Re: RE: peak flow monitors was change in weather trigger

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Hi ,

I am glad that you decided to sound like a broken record, because I am

not familiar with peak flow monitors. I just did a search on them, and

the site I found said they are inexpensive, you can chart your flows,

and you can adjust your medicine accordingly. It might be something I

would be interested in. Here is the site I am reading:

http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E & b=22586

there are more listed such as a site from the Mayo Clinic, etc. Do you

or anyone else here know of an interactive site that lets you chart your

peak flows in it online?

hugs,

Cindi

Radachy wrote:

> Yep, the change in the weather trigger always gets me, and since the

> systems seem to be stronger in the winters here in Ohio, so does the

> problems with my asthma. I know this sounds like a broken record

> because we've all heard it many times, but it's really, really, really

> important to monitor your peak flows. Most of the time, they're going

> to predict asthma trouble, so when they start slipping a bit, I found

> it's helpful to go into the " yellow zone " treatments on my asthma

> action plan. This helps to level off the symptoms I'm having and,

> while it's still sometimes difficult for me to do anything (depending

> on the severity of the low pressure system, the winds, etc.), I can at

> least head it off a bit.

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> I think it's also really important to be in tune with your body. I

> notice I start breathing deeper when I'm going to have asthma trouble,

> and it almost feels like a little hiccup each time I breathe. I

> sometimes do get unstoppable hiccups, too. I also feel pains in my

> sides, and my chest gets tight. I know when I start feeling these

> things that I should do a breathing treatment (one of my " yellow zone "

> things) to head off a full-fledged attack.

>

> Hope this helps!

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