Re: Cruisin' into the lazy days of summer...KUDOS to you! :)

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Wishing all my friends in this forum the same level optimism!

Kudos to you! I am happy for you!

I went to the dr the other night and was told " you have horrendous

asthma . You only blew out 4 candles on the spirometry test " . I got

annoyed at that statement.

I said " but look how many I Was able to do, if I didn't blow any out

I'd be dead. 4 is great, it is greater than 1! " Geez, to me it is

equivalent to telling a patient they have 6 months to live. Nail the

coffin shut now. My dr stopped for a moment and said " I like your

outlook " . No wonder what they do they call practice. They gotta

practice bedside manners as well. All in all though, this dr is a good

dr. I find he's a lot better than others I have dealt with along the way

I still get the bruises from the shots. Oh well.

I also am still not loving the new MDI. I reach for it more often and I

don't like that. My peak flows measure 325. Dr doesn't seem too

concerned about that. I do though. It seems my chest feels both tight

and heavy. It's only after I take the MDI, I feel better. Dr said it is

hard to say what the cause is. Meanwhile, I suffer.

I have been trying to get some exercise in. I go in the pool with my

nephews. I have to make sure all meds are taken bc my mom has a garden

that surrounds the pool. If I don't, I am in agony. Even with the meds,

I still suffer.

Anyway, have a great day every one.

>

> Life is good! Thanks to Xolair, Advair, Uniphyl, Zyrtec etc. and a

> good doctor and good friends and, luckily, a society that tries to

take

> care of their own.

>

> Asthma? What's that? For now it's becoming a distant memory!

>

> I'm planning to do what every other normal person does for the summer

> months ahead ... work, play, watch the sunrise, watch the sunset, mow

> the lawn, barbeque, walk in the neighborhood or the park or the

> forest ... all without reservation.

>

> Wishing all my friends in this forum the same level optimism!

>