Confessions v2 (to get off the naughty list! 🎅🏻)

[EmmaF91]

It’s a week til Christmas, and time to own up to our naughtiness to the big man! Let’s hope we can all get on his nice list and be given better lungs for next year! Feel free to add your own confessions or wish lists below!!

Dear Resp Santa (because with all that time spent in chimneys how can Santa not have a resp condition of some description!)

I am sorry that I ignored my neb rules when visiting my friends, I only did it so I could enjoy myself AND not land up in hospital (tho ofc I would have gone had it been necessary!). I really did enjoy having doggy cuddles despite the allergy!!!

For christmas I would like my benra injections to keep me out of hospital for 12 months!

Many thanks Santa,

Emma

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I am sorry I’ve not always used my spacer with my inhalers especially not in public! 🤦🏻‍♀️

I would like Xolair injections for Christmas to keep me off steroids and no chest infections 👍🏽😁😁😁

[Js706]

Dear Resp Santa,

I am very sorry that I persuaded the paramedics I could stay at home when I really should have let them take me to hospital because I wanted to sleep in my own bed and watch The Great British Bake Off. I definitely did not end up in resus the next day.

In my defence the paramedics sat and watched it with me...

For Christmas I’ll take 2 months out of hospital! (Although if you’re feeling generous would appreciate longer) 😂

[Lysistrata Administrator Community Ambassador]

DISCLAIMER: me being an idiot is not in any way an endorsement of anyone else doing any of the bad things below! It wasn't a good idea when I did it.

Dear Resp Santa,

I still don't wash my spacers enough (I do wash my neb parts carefully though!)

Sometimes I can't be bothered to get up and take my inhaler/neb because it's too much effort. even when Steve the Snake is being overly amorous. Or it's too much effort when I'm out and about to have a neb.

Sometimes I ignore my triggers until they're really annoying, or I kind of register them but don't escape them, because I'm busy doing something else and I don't want to stop to pander to lungs.

(Classic moments, so yes more than once: me typing email at work 'hmmm I can smell something floral/glue-y Let's finish this email, not registering yet, maybe it's not an issue. Oh **** it is an issue. Oops. Colleagues 'oh noo it's set you off, go to the kitchen'. Me: errr bit difficult at the moment, can you push me there on my desk chair with my neb and laptop?'

My colleagues are/were great (they still are, I went freelance). I'm a bit of an idiot though. I will also confess to using the ladies' loos nearest me because I'm lazy, even though there's a risk of scent and the disabled toilet was kept scent-free for me.

For Christmas, I would like repellent against Steve the Snake and for my lungs to be less confusing. I'd also like to have a better relationship with my asthma team and for all medics/nurses etc i meet while ill to be wonderfully understanding and know all about asthma and be good at listening.

While we're at it, can I have a stable full of unicorns, a winning lottery ticket and a house with a grand piano, a library and a ride-in shoe wardrobe (ride in on the unicorn to choose shoes).

[Echoblue]

Dear Resp Santa, I am so sorry that my body does not behave like a normal asthmatic when I am unwell, I have tried really hard but it just doesn’t want to wheeze or make loud noises. I will try harder to do it by the book next year.

Please can you spare any answers? 🤔😉🎅🏻😁x

Thankyou

[Wheezycat]

Dear Santa, I am sorry I haven’t managed my recurring oral thrush in the best way, and I am sorry I now need to change inhaler to deal with that. I always thought I did manage it well, and independently, which I like. I am sorry to cause extra bother for my GP, who now has to work out what asthma inhalers is in stock.

Please give me a new inhaler before my current one runs out. It would be a great Christmas present, as I already find it hard to go out for walks and such.

Please also give me a new set of legs. I would like ones that gazelles use, and they are nifty and bouncy. I wouldn’t say no to a new set of lungs either.

[Ayeup]

Dear respiratory Santa, I know that real dairy chocolate gives me lots of mucous and makes it hard for me to breathe easily but I will really try hard especially at Xmas to pretend I like vegan (dairy free) chocolate. I will tell everyone how yummy it is (even though it's a poor substitute for the real thing).

Please could I have Xolair or similar in the New Year 🎅

[corinneyvonne]

Dear Santa

I am grateful that I have been well this year and only wish for the same in 2020 🤞 (a job would be nice but I am not greedy 😂).

I would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas 🎄🥂❤️.

Thank you Santa 🎅.

Corinne

[Blue-Breeze]

Dear Santa

Can you make me a typical/text book asthmatic so as not to confuse the good folk in the medical profession. A little wheeze may help point them in the right direction. I've tried hard my end but I've failed 😊☃

Thank you 🎄

[Lysistrata Administrator Community Ambassador in reply to Blue-Breeze]

That's a great idea - Santa, can I have a reliable wheeze too please? Also a reliable peak flow drop and my cons to believe it.

[Melanie1989]

Dear Santa,

Im sorry for ignoring my asthma signs, and making my husband phone 111 so they wouldn't hear how bad my breathing is and send me to hospital.. I am also sorry for trying to self discharge so i could make my exam...

For xmas i would like to be a 'normal' asthmatic or have medics understand my asthma more. Less hospital visits would be great to!

[Meliko]

Dear Father Christmas,

I'm sorry for not using my power breathe as often as I'm supposed to, and for carrying on doing things when I know it's time to have a rest . For Christmas please can I have a whole year without going to hospital AND not have any appointments cancelled by the GP?

Thank you!