THE BACK OF THE MEDIC

Recovery Continues, Work Goes On

20 June 2009

Since I got my asthma medications adjusted, things have been improving. I can take a deep breath without wheezing (assuming I don’t get my lungs coated in dust like I did yesterday… left me coughing a lot.). So, due to my EMS work that I love, I take two steps forward and one step back, [...]

Asthma attacks… again (Misadventures in stupidity)

16 June 2009

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Sometimes, I amaze myself at how stupid I can be. I mean, I treat people for asthma often enough, that as an asthmatic myself, I should know better about getting help when I need it. But nooooo… I, like many other EMTs and paramedics, think that we know enough to take care of ourselves when [...]

New York

7 June 2009

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Greetings from New York… Manhattan, specifically. I am here courtesy my work, to man a booth at a packaging conference. Tomorrow I get to build the booth. The conference actually runs Tue-Thu this week. I left SMF (Sacramento International Airport) at 11:59 PM last night. Yep, one minute before midnight. Touched down at JFK at [...]

June is here already

1 June 2009

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Wow… I can’t believe 5 months have gone by so quickly! It seems like it was January yesterday. I am doing ok. Still dealing with the effects of my bike crash on Cinco de Mayo. The fluid on my knee (called a seroma) is keeping me from riding, which bugs me to no end. I [...]