asthma & EDS + additional

[Guest guest]

I have exercise induced asthma. It also acts up when I'm around animals

(especially dogs, cats, ferrets, hamsters, etc) too long. Plus nicotine.

(I really hate going out when people are smoking a lot). I keep an inhaler

at home for me and my husband (severe allergies on nasonex now since

vancanase is no longer made), one in my purse for everyday use and a third

one in my travel purse. I constantly carry benadryl, sudaphed, allegra

(husbands), zyrtec (mine), and tylenol and aleve in my purse and whenever

we are traveling. I get angina type pains in chest at times for no

apparent reason. Ever since having a severe case of mono when I was 21 (35

now), I have to watch any colds or allergy drippings dont develop into

bronchitis or tonsilitis. My ENT loves my throat. I had the tonsil and

adenoids removed when I was three years old. Twenty years later I have

severe tonsilitis (lasted 3 months!) Low and behold, the right one grew

back. I also have the lingual ones which are huge. I have to have 3

attacks in one year before they will consider reoperatining and removing

the throat one and the lingual ones (Although they say they have to do a

trach to get at the lingual ones!). My mom said as a kid I'd wheeze for

days after going to my great uncles farm where I played with the dogs and

cats. I hate swimming or aerobic exercise classes because my heart races

so quickly and I start panting right away. I wheeze going up a flight of

stairs too quickly. And forget about running, I can walk the mile quicker

than if I try to run/walk it....I can still walk a mile in 12 -15 minutes

depending on the terrain. It takes almost 20 to run/walk it. I have to

pace myself if I swim laps.True " aerobics " don't work on me because I go to

the 180/190 beat mark and cannot keep it steady except for being too fast

(I think my " goal " is 150/160 sustained according to the charts). My

resting beat varies from 55 - 110 depending on how stressed out I am.

Miriam

baton Rouge, LA