Corny inhailers....

I have had asthma all my life.  Up until I was diagnosed with my allergies, I was taking four inhalers daily.  I know, right!  FOUR!  I had pneumonia last year, and that was the end result.  I never got my full (I say that loosely) lung capacity back.  I continued to take all my inhalers (okay, not completely on schedule though....I would have been taking one every 2 hours, and 2 times a day, I would be taking all 4.  Have you ever taking an inhaler?  Do you know how shaky ONE makes you?) .  The allergist couldn't understand why I was taking the medication that I was.  She performed the necessary breathing tests, then told me, while my lungs really sucked, I was on the wrong medications.  She took away two-three (I'll explain that) inhalers, but added a new steroid.  My lungs should be like Arnold about now.  She took away one-two of the inhalers due them being for COPD, which I do not have.  She told me I could keep one as a rescue inhaler, which also has a steroid in it.

The  past couple of days I have had a tightness in my chest, this morning it was more tight than usual, so I was going to take a puff or two.  As soon as I took it, my chest got instantly tighter, I couldn't stop coughing, and I couldn't get a breath in!  I was scared!  It was more scary than an asthma attack!  I thought for sure I was going to have to use my epi-pen.  Instead, I calmed myself, as much as I could, and tried the other inhaler.  While the other one helped me breathe a bit better, I still had a tightness in my chest, and still do.  I am afraid, however, to use my rescue inhaler again.  I think I will deal with the tightness for now!  Soon enough, I will be back at the allergist and I will ask her what I should do.

Today, we had inventory at the 5th Ave. store.  It might be the first time, I sort of felt sorry for myself.  We always get breakfast (at Burger King and eat it together for the first 20 minutes or so of inventory).  I brought my breakfast this morning, two banana muffins and thawed strawberries.  While this was delicious, it was not greasy amazing not so good food!  I did make it through though, and the good out weighs the bad...right?!