Re: Re: Winter attacks due to freezing air

[Guest guest]

Well...for me I have a hard time with it. I'm really to sick to be of any good to anyone, as just taking the groceries in leaves me heaving for air...but staying inside and not working makes me feel really confused sometimes. Sometimes I want out and want to not be inside and go out and do things. It really makes my head spin feeling guilty about being inside and not working...but thats life I can't do anything about it. I'm still wheezing just sitting in bed...though I don't feel as inflamed as yesterday. In the end, sometimes I just have to take a minute and remember who I am and that there's more to life than just the job. Trying to do do too much on the "big A" as you put it, also can complicate things...like when you can't get air and stuff, but are still running around it puts a lot of stress on the heart and other organs. This is one reason why when people die from asthma, they always blame it on something

else... wrote: Yeah the cold weather is bad for me too, I have to keep my mouth and nose covered all the time. I don't find my rescue inhaler makes me cough, but the symbicort inhaler I have to use three times daily quite often makes me cough, and even occaisionally gag. I went back to the Doc's again today as I'm feeling really ill again, and he has ordered complete bed-rest, rather than put me on another session of prednisone. I lead a very hectic lifestyle, busy Mom, full time work

(retail at Christmas!!) and volunteer work leave me little time to accomodate the asthma, he's said I need to rest, give my body chance to recharge naturally as I am too run-down to combat the rigours of the Big A. So, tomorrow the kids go to school, I go back to bed with a clear conscience, kinda looking foreward to it, enforced hibernation, without the guilt of I should be getting jobs done, whoo-hoo, there is an upside to this disease!!Snoozin' >> > We had a bout of really cold weather this weekend. Yesterday we were > in the teens and I ended up having an attack that has left me pretty > out of it. I was suppose to get my Xolair shot Saturday and postponed > due to the ice and snow in St. Louis. I rescheduled the Xolair shot

> for this Saturday. I have a lot of work to do and would prefer to go > to the doctor tomorrow and get the shot and take off but am working on > a project.> > I try to make sure I have my scarf around my face but I still seem to > have problems. That cold air knocks me for a loop just like cigarate > smoke.> > I took my emergency inhaler, albuterol, today and when I enhaled it > caused me to have a coughing fit does anyone have that happen if your > chest feels really tight?>

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[Guest guest]

About 15 years ago, my youngest daughter missed her plane because of my

asthma. I was having a real hard time breathing, and I had to pack her

up (she was 6 years old at the time), drive her to the huge airport in

Phoenix, Arizona. I could not find a parking spot in the huge parking

garage close to some door that would be convenient, and she had packed

two huge suitcases, and I tried to get her and her suitcases in

time.....no one understood why. My ex was pissed, and so were his

parents whom my daughter was flying out to be with for the summer. I

still hear about that, and I gave up trying to explain...they just do

not understand asthma.

Cindi

Noah Riding wrote:

> Well...for me I have a hard time with it. I'm really to sick to be of

> any good to anyone, as just taking the groceries in leaves me heaving

> for air...but staying inside and not working makes me feel really

> confused sometimes. Sometimes I want out and want to not be inside and

> go out and do things. It really makes my head spin feeling guilty

> about being inside and not working...but thats life I can't do

> anything about it. I'm still wheezing just sitting in bed...though I

> don't feel as inflamed as yesterday. In the end, sometimes I just have

> to take a minute and remember who I am and that there's more to life

> than just the job.

> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

Stress?

On Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 05:18 , Rodney & Cindi wrote:

> About 15 years ago, my youngest daughter missed her plane because of my

> asthma. I was having a real hard time breathing, and I had to pack her

> up (she was 6 years old at the time), drive her to the huge airport in

> Phoenix, Arizona. I could not find a parking spot in the huge parking

> garage close to some door that would be convenient, and she had packed

> two huge suitcases, and I tried to get her and her suitcases in

> time.....no one understood why. My ex was pissed, and so were his

> parents whom my daughter was flying out to be with for the summer. I

> still hear about that, and I gave up trying to explain...they just do

> not understand asthma.

>

> Cindi

>

> Noah Riding wrote:

> > Well...for me I have a hard time with it. I'm really to sick to be of

> > any good to anyone, as just taking the groceries in leaves me heaving

> > for air...but staying inside and not working makes me feel really

> > confused sometimes. Sometimes I want out and want to not be inside

> and

> > go out and do things. It really makes my head spin feeling guilty

> > about being inside and not working...but thats life I can't do

> > anything about it. I'm still wheezing just sitting in bed...though I

> > don't feel as inflamed as yesterday. In the end, sometimes I just

> have

> > to take a minute and remember who I am and that there's more to life

> > than just the job.

> > .

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

yes...the stress compounded the event LOL! It was a cycle of events, and

it just did not get better! I was sweating so much from trying to get

her there!!!

notice that I mentioned ex....I am very lucky to have found the person

that I am married to now...he may not understand asthma totally, but he

understands that sometimes I have a very hard time. And yes, since there

is no stress involved, my asthma has been more easily managed. Panicking

and getting stressed are no-nos with asthma! But, it seems that it gets

to be a cycle....you stress and panic, and the asthma gets worse, so you

stress and panic more. That is a deadly combination.

Cindi

Martha wrote:

> Stress?

> On Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at 05:18 , Rodney & Cindi wrote:

>

> About 15 years ago, my youngest daughter missed her plane because

> of my

> asthma. I was having a real hard time breathing, and I had to pack

> her

> up (she was 6 years old at the time), drive her to the huge

> airport in

> Phoenix, Arizona. I could not find a parking spot in the huge parking

> garage close to some door that would be convenient, and she had

> packed

> two huge suitcases, and I tried to get her and her suitcases in

> time.....no one understood why. My ex was pissed, and so were his

> parents whom my daughter was flying out to be with for the summer. I

> still hear about that, and I gave up trying to explain...they just do

> not understand asthma.

>

> Cindi

>

> Noah Riding wrote:

> > Well...for me I have a hard time with it. I'm really to sick to

> be of

> > any good to anyone, as just taking the groceries in leaves me

> heaving

> > for air...but staying inside and not working makes me feel really

> > confused sometimes. Sometimes I want out and want to not be

> inside and

> > go out and do things. It really makes my head spin feeling guilty

> > about being inside and not working...but thats life I can't do

> > anything about it. I'm still wheezing just sitting in

> bed...though I

> > don't feel as inflamed as yesterday. In the end, sometimes I

> just have

> > to take a minute and remember who I am and that there's more to

> life

> > than just the job.

> > .

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hills are bad for me, too. I had a problem climbing three flights of stairs to my friend's apartment. We went caving during the summer, just a little cave, and just walking up the incline to the cave made me want to pass out.

Deb

Hello again,

Living in the Boston area the cold can be brutal. I

cover my mouth and nose in the winter but still have a

hard time breathing. I, also, get pains in my chest. I

have problems even going a short distance and hills

are murder.

Angel

Debbie Salerno

Maine Coon Rescue

Board Member

DNA Manager

Eastern Regional Director

Vice President

www.mainecoonrescue.com

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