Athsma

[xiphias]

So, this morning, I couldn't find my athsma inhaler. I had it when I helped Mike move, and it REALLY helped, and I couldn't find it today, and it feels like I'm suffocating.

This is great news. Not that I can't find my inhaler, but that I feel like I'm suffocating when I'm not using it.

I'm annoyed because, before I had the inhaler, I wasn't aware that I was suffocating, so it didn't annoy me. But that suggests that at least some of the problems I've been having has been because I wasn't breathing. So now, we KNOW what one problem is, AND what the solution is!

'Course, I still need to find the inhaler.

Comments

[lietya.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that you now have a solution to some of the issues! Good luck with finding it....

(I am also perpetually mislaying the inhalers; I've ended up with about six of the danged things, just so I could always find at least *one.*)

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

How often do you use that inhaler, though? More than every week or so and you can get far better control with a preventative.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Dunno yet. I got this partially as an experiment to see what athsma control would do for my life.

agree with above

[deerdancer22.livejournal.com]

when you have more of a sense of how your body is doing and what it needs I think there are herbals that will cut down on the strength of the asthma. I can't remember what I read about inhaler ingredients but it was not great stuff to use on a regular basis.

what you are doing now sounds like learning to listen to your body in a new way. The rest can come later.

[delerium69.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well it definitely sounds like you need more long-term therapy (like my husband) so you don't need the inhaler too often. He uses, uh, that purple spaceship thingy.

[felis-sidus.livejournal.com]

If you feel like you're suffocating, and can't readily find your inhaler, please go buy another one. Now. A feeling of suffocation is the body's demand for immediate assistance.

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Yay for increased awareness. No yay for decreased oxygen. :P

[navrins]

Wow. Your glass is *so* half-full, on this issue at least.

[trcabbage.livejournal.com]

Have you found it yet?

If you haven't by now and are still feeling tight, you need to call your doctor.

[alcinoe.livejournal.com]

I TOTALLY understand what you are talking about. I didn't realize how bad my heartburn was until I started taking the meds and then forgot to take them. BIG ouchies.