Interesting
You can probably tell that I am a.) bored and b.) procrastinating. I was reading a blog and the girl was saying how it was her 100th post. Well hah I have her beat. This is #124. 124 posts in 6 1/2 months. Wow. It's like on any given day you have a 64% chance of getting a new post. (That is if my math is correct - and I really don't have it in me to think it through so I will assume that I am right.)
Also, my asthma has been kicking my ass lately. I never had asthma as a child. Never had any symptoms. Nothing. So last October I came down with bronchitis - first time for bronchitis. I was VERY sick. I ended up going back to the doctor because I thought I was having an allergic reaction to the cough medicine (with codeine) that he gave me - every time I layed down I felt like I was drowning. So they brought me in, gave me a breathing treatment, did a chest x-ray, and gave me prescriptions for a steroid and an inhaler. Well it turns out that my bronchitis was so bad last year that my lungs were damager. (I have no idea whether this is permanent or not.) So on Sunday evening I was having a hard time breathing, so I grabbed my inhaler. I have been very good about trying not to use the inhaler - I hate crutches of any form. So I took one puff. No change. I took another. (The recommended dose is 2 puffs every 4 hours as needed.) Still nothing. I layed down in bed hoping that I could mentally get my breathing under control. Eventually I did. I slept, but not very well. Monday I went to the doctor. I am scheduled to fly to see my dad on Friday and wanted to be sure I had anything that I would need in case I had a similar attack. The doctor basically told me that I have "reactive airways disease."
I have come to find out that this diagnosis means nothing. Its a lazy way for a doctor, who has not done any concrete testing, to be lazy and refill an inhaler prescription. The quick care doctor I saw basically gave me a new prescription for my inhaler, an antibiotic that he said I should fill when (or if) I start to feel sick, and then he gave me this funky thing called Asmanex. It is basically a device that gives you an inhaled steroid. The drug is administered in much the same way as an inhaler works, but instead of pumping out a vapor, you twist to release a powder that you inhale. All I know is that when I get back from my trip I need to see a pulmonologist. I need to be tested and figure out what is going on and get on the correct course of treatment.
Also, my asthma has been kicking my ass lately. I never had asthma as a child. Never had any symptoms. Nothing. So last October I came down with bronchitis - first time for bronchitis. I was VERY sick. I ended up going back to the doctor because I thought I was having an allergic reaction to the cough medicine (with codeine) that he gave me - every time I layed down I felt like I was drowning. So they brought me in, gave me a breathing treatment, did a chest x-ray, and gave me prescriptions for a steroid and an inhaler. Well it turns out that my bronchitis was so bad last year that my lungs were damager. (I have no idea whether this is permanent or not.) So on Sunday evening I was having a hard time breathing, so I grabbed my inhaler. I have been very good about trying not to use the inhaler - I hate crutches of any form. So I took one puff. No change. I took another. (The recommended dose is 2 puffs every 4 hours as needed.) Still nothing. I layed down in bed hoping that I could mentally get my breathing under control. Eventually I did. I slept, but not very well. Monday I went to the doctor. I am scheduled to fly to see my dad on Friday and wanted to be sure I had anything that I would need in case I had a similar attack. The doctor basically told me that I have "reactive airways disease."
I have come to find out that this diagnosis means nothing. Its a lazy way for a doctor, who has not done any concrete testing, to be lazy and refill an inhaler prescription. The quick care doctor I saw basically gave me a new prescription for my inhaler, an antibiotic that he said I should fill when (or if) I start to feel sick, and then he gave me this funky thing called Asmanex. It is basically a device that gives you an inhaled steroid. The drug is administered in much the same way as an inhaler works, but instead of pumping out a vapor, you twist to release a powder that you inhale. All I know is that when I get back from my trip I need to see a pulmonologist. I need to be tested and figure out what is going on and get on the correct course of treatment.
posted by Shannon @ 2:06 PM
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