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Inside Job
Your blood will boil.
Rod Lott
Earlier this week, a Congressional inquiry released a report on the 2008 financial crisis, calling it "avoidable" and pointing blame at several causes.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Be their guest
Belle, the Beast and the whole ensemble bring their 'tale as old as time' to the Civic Center.
Performing Arts
Jenny Coon Peterson
7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday
Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
One Week
An affecting, offbeat drama
Rod Lott
Not based on the Barenaked Ladies song, "One Week" begins with young Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson and his perpetual 5 o'clock shadow) being told he has stage IV cancer of the blood, liver and lymph nodes, and thus, little time left to live.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Blue Valentine
Michelle Williams delivers a dead-on-perfect performance
Rod Lott
While long impressive on the big screen, from "The Station Agent" to "Brokeback Mountain," Michelle Williams does her best work yet in "Blue Valentine," the fractured love story that earned her a well-deserved Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, but was more deserved to Natalie Portman in "Black Swan."
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at City Arts Center, 3000 General Pershing, director Scott Hamilton Kennedy leads a master class in independent documentary production for $50.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Switched on
Tulsa-lensed drama 'The Lamp' sets Sept. 15 benefit screening.
Shot in Oklahoma, "The Lamp" soon can be seen in Oklahoma. At 7 p.m. Sept. 15, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma hosts a special screening of the film at the Mabee Center, 7777 S. Lewis in Tulsa.
With a cast that includes Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr., the inspirational movie is about a broken man fighting to keep his marriage and life together after the death of their only child. Scheduled to appear at the benefit screening are director Tracy J. Trost and co-producer Jim Stovall, the Tulsa businessman who wrote the book on which the film is based.
All proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish. For ticket information, call 918-495-6000.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
08.25.2011 2 years ago
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R&R Q&A with Michael Shannon
The 'Boardwalk Empire' actor talks shop and Superman, which gives him 'the shivers.'
Michael Shannon made his motion-picture debut alongside Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day," but his career really didn't take off until 2008, when his supporting performance as the mentally unstable acquaintance of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in "Revolutionary Road" was honored with an Academy Award nomination.
The roles have grown in size ever since, from "Jonah Hex" to two films with the legendarily idiosyncratic director Werner Herzog in "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done." The most notable, however, has been his good-guy role as Agent Nelson Van Alden on HBO's Emmy-winning "Boardwalk Empire."
Earlier this week, Shannon talked to
about "Boardwalk," now airing its second season, and the project that threatens to take his star into the stratosphere: the Superman reboot in which he plays the Man of Steel's Kryptonian nemesis, General Zod.
"Boardwalk Empire" is really the first time you've worked on a TV series other than a guest shot. Does it feel completely different than being on a movie set or is the level of quality so high that there's no difference?
The structure of it's very different. I mean, when you do a movie, you get one script — unless there are going to be sequels or something — but you get the one script and it has a beginning, middle and an end, and you go shoot it and that's that.
But this is ... it's not like you're telling a story. It's like you're creating a whole other world, you know, that moves in every direction. And the story just keeps getting more and more twisted and complicated. I walk away from the end of the season and I have absolutely no idea what to expect. It's very mysterious.
This is sort of your time right now. I mean, "Boardwalk" is airing, "Take Shelter" is out, "
" is finally coming out on DVD. It's like Michael Shannon week! Did you ever think you would be at this point? I mean, you've worked a long time, but it's only since "Revolutionary Road" that the industry as a whole took notice.
I've always been happy just to be working, you know. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture or whatever. I enjoyed living in Chicago and doing plays for little or no money. And I never actually thought that I would leave Chicago originally. I wasn't one of these people that had a plan to pack up the van and drive out to Hollywood. I didn't want to. I knew other people that did that and a lot of them wound up kind of unhappy, so it kind of frightened me.
So the fact that I got to ... I guess to get to this point kind of surreptitiously is really incredibly fortunate for me, because I kind of got this without even necessarily chasing after it. I just kept doing work that I believed in and it kind of led me to this place, but I'm always very reticent to buy into any of the hype, because it goes away in the blink of any eye, you know. And you make one wrong move, you can find yourself back in obscurity.
But it's not something I'm really keeping a lot of attention to. I'm not looking at my star meter or something, you know, how many people are talking about me or something. I just keep working on things I like and hope for the best, hope people enjoy them.
Then are you prepared for the onslaught with "Man of Steel"? The press on that is going to be outrageous.
Honestly, no. I'm not prepared for that in any way, shape or form. It gives me shivers. I'll do the best I can, but ... it's funny because it used to just be that you do the work and the work just spoke for itself.
But when you get on a project like that, obviously, it's almost like half the job is being a cheerleader for the team. You got to go around, stirring up the pot, as it were. But it's hard to do that when they tell you, "Oh, and by the way, you can't say anything about it. And the only thing you should say is, "It's really great. It's really great. I'm having such a great time and everybody's great." That gets a little frustrating after a while.
I find it kind of funny actually, because if I didn't tell you anything about Superman, but I asked you, "Tell me what happens in Superman," I bet you could probably tell me the whole story. I mean, it's kind of like saying, "I'm not supposed to talk about the Pledge of Allegiance." It's kind of silly.
Has Agent Nelson Van Alden become a favorite character of yours because you've worked with him so long or do you have another that stands out for you more?
Well, I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I mean, I can't help myself, but the thing with Van Alden is, I always look forward to seeing what's going to be next, and that's a very different experience than anything else I've done.
But I do have a lot of sympathy for him. I think Van Alden has a very hard life and I feel for him. And a lot of people will stop me and say, "Oh, I watch 'Boardwalk Empire.' I love the show, you're good on it, but I hate your character. He's such as asshole." It's a little upsetting, so I say, "Why do you think he's a bad guy?" I mean, is it so hard to understand what happened to him or is he too opaque or something?
Because when I look at him, he makes me really sad. He tried really hard to do the right thing and he failed, and then he kind of went off the tracks. But, yes, the character seems to illicit some really negative feelings from people, which makes me a little defensive sometimes.
What's next for you?
Let's see, I've got the two films out right now, "Take Shelter" and "Machine Gun Preacher," and "Take Shelter," I'm really excited about people seeing that, because I think it's pretty good. "Machine Gun Preacher" is all right, too.
Let's see, I did a movie called "Premium Rush" with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which I think is coming out next summer. But right now, I'm just shooting "Man of Steel" all the way up until February, and then (season three of) "Boardwalk Empire" starts in February, so there's not a lot of downtime there.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.28.2011 2 years ago
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Brief encounters
In honor of this year's batch of Oscar-nominated shorts showing at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, we bring you short reviews of each.
Rod Lott
Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films
5:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Annie Hall
Love is too weak a word.
Phil Bacharach
What's there to say about
Annie Hall
? It's an American classic, arguably Woody Allen's finest film and perhaps one of the best romantic comedies of all time. The fact that it served as a turning point for Allen from full-bore comedies to more ambitious (if just as funny) stuff can make it easy to take for granted.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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Last year's most popular 3-D documentary about dance,
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Lion Cubs are alive in Northern Star Council!
Lion Cubs are kindergarten boys just starting on the Boy Scout Trail. A boy and his adult partner get to do fun, age-appropriate activities - sounding much like the original Tiger program. By adding this program, the BSA provides a K-12 experience, dropping the entry age a bit more.
You can read more about the new program at this
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I look forward to this program expanding nationally since I often receive emails asking about getting kindergarten boys signed up. Then, I won't have to say, "Wait a year or move to Minnesota."
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Sep 01, 2011 - JayInTheWoods
The flyer states that the North Star Council is the only council in BSA to offer the "new" Lion program. Not true. French Creek Council in Pennsylvania has had a Lion program running in many of their Packs, including mine, for the past 6 years.
Sep 01, 2011 - Scouter Paul
Jay - there have been some other Learning for Life Lion programs in councils. French Creek and Hiawatha Seaway both have had those. I've not seen the program materials for Northern Star so I can't say if it is the same, similar, or completely different.
But, whatever the program, I hope it helps with the long-term membership health of the organization.
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Sep 06, 2011 - Scott180
We have quite a bit of interest here in Manalapan, NJ and we want to start the Lion Cub program. We even have 2 parents who want to be leaders. Our Council hasn't given the official OK, so any help you can give is most welcome. Thanks! Scott
Sep 08, 2011 - Jim
I'm in the Northern Star Council, and am the Kaposia (Awesome!) District chair for Cub Scout Recruiting. We're shooting for 100% of our Cub Packs implementing Lions where possible. It brings so many new kids into Cub Scouts and at a great age that it's hard to really argue against the strengths of the program.
I will say that some Packs, having experience with the "herding cats" nature of Tigers, are a little wary of Lions. That said the units with Lions are thriving.
My son's Pack recruits mostly at an Open House at his school. Of the 28 families who requested more information about Cub Scouts and wanted to get their kids signed up a good third were Lion candidates. We're rolling our first Den of Lions out this year.
I can get copies of our materials to interested parties if you want.
Sep 13, 2011 - John81
We are in Washington Twp, NJ (S Jersey) and are in the process of starting a Lion Program also. E-mail me, maybe we can coordinate and help each other out. firstname.lastname@example.com
Oct 08, 2011 - CubScout Mom
Our Council is located in Kansas, and we too have many Kindergarten boys interested in joining the Cub Scouts. Can we request to be able to do the Lion program in our Pack? Do you have any info on who to contact about this?We would love to get this going, and as a mom of 5 boys, I think that starting them in scouts at an early age, they are more likely to stay in it longer.
Nov 19, 2011 - chris187
we are putting an unoficial lion's program together everything looks great so can someone email me any program materials or send me a set firstname.lastname@example.com
Jim I think you said this might be up your ally
Feb 13, 2013 - Roytn4318
Can anyone give me information on starting a lion cub program in our pack? I am in Middle Tenessee and think this would be great to start here. I will ask can they get thier bobcat badge during this year? ANy information would be deeply apprecitated.
Feb 15, 2013 - Scouter Paul
Roytn4318 - You need to contact your District Executive or other council contact to find out the availability of the Lion program in your area. It's just a phone call away.
Mar 20, 2013 - Mama2threeScouts
I am in Northern Star Council as well, I started Cubs Scouts when my twins were in 1st grade. I truly feel my kindergartener is getting more out of his first year then my other two did thanks to the Lion Cubs and the slow pace.
I highly recomend the program!!!
I also like that in our pack every family gets one month to plan a den meeting and Grand Adventure. Great way for the rest of the family to get their feet wet too.
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William & Mary is the latest in-state FCS college program to make a scholarship offer to Monticello's Jhalil Mosley.
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Mosley attended a camp at William & Mary earlier this week.
Virginia has also expressed interest in Mosley, although not as a quarterback. At a camp last week on Grounds, Mosley ran drills for Virginia coaches as a wide receiver, defensive back, and kick returner. Mosley said afterward that he'd be open to a position change at the college level.
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Today's children grow up in a vastly different technological world than that of their parents or grandparents. While you may fondly recall a favorite storybook stored on your nightstand, many kids today are reading using their parent's smartphone or tablet. Digital devices are becoming a regular part of a child's life, and parents should understand what this means for how kids learn and grow.
How are these new devices different from traditional electronics? Unlike passively watching TV or a DVD, reading a book or playing a game on an electronic device is interactive, meaning children can actively explore a story or game through touch screens or voice commands. Interacting through technology can be an enjoyable way for kids to obtain new skills.
Most professional organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, recommend limiting screen time for children 2 years of age or younger. But, when used appropriately, technology and media can support both learning and relationships, according to a joint statement from the National Association for the Education of Young Children and Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media.
So how does today's technology help children? Learning math and literacy skills can be fun when embedded into game play, and because many games require creative thinking and problem solving, children learn on multiple levels, and therefore obtain a broader knowledge base. Also, because children can often work together on games, they learn important social and teamwork skills too. It's always important to keep in mind that learning through digital devices is not meant to replace traditional learning methods - but rather complement them.
Today's technology also provides a fantastic opportunity for classic authors to participate in the digital space too, reaching a whole new generation of children. For example, the beloved characters and solid values of love, compassion, empathy, caring and sharing emphasized in Mercer Mayer's Little Critter book series are now delighting parents and kids alike with the launch of a new interactive reading adventure app, 'The Trip - Little Critter Reading Adventure.' A 2013 National Parenting Center Seal of Approval recipient, this fun app features the same practical, family-based situations typically presented in Mayer's books, and now kids can engage with the characters and the story in ways they could not have been done before. In this action-packed car trip, kids can help Little Critter and his family find the right road, fix the tire when it goes flat, and of course play fun games along the way!
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Lasting peace requires that key actors have the skills and access to forums and institutions allowing them to cooperate across political or sectarian lines. This is why a large part of UNDP's work in preventing violent conflict, and its recurrence, involves working with local communities and governments to set up ways for managing disputes through inclusive participation and dialogue.
By supporting national dialogue processes, local peace committees, and confidence-building activities between people and communities, UNDP contributes to reaching consensus on sensitive issues, mitigating ongoing tensions and fostering breakthroughs in political deadlocks at the national and local levels. UNDP also works to prevent electoral violence and strengthen foundations for more resilient societies.
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The low representation of women in the boardroom, growing income inequality, and the retention of talent have all been prominent in recent news headlines. To better understand the challenges of workplace diversity, expert opinion and research findings will form the content of three global Expert Panels – all centred on the theme of Diversity - launched today by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
The Expert Panels are roundtables bringing together key thinkers to debate and develop new thinking on managing diversity in businesses.
The first Panel event takes place in Delhi, India, on 17 November, and will be chaired by Professor Paul Boyle, chief executive of the ESRC. Further roundtable events will take place in Shanghai on 9 December and London on 17 January 2012. The Panel chair is Alison Maitland, a journalist, author and expert on leadership, diversity, and the changing world of work.
To support wider debate a website has also been launched, including an opinion piece by Ms Maitland called Harnessing diversity for global business performance.
Ewan Willars, director of policy at ACCA, says: 'The ultimate aim with these roundtables is to influence policy and to get a debate going. Diversity means different things to different people in different places. But for ACCA and the ESRC we want to explore the link between diversity and innovation and in particular the benefits to organisations in encouraging diversity to achieve business benefits. We specifically don't want to focus on diversity being an ethical or moral issue but rather want to point to the potential benefits to business of harnessing a range of perspectives.'
Astrid Wissenburg, director of partnerships and communications from the ESRC, says: 'These unique Expert Panels provide an opportunity for international debate around the complex challenges of diversity for global business. It is clear that social science has an important role in understanding these challenges and the role of diversity in developing innovation. By bringing together a global group of experts in these locations, I am confident we will ensure a better appreciation of the relationships between diversity and innovation from both business and research perspectives.'
Ms Maitland says: 'We have published an online discussion paper about diversity, introducing the roundtables with some short examples of how diversity, or the lack of it, affects five pillars of sustainable business growth – those of new talent, new business, innovation, effective organisation structures and leadership capabilities.'
As well as considering these five pillars of sustainable business growth, the Delhi Expert Panels will debate how India's growing economy and society can retain talent and how it can channel high aspirations for innovation and entrepreneurialism in the country and beyond.
The Panel of Experts in Delhi are:
- Mr Lalit Jain, Senior Vice President & Company Secretary, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd
- Mr Ashish Makhija, Corporate Consultant and Lawyer
- Mr Manoj Raut, CEO, Institute of Directors
- Ms Saundarya Rajesh, CEO of NGO FlexiCareers
- Mrs Vandana Saxena Poria OBE, CEO, Get Through Guides
- Mr Charlie Walker, Director of Programmes, British Council
- Mr Ravi Chaudhry, founder Chairman of CeNext Consulting and Investment Pvt Ltd and author of Quest for Exceptional Leadership: Mirage to Reality
- Mr Andrew Jackson, British High Commission
- Mr D Shyam Babu, Advisor, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI)
- Mrs Mohini Daljeet Singh, Head, Max India Foundation
A report about all three roundtable discussions will be published in March 2012.
All details about the Panels can be found on its website, which can be accessed from the 'Related Links' section (left of this press release)
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Through the Expert Panels we aim to provide a platform - both regional and international - that will extend the impact of high quality research and shape future activity in a high-level and independent debate. The Expert Panels will also:
- Influence policy development and formation - in the UK and with international partners
- Stimulate innovation and change - in business, policy and in research
- Develop international co-operation and collaboration between business and academia
- Utilise the information and knowledge from the meetings to develop new research funding areas
- Highlight challenges facing businesses and researchers, the potential solutions, as well as key bodies that can influence these
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Advertisers are back in the Big Game, taking advantage of the giant platform for brand exposure that is the Super Bowl. Never mind that they're paying close to $4 million for a 30-second spot; the broadcast still garners the biggest audience for a single program—making it worth every penny to most marketers.
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Volkswagen – 'Get In. Get Happy.'
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Pepsi Next – 'Party'
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I am one of those who watch the Superbowl not for the game but for the commercials. Are there others like me? What percent of America?
2 in 5 SB viewers view for the commercials. That's just under 50 Million, just like you:)
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In the past, mayoral races have often been decided in the spring Democratic primary because of the inability of the local Republican Party to generate viable candidates. There has not been a Republican mayor in Terre Haute since Leland Larrison served one term in the late 1960s. The closest any Republican came to ending that drought was George Ralston, who put a scare into the Democratic machine headed by Mayor Pete Chalos in 1991.
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They are out there! Those nasty bugs waiting to get you! But how is it that some people hardly ever get ill? It's probably that their immune system is really healthy!
How to boost your immune system this winter!
Your immune system is constantly fighting to defend your body against micro-organisms (the medical term for those nasty bugs!) The immune system is interconnected with your nervous system and your hormonal system and to function balance is required. Immune system health is also implicated in preventing and fighting cancers. Research is beginning to show that immune system health is effected by diet, exercise, stress and other lifestyle factors:
- Don't smoke: smoking has a negative effect on all aspects of immune health.
- Eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Limit sugar (especially high fructose corn syrup), which decreases immune function rapidly. Consider eating more garlic which is antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal.
- Maintain a health weight but avoid rapid weight loss though, as this can reduce immune function.
- Exercise regularly: see below
- Manage your stress: stress has a significant effect on immune system health. (look out for more ideas on stress management in my blogs and facebook)
- Drink alcohol only in moderation, if at all.
- Be well rested and sleep well.
- Take steps to avoid infection, such as washing your hands frequently and cooking meats thoroughly.
- Hydrate yourself! Adequate water intake will help immune function and help your body "flush out" bugs.
- Take supplements if your diet is not adequate but buy only good quality supplements like a whole food supplement, zinc and anti-oxidants. Probiotics are essential for good digestive immune health: I recommend that everyone take a good quality pro-biotic. Aloe vera is excellent to help skin immunity and repair after a burn or injury.
- Get out in the sun! When we are exposed to sunlight our body makes vitamin D, which is good for our immune system and nervous system. Many of us, especially those who live through long cold winters are not getting enough vitamin D. You can take a supplement but it's better to get it naturally through sun exposure (40% of body exposed, for 20 mins, between 10am and 2pm). Optimal vitamin D levels are also linked to decreased risks of several cancers (including lung and skin).
- As you age your immune function may decline and you may be more exposed to respiratory infections. So you may need to work harder at keeping a healthy immune system, especially with regard to good nutrition and exercise.
- Myth: wrapping up warm does not improve immune health! As long as you are comfortable and not at risk of frostbite or hypothermia, you should be fine!
Exercise and the immune system
Regular mild to moderate exercise is good for your immune system. It increases circulation throughout your body and improves the circulation of components of your immune system (antibodies and white blood cells), to the areas that need it. Exercise also helps flush bugs from the body via the lungs, urine and sweat and the raise in body temperature may help fight infection. Last but not least exercise reduces stress and stress hormones, which improves immune function!
However, extreme exertion research shows that extreme exercising may be bad for immune health. Extreme exercise can decrease white blood cells and increase stress hormones. Sorry all of you triathlon, marathon, iron-man athletes but this type of training is bad for your immune system.
Getting those winter bugs may prevent you exercising, and so forms a vicious circle: winter bug - feel unwell - don't exercise - reduce immune function - get more winter bugs and so on! SO it's essential to see exercise as a preventative measure. Exercising while you have an infection should be done with caution: reduce the intensity and listen to your body. If you have shortness of breath, cough, fever, extreme tiredness, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes exercise should be avoided until you feel better or your doctor recommends a return to exercise.
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In this "holiday"/ "festive" season with the cold weather, shorter days and availability of lots of "good food" it can be really tough to keep fit. This is why I have set up a new Facebook Community to help to people like me get fit and stay fit.
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I've been here before but have been MIA for a while. I've lived with pretty bad asthma for years, but it turns out I probably have a few things wrong with me. I'm confused because my pulmonologist says I have "mild" asthma if anything, because my PFTs are normal, but I still get really bad coughing, chest pain, trouble breathing, and cough up mucus and wheeze when it's bad. I have trouble walking actually and have to hide out indoors. Also I thought that there are a variety of things besides breathing tests that are supposed to determine how "bad" asthma is? Like symptoms?[br>
I am moving again in a few weeks back home, and will being seeing my allergist who does think I have moderate asthma. This week was hard because after two weeks of getting chest pain (and taking a high dose of steroid inhalers), I finally went to my family doc and he was nice enough to agree to give me pred. (which I tend to take 2-4 times a year).[br>
Anyways, I had switched off of advair about a month ago to flovent, as advair tend to give me palpitations, but I do think it works better. I've taken flovent for years, and then advair for years. They seem hesitant to put me back on the advair, saying that people are more likely to get intubated on it, but I wonder if that is just because people who take combined inhalers just have worse asthma?[br>
So about the point of this post. Apparently I also have VCD. I'm still trying to understand how this can possibly contribute to chest pain? My doctor keeps insisting that the problem is coming from my throat (vocal cords), but my throat feels just fine, it's my chest that hurts and wheezes.[br>
So I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this, and how you take care of both conditions at the same time? I've agreed to try speech therapy to help the VCD, and indeed would be happy if it does help, but am not sure what to expect. I'm trying to keep an open mind![br>
Sorry if this post is way rambling. I've got pred in my system![br>
It is difficutl to distinguish between the two attacks. What I do is try the VCD exercises first and as I get my medicine out. If that works, I dont' take the medicine.
The symptoms of VCD are referred to the chest. I am getting to where I can feel my throat tighten up and know a VCD attack is coming, but that has taken a while to recognize.
The speach therapist will give you several exercises to work with. Mainly exercise to vorce the vocal cords to relax. They should also disus habits you may have that cause irritation of the cords that trigger attacks. One common habit is clearing your throat which is VERY bad for the vocal cords. Also, you need to make sure that acid reflux is very well controlled if you have it.
Good luck with speach therapy. It helped me and several others in the community.
Let me know if you have other question.
Thanks! That helps a lot. I would be very happy to have better control over part of my symptoms, but I have a feeling there is more than one condition (asthma, VCD, reflux etc.) contributing to them. That makes sense too that the feeling of chest tightness can be coming from somewhere else.[br>
I will ask if I think of any more questions. Do you still need to take pred. for bad attacks?[br>
Unfortunately, yes, I do have to take pred for flares still on occassion. I just finished my 3 burst this year a week ago, and so now I am waiting to see a pulmo. I have really been in a flare since Oct and just can't shake it. My peak flows will go up for a day or two and then drop again even lower than they were. It is frustrating.
Just let me know if you have more questions. I am sure there are others out there to share their stories as well.
There is a print shop in the building and know when they run the carbonless copy paper I have throat swelling and chest tightness within 3-5 minutes. I use to recover from this after leaving the building for 10 - 15 minutes, but know the symptoms continue for weeks even when using Atrovent in Nebulizer and 20 mg of prednisone twice a day. I have been on the prednisone since August 11.
I need help but no one seems to know what to do. This is the 3rd incident where I have missed up to 1 - 3 weeks of work.
I appreciate any help and/or assistance you can provide.
Thank you, Manx3696
I do the VCD exercises while I am getting my inhaler out. If that seems to be helping, I chalk that attack up to VCD and continue doing the exercises until I have full relief. If it doesn't help, or only partially relieves the symptoms I go ahead and use my inhaler. It is possible to have both a VCD attack and an asthma attack at the same time.
Take care.
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