I think you'd be an awesome mentor, erika.

I went to the doctor again, and got some new prescriptions for this cough. My doctor is calling it asthma, though doctors can't seem to agree on whether I have asthma or not -- if I do the test when I'm feeling OK, then it says I'm normal, but once I get a cold or my allergies start acting up, my lungs react as if I did have asthma, so doctors tend to kind of shrug and not know what label to put on it. But this one is calling it asthma, so, sure. I don't really care what the label is, as long as the treatments work.

Hil, FWIW, I have sometimes "passed" the asthma test, even though I definitely have asthma. If it looks like asthma and feels like asthma, might as well consider it asthma, and see if the treatments work. Good luck!

What Zen said - neither my GP nor my allergist has ever seen me in a real asthma attack, because mine are triggered by bad allergic reactions. Nonetheless, very real. But like you said, what label's stuck on it is much less important than whether the treatment works. Lung-ma.

my sisters and I present abnormally -- we cough and choke, but still can get a full breath in. I am also seeing asthma treatment used more and more for bronchitis- because inflamed lungs are inflamed lungs -

I forgot to ask her about getting a nebulizer to use at home (her office was running really late, so by the time I saw her, I was kind of rushing to get to work on time), so I sent her a message through their website. I think I sent it too late in the afternoon, though, so I might not get a response until Monday.

I found out one of the phone lists I finished compiling just went to another quadriplegic. "We're in UR internetz...moving slowly to take over ur politics" maybe that could be the new "On the internet, nobody can tell you're a chicken?" Or maybe I said too much, BAWK!

I'm watching the Bruce Jenner interview, which is much better done than I'd expected it to be.

Was there some kind of legal issue with using the title "Keeping Up With the Kardashians"? This interview keeps referring to "that show," without naming it.

I was really surprised by the Jenner interview and, I have confessed to being totally charmed by one moment in particular.

When Bruce showed Diane Sawyer his LBD and said that she would not be the tallest girl in the room, "Isn't that wonderful?"

The joy in his voice and the sweetness in the intent warmed my heart.

He may have been my first non-popstar crush and, while I've never seen a single second of that Kardasian show, I imagine him to be a decent spirit. I can't speak to what others are saying about the bravery needed to speak out in this way, but I truly wish him well on his journey.