If it's bad, then I have to run for my life as you put it. I would also try to educate the person, probably by phone. But some people just don't think even when they should know better. I was at the...
No, I never used a spacer with the advair. I'm sure that would have helped out a lot. However, I'm doing well with the symbicort so I'll remain on it. I just never got the procedure down right with...
My asthma specialist at the university lung center changed me from advair to symbicort. He just thought that the spray would get deeper into my lungs than the advair powder. He did not think one was...
Since I have had asthma, I have noticed that I am keenly aware of scents of any kind. Since irritants cause me to have an attack, maybe I'm just more careful of any possible dangerous smells...
I have a lot of trouble with talking for any period of time. I have cough variant asthma and talking just seems to irritate my airways so much that I begin coughing severely. Like you, I am on...
I have cough variant asthma and I take Symbicort 160/4.5, Protonix, ZyfloCR, Zyrtec, Flonase, and albuterol as needed (both in inhaler and in my nebulizer). I used to be on Advair 500/50 but was...
The jitters have subsided and my muscle aches have let up some. However one symptom is still giving me problems. I had to go get a CT scan of my airway today. At the hospital, I wound up being pushed...
I don't know what the weather is like elsewhere, but the long term forecast in Missouri call for triple digit heat early next week. Be very careful....
Do you take a contoller medication like Advair or Symbicort? Sometimes they can cause sore throast and hoarseness, particularly if you don't gargle well after taking them....
I have an old cat. She doesn't bother me and I don't bother her. Most of the time she lays around resembling a fuzzy throw rug. Fortunately I am not allergic to cats. Even though she doesn't do much,...
Good luck with your final meeting with the doctor. I hope that you are successful with it. However he may still insist that he was giving you the truth all along. Two reasons for this occurred to me....
/community/emoticons/sad.gif I am still recovering from an attack that I had last weekend. While my breathing is much improved, the treatment is almost worse than the disease. I am on a pretty high...
You must be very careful on hot humid days and on bad air days. Sunday I went out in the early evening, thinking that would be safe. Unfortunately it hadn't cooled down enough yet and I had a severe...
I have gotten pain in my upper back, usually between the shoulder blades, when things are bad. This is in addition to the chest pain and other problems with an attack. Even when I am not in some sort...
I live in St.Louis and it gets hot and steamy here in the summer. Smetimes when I step out in the summer it's like hitting a wall. I spend a lpt of time indoors during July and August....
It does sometime take a while to get back to normal, particularly if the asthma attack was caused by a secondary illness. It's understandable if you are still sore and achy. You've been through a...
Hi Mia, I agree that you should at least let your doctor know about your current symptoms. I understand how you might be hesitant to call because you don't want to seem to be seen as a hypochondriac....
I am currently going through the fatigue thing. In February I had a bad URI which aggravated my asthma and caused me all sorts of problems. Now 6 weeks later I have gotten past the URI but am still...
I don't know if there's a term for it but it may be that you are just exhausted following a major attack. I know that I feel that way. In my case, the severe coughing and oxygen deprivation leave me...
I'm sorry that you are not feeling well.Take your time and wait until you feel better. Take good care of yourself. Tom...
I am on a taper regime of prednisone following a respiratory infection that exacerbated my asthma. The URI is gone, thank goodness, but I still have a week left on the pred. This is the longest I...
Just prior to being diagnosed with asthma a little over a year ago, I had a sharp pain in my chest accompanied by shortness of breath and sweating. It only lasted for about 3 minutes but it got my...