About Me: Female, 58, Merced, CA, member since May 2009
I am married with three children who range in age from 22-27. I spent approximately ten years after college assisting with CV dog Lab and physiology research in association with several medical schools. (neuro-cardio vascular focus - my particular interest was primary
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[More] thirst , atrial stretch receptors and pontine pathways). After moving to a family farm, I worked in medical insurance claims, and used my knowledge of genetics to breed gourmet quail. 26 generations later, my 1 pound coturnix were hit with a turkey roup virus and tracheitis caused by a protozoan organism. One bird survived out of about 10,000 - quite a loss! So, I went into retail management and then did clerical support work until I could get my teaching credential. I now teach high school biology on a part time basis. The economy and my health issues related to allergies has kept me from fulltime employment, but I hope that will change soon.
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My doctor doesn't want to use the scale that came with the peak flow meter. He says I should be at 450-500 peak flow. I am 54 1/2 years old 5'7" tall an...
Tried a new peak flow meter today and have the proper range chart for it. t seems to measure a little bit higher than my old one, but since the Dr. was using the range fo...
tried to go down to 47.5 mg prednisone, but had breathing problems, so tomorrow I will go to 48.25. See NP tomorrow.
It seems like everything is a trigger for my allergi...
Just a quick note to say hi!
i got new peak flow and it registers much lower but i just have to get used to it and go by daily records from here
my peak flow doesnt seem to alter with puffers only prednisolone