Asthma Musing

[shanmonster]

When I'm in the midst of a serious asthma attack, I can take in maybe a teaspoon full of air at a time. My chest is bakes like a hot oven. When the puffer starts to work its magic, I can feel my lungs start to loosen up, and soon, my desperate, eye-bulging coughs turn to the throaty, phlegmy sound of a longterm chainsmoker. That's when I can end up with a mouthful of ugh. Asthma doesn't taste good. Maybe lung crud would be less offensive if it were strawberry flavoured.

Something tells me that would actually be worse.

Anyhow, back to doing housework....

Comments

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

My asthma is MUCH better than when I was first diagnosed. But any time I get a chest cold, it brings it all back.

Hadoken!

Asthma

[morriganswitch.livejournal.com]

Is a bitch.

I have a friend who's asthma is so bad that shes in her 40s and can't drive herself places, because at some point she'd have to stop for gas. She's so allergic to those fumes I've seen her pass out from the phlem-flood.

Not pretty.

Mine isn't that bad. But I do need my little Asthma Genie.
Nebulisers rock. You can talk to your doc about getting one for home use. Mine was about $30 but it beats the 66 everytime I have to run in for a treatment.

I work in a Dr Office, trust me, if you were one of our patients, Dr John would recc "very strongly" you get one for home use.

Re: Asthma

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I've never used a nebulizer, but I'm intrigued....

Re: Asthma

[morriganswitch.livejournal.com]

They're the best. All it is, is a portable air pump with a tube on the end. The liquid albuterol or what-have-you goes into the bowl of it, so the air makes the liquid sputter and aspirate into a tube you inhale thru.