Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Hi Doug, Something similar happened to my daughter at school with a new sports teacher at her primary school, he believed asthma was in the mind so if you told yourself you didn't have it well you no longer had it, one day Cheyenne collapsed because of her asthma and couldn't get to her Ventolin because he took it off her, she almost died and had to resuscitated needless to say this man is a believer now so when I say to people now she need her meds with her or no she cant do that as she will die people take me seriously, but to get it through peoples heads it came at a price. Simone > > All my life, I have had people say that it is all in my head, I am > just trying to get attention or pity or to just " shake it off. " > > I wish just for once some of these people could experience what it is > like to NOT BE ABLE TO BREATHE!!! > > I had a Jr. High Coach in 1969 that would NOT let me call my mother to > bring me my inhaler. I had been doing laps in the hot September heat. > He said I was faking to get out of running with the other boys, gave > me 2 swats with the paddle and made me go back to running. " If you > are sick, you will get a doctors excuse and don't go running to the nurse, > I'll her you are faking too. " Can you believe the gall of some of > these people?? > > If I had passed out and been taken to the hospital, maybe just maybe, > he might have changed his tune. > > We didn't have cell phones back then, only the phone in the school > office that was off limits. I would have called my mom in a heartbeat. > > The next day, we had a doctors excuse. That coach was furious but could do > nothing. I could go on and on about this coach and my 1969 9th grade > gym class horrors but this is not the place. I did see him again in > 1978 when I was in college doing my practice teaching. He denied that > it ever happened. If figures! > > > Another day in the life of an asthmatic, > > Doug > Group founder > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 > > Hi Doug, > > Something similar happened to my daughter at school with a new sports > teacher at her primary school, he believed asthma was in the mind so if > you told yourself you didn't have it well you no longer had it, one day > Cheyenne collapsed because of her asthma and couldn't get to her > Ventolin because he took it off her, she almost died and had to > resuscitated needless to say this man is a believer now so when I say to > people now she need her meds with her or no she cant do that as she will > die people take me seriously, but to get it through peoples heads it > came at a price. > > Simone > > Simone, I have a degree in music education. Upon graduation, I was certified to teach public school music and did so till I went into church music in 1980. When I was in college, they taught ALL education major's that the health of the child was paramount. We even were required to take a class where we were taught the signs of serious health problems what to do, how to give first aid and some emergency procedures etc... I guess my coach in 1969 never had classes like that. Personally, he was a bully. Us boys had enough problems with bullies among the students and didn't need a teacher to be one too. As I said in my post, I could go on and on about my 9th grade gym class horrors but I wont LOL! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 We've been misspelling - it's asthnostic, like the first sylable of asthma. Fran > > All my life, I have had people say that it is all in my head, I am > just trying to get attention or pity or to just " shake it off. " > > I wish just for once some of these people could experience what it is > like to NOT BE ABLE TO BREATHE!!! > > I had a Jr. High Coach in 1969 that would NOT let me call my mother to > bring me my inhaler. I had been doing laps in the hot September heat. > He said I was faking to get out of running with the other boys, gave > me 2 swats with the paddle and made me go back to running. " If you > are sick, you will get a doctors excuse and don't go runng to the nurse, > I'll her you are faking too. " Can you believe the gall of some of > these people?? > > If I had passed out and been taken to the hospital, maybe just maybe, > he might have changed his tune. > > We didn't have cell phones back then, only the phone in the school > office that was off limits. I would have called my mom in a heartbeat. > > The next day, we had a doctors excuse. That coach was furious but could do > nothing. I could go on and on about this coach and my 1969 9th grade > gym class horrors but this is not the place. I did see him again in > 1978 when I was in college doing my practice teaching. He denied that > it ever happened. If figures! > > > Another day in the life of an asthmatic, > > Doug > Group founder > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 I think many people have experienced this or know of someone. I was made to run the mile in junior high. It was a cold damp October morning. I went to the gym coach and was told " Everyone has asthma today, get in line to run " . I made it maybe 1/4 the track and collapsed. Only to hear later him tell my mom I never told him. I had that same issue in elemenetary school too. After that incident, I was excused from gym. adly, it still happens today. One would think things would improve but guess not. Simone <miss.sam@...> wrote: Hi Doug, Something similar happened to my daughter at school with a new sports teacher at her primary school, he believed asthma was in the mind so if you told yourself you didn't have it well you no longer had it, one day Cheyenne collapsed because of her asthma and couldn't get to her Ventolin because he took it off her, she almost died and had to resuscitated needless to say this man is a believer now so when I say to people now she need her meds with her or no she cant do that as she will die people take me seriously, but to get it through peoples heads it came at a price. Simone > > All my life, I have had people say that it is all in my head, I am > just trying to get attention or pity or to just " shake it off. " > > I wish just for once some of these people could experience what it is > like to NOT BE ABLE TO BREATHE!!! > > I had a Jr. High Coach in 1969 that would NOT let me call my mother to > bring me my inhaler. I had been doing laps in the hot September heat. > He said I was faking to get out of running with the other boys, gave > me 2 swats with the paddle and made me go back to running. " If you > are sick, you will get a doctors excuse and don't go running to the nurse, > I'll her you are faking too. " Can you believe the gall of some of > these people?? > > If I had passed out and been taken to the hospital, maybe just maybe, > he might have changed his tune. > > We didn't have cell phones back then, only the phone in the school > office that was off limits. I would have called my mom in a heartbeat. > > The next day, we had a doctors excuse. That coach was furious but could do > nothing. I could go on and on about this coach and my 1969 9th grade > gym class horrors but this is not the place. I did see him again in > 1978 when I was in college doing my practice teaching. He denied that > it ever happened. If figures! > > > Another day in the life of an asthmatic, > > Doug > Group founder > --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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