whine whine

complaining about my health again

I can't keep up like this. A week of Z-pak, and now 3 days of DOUBLE that dosage, and I'm still coughing goo. It is a little less, but the asthma symptoms are MUCH worse. (I'm taking singulair and zyrtec as well as a pulmicort inhaler and 3-4x/day with the DuoNeb) I'm not coughing as much, but I'm really short of breath. I was out of work all day yesterday, and I tried to lie still and not cough but it didn't seem to help much.

I'm so short of breath that I nearly had a panic attack on the bus this morning because I felt like I couldn't breathe. And what's the best coping mechanism for a panic attack - deep breathing! Yeah, not so much good there... I feel like I have 1/3 of my lung capacity, and I get lightheaded walking across the office. I had to bring my nebulizer to the office and do a treatment in an empty office. I had to go to the post office for work at lunch(6 blocks away) and I had to stop and rest partway back. Thank goodness I have a task this afternoon I can do without moving much.

I'm seeing my doc at 5:30 and we need to do SOMETHING about this!

What's the opposite of 'roid rage?

I've got me a couple of WEEKS worth of prednisone, starting at 60mg/day.

I should be able to breathe by morning!

(I'd better - next step from this is to get admitted and handed over to a pulmonologist)

Doc checked my blood ox and it's ok but slightly low, which explains why I was lightheaded all day.