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Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

0 posted 2012-01-08 02:09 AM

Asthma

It is scary
to struggle
for air
Each breath
a battle.
Fighting to inhale.
Wheezing
Trying not …
(Oh God!)
… not to panic
While being so
damn scared.
Crying
just makes it
worse, you know
(do not cry -
just don’t cry!)
Be calm.

Calm.

Take time to relax
and take slow
shallow breaths.
Try not
to be afraid
and just remain
calm.

-

Alison

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

1 posted 2012-01-08 03:27 AM

Dear Alison, you have described an asthma attack vividly - both my hubby & I were asthmatics as children & our daughter. So frightening to see your child struggling for air & the panic on their face (thank god she has also grown out of it like us)
~hugs~ to you sweetie.

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2012-01-08 05:39 AM

My oldest daughter had asthma as I child so I understand this completely. Hope you are feeling better.
Ida

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2012-01-08 11:43 AM

REALLY sorry to hear you have to deal with that particular issue!

take good care of you!!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2012-01-08 05:26 PM

Sweet Alison, I felt constricted while reading your poem. You conveyed the agony of those moments powerfully. I am so sorry to hear this.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

5 posted 2012-01-08 08:36 PM

Darn! You almost made my eyes water...
Heart-wrenching.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

6 posted 2012-01-12 10:05 AM

ms Ali-san..glad you are ok...sent you a box of cigars to celebrate.

[This message has been edited by Dark Stranger (01-13-2012 05:42 AM).]

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

7 posted 2012-01-13 12:19 PM

Thank you all. Asthma is ... well, this was the worst attack I have had and it was pretty scarey. No more hauling wood when the temp is -35.

A

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

8 posted 2012-01-13 08:43 AM

Hauling wood with a temperature of -35 C°? Gosh, that is unimaginable!! I left my beloved Switzerland because I couldn't tolerate the low temperatures of - 20 C°, it felt horrible it was as if my heart had cramps and I felt unable to breathe. But I adore Winter and snow and ice ... and I miss it all.
May you find the right healing method and may you never again experience such frightening moments.
Love and hugs.
Margherita

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

9 posted 2012-01-13 09:52 AM

Ahh, this reminds me of my father and his battle with emphysema. Calm being the key word, when you're struggling to breath, sometimes there is no calm...

sending hugs!

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

10 posted 2012-01-16 12:41 PM

I ached for you with every word, dear friend... I've never had asthma, but have had whooping cough and pneumonia and both have given me a glimpse of the desperation and burning lungs and face-your-Maker-fear that comes from being unable to draw a breath! I hope you don't face another attack so severe... take care of you... you are treasured. *S*

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

11 posted 2012-01-16 12:46 PM

Hey my three beautiful lady friend ...

Thank you from the bottom of my pasta loving heart - sitting her sucking down pseudo spaghetti and thinking how lucky I am to have each of you in my life,

xoxoxo
A

mvvenkataraman
Member

since 2011-11-12

Posts 72
India

12 posted 2012-01-16 07:34 AM

Dear Alison,

Indeed your poem is fine
As it describes asthma
And all its complications
Really it explains finely

You have also given remedy
Which let a soul follow
I pray for those afflicted
May God help them bear

Yours prayerfully,

mvvenkataraman

mvvenkataraman
Member

since 2011-11-12

Posts 72
India

13 posted 2012-01-16 07:39 AM

Dear Alison,

Indeed your poem is fine
As it describes asthma
And its complications
Really it explains finely

You have also given remedy
Which let a soul follow
I pray for those afflicted
May God help them bear

Yours prayerfully,

mvvenkataraman

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

14 posted 2012-01-16 01:24 PM

Alison, I am so sorry to hear of your latest and scariest asthma attack. I was holding my breath while reading it - only realised when I finished reading it. I don't know how it feels from my own experience as I am never sick, and have never had, nor seen an asthma attack, but your poem took me there. Glad you are being woman-wise about its cause!

Relieved smiles and hugs
Owl

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