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Big Ideas Theater, Episode 13: Indy Driver TJ Fischer Talks Asthma

In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Indy Lites Racer and Asthma Advocate TJ Fischer shares his insight and perspective on living with asthma and learning to control it.

A lifelong asthmatic, Fischer opens the discussion sharing his experience of having an asthma attack while driving in a race back in 2015. This experience later inspired Fischer to help develop Project O2, a program to help others learn how to better control their asthma in order to accomplish their passions in life.

“You don’t have to let asthma define you,” Fischer said.

Big Ideas Theater 2017 was filmed at the AARC Congress 2017 in Indianapolis, IN. Congress speakers and lecturers shared their expertise and insights during these brief interviews.

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“I can breathe deeper because it makes me use parts of my lungs that I have never had to use. “

“I think the thing I’ve noticed most is after I do my inhaled medications at night I have no rattling in my lungs when I go to bed.“

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“It means better health, it means I feel better. It also helps to just clear my airways in everyday situations if I want to go out to a show which can be hard to do when you’re a cougher. I use this a lot before I go to clear my airways so I don’t have to run into that problem when I’m out.”

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“I have had chronic cough for 5 years now. After just two uses I slept through the night without coughing several times during the night. I normally had severe long cough spells at least once a week…”

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Big Ideas Theater, Episode 13: Indy Driver TJ Fischer Talks Asthma

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