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wendyzski ([personal profile] wendyzski) wrote2008-10-14 10:47 am

Back to the doc I go

While I am marginally better than I was this time last week (after round 1 of the "prednisone and an antibiotic from column B") I am still in pretty much constant discomfort from shortness of breath and a constant need to cough. I'm waking up between 2 and 3 AM in need of my rescue meds every night.

So I called the pulmo and she's squeezing me in at noon. She was talking about a chest x-ray, which I don't think is needed. We DID one of those last year and it's fine. I'm reasonably sure that this is simply asthma symptoms that we can't seem to control with anything we've tried so far.
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[identity profile] starstraf.livejournal.com 2008-10-14 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so happy that the second drug I tried has completely solved my astmah

[identity profile] wendyzski.livejournal.com 2008-10-14 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's see -
Intal - didn't work
Advair - adverse reaction (throat irritation, loss of voice)
Seravent - SEVERE adverse reaction (throat swelling)
Q-var - didn't work
Spriva - didn't work

I take Singulair AND Zyrtec and use a FloVent inhaler 2-3x/day AND Nasonex nasal spray to keep the inflammation down and I STILL need either daily prednisone or my nebulizer 2-4x/day in the fall.