it will help me or other people that have it... I don't know, but let's have a go.
Firstly, I do wish that I had got an illness that I could spell or even pronounce and secondly I wondered if this is my punishment for being so vain. You might notice there isn't a photo yet, but that's one little hurdle I haven't quite overcome... maybe soon.
The first couple of years I just felt unwell and had chest infections a lot, but I still could run around like a woman possessed. I thought nothing of it. BUT going on oxygen for when I'm walking... whoa that hurt.. the illness was nothing to get my head round compared to wearing nose specs... ouch that hurt!
I was born with a fairly good sense of humour thank goodness and there are times when my friends and myself have cried with laughter at some of the things that have happened due to my Bronchiectasis and other times I have just sat and cried.
So count my blessings time... 1. a pelvic floor to die for, had to strenghten it because of the coughing fits... 2. became an authority of tissues, we will cover that at a later date as you maybe eating while reading this... 3.I always get a seat on a tube or a train, or maybe it's not the oxygen, but the glare I give people! 4. Getting a blue badge so I can park everywhere, well not everywhere as I found out.. loading bays for some weird reason are very fussy ad very costly if caught... 5.Cheap admissions in places.. cool I like this one a lot... do you want me to go on? Well I will, but in my next blogg.
This week I'm going to visit a brand new intake of student physios at a near by University with my physio that has helped me through a lot and if they are very lucky I will give them a sample off my chest to take home with them... Tip me over a bit and I can produce enough to gel your hair, stick up a couple rolls of wallpaper and still have more by nightfall!
If any of this rings true with you, then maybe we can laugh or cry together.
Speak to you again.
Love Debbie x
About Me
- Me...Debbie Burden... or known as Burders
- I'll be 55 this August... I've had bronchiectasis for ten years plus this year... End stage lung disease for the past year...been on oxygen for three years... and have I got used to it yet?... nah! I am now waiting for the biggie; a double lung and maybe a heart transplant. I love my life weirdly enough, because I have some wonderful family and friends who are with me every step of the way on my adventures, even though I embarrass them on a daily basis with my unorthodox way of looking at life. Not for the faint hearted!
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