On the desk I have 3 different inhalers, a peak flow meter (I’m between normal and 150 down) and I’m on day 5 of steroids. Yet for no reason and with no warning I seem to lose half my lungs. I literally cannot breathe in beyond a certain point. Up to that point is fine. No wheezing, no warning, just shut down.
No asthma nurse, dr appt again on friday.
Ever been mid-yawn and been unable to finish it? You have that odd feeling/sensation and there is that need to get the yawn, to complete it? That’s what I am like constantly. The ability to take a full lungful of air has just about gone but this extra stopping is worrying. Haven’t been this concerned about my asthma for years, many years.
It’s not the heat – it’s been coming on for a few weeks. And I’m not cyanotic at all.
It’s very very strange and very unwelcome. And breathing is a very tiring business indeed.
That’s what my breathing is like when it’s “gone”…but I’m not asthmatic. Go figure. I’ve never been able to explain to anyone how the very act of breathing can tire you out… Not nice :(
And this isn’t asthma which is also odd. Still, medic doesn’t think I’ll drop dead just yet.
Which is nice.