Power of the Neb... was Re: How many smoke?

[Guest guest]

Doug and others...

As I have said in the past I am 'new' to all this. I keep thinking

that it will all just go away and I will have my life back (cough

variant asthma came out of nowhere in Sept)(still blaming it on the

home remodel)

I recieved my 1st Xolair shot 2 weeks ago and I was really hoping that

after a few months this would all just disappear.

I was unlucky enough to get a sinus infection a week ago and after the

antibiotic not working they decided to increase it to 4000mg of

augmentin -- you can just imagine what this is doing to my digestive

tract (good news is I have lost 15lbs of that prednisone weight in a

week....) But now the asthma has decided to go wild! I hate to neb,

I hate to use my albuterol inhaler -- it makes me feel like a failure.

I can't stand scaring my kids by having breathing problems. I was

just beginning to feel good about myself and go to the gym and now,

yet another, setback.

I hate the nebulizer -- my husband even went out and bought me a super

portable ultra sonic one... so I can use it in parking lots when I am

waiting for my kids. (now ain't that a romantic christmas present) I

am so 'new' to all of this that sometimes I don't understand if I

should just tough it out or use the ned/inhaler. I find this

frustrating beyond belief!

And now of course they have put me back on prednisone -- HATE IT!

But I really felt better when Doug replied about typing and using the

Neb and how he's down to twice a day -- I am still at the point where

I am coming to terms with the whole asthma diagnosis. It's tough...

How can a person go from no lung problems to this state? And yes,

I've seen all the dr's, done the tests, and the joke is my lungs are

clear.

I am just happy that my dr suggested Xolair early on.

suzanne