kerri's Page

In the online health communities I participate in, I'm:

a Mom/Mr. Mom (I’m here for you)

The online health resource I contribute to most frequently is:

http://asthmadaytoday.wordpress.com

This site is:

my blog

Another place where I contribute is:

http://twitter.com/redemption2005

Which is:

my twitter

I’m also on:

http://wearebreathless.org/redemption2005

It's:

a community I contribute to

More about me (my health interests and reasons for joining WEGO Health)

I joined WEGO Health to be a part of a positive community for people living with chronic conditions.

I was told I might have asthma a little under a month before my seventeenth birthday, although I personally had suspected it since three months earlier. I was told I definitely had asthma on October 2nd, 2008.

You can read my diagnosis story here:
http://tinyurl.com/yl5phtm

I think if it weren't for my diagnosis being so tedious and prolonged, and taking almost a year to get my asthma into some level of control, I wouldn't have gotten involved in asthma blogging and health communities like WEGO and others.

Along with asthma, I experienced seasonal allergies last summer (mid-July to the end of August). I have no serious food allergies, but I do have sensitivities to citrus fruits (especially oranges--they make my face burn), and aspartame (nausea, headache). I also have some degree of chemical sensitivity that I experienced before I developed asthma when exposed to fragrances, hair sprays, etc.