Weather was great this morning. I was so excited to get out there again I could hardly stand myself. lol I figure by next month I'll be able to run bare again. Woot!
I was diagnosed with asthma in my early 20's. I'd always had some issues mainly with allergies and when I got sick but had never had an "attack". My mom had severe asthma as does my brother and mine was never like theirs so I always just sort of figured that was my normal breathing when sick and ignored it. Then one day while watching something funny on TV and laughing and laughing I had my first actual attack. It required a trip to the ER. I was pretty much lectured about how bad my lungs were which was funny because I considered it fairly normal to be wheezy and such. I always had been. I was 21 at the time. Took lots of trials and allergy testing to figure out what my triggers were. For a while it was uncontrollable (I was a firefighter at the time) and so I was on oral meds as well as inhalers and nebulized albuterol.
It was suggested that I see an allergist and so the five year journey of allergy injections began. By the time we were done I suffered nearly no asthma symptoms. I had learned what my triggers are and to stay away from them.Life was once again good. Oral meds were quit and the nebulizer got stuffed into the closet. I still carried my inhalers for a while just in case but hardly ever used them so eventually ended up noteven carryingthem. To date it has been a year since I used an inhaler even when sick or suffering allergies and that was before surgery that I had last feb. They insisted.
Well once I started running I noticed I get out of breath easily to where I can't comfortably take a deep breath. I figured it was because I was so out of shape and thought nothing of it during my lastgo with the Cto5k program. This time however, I have noticed my chest feels a bit rattly and I cough for a while when done so I decided maybe premedicating might be worth a try.
Holy cow! What a difference it made in my run this morning. I am still shocked. Sure, I was breathing fast and hard coming up the hill, but I could get air all the way down to the bottom of my lungs. Not sure why I didn't think to try it before. Anyway, I'll be puffing before heading out every time from now on, for sure.
I'm looking forward to Wednesday! Now to figure out a healthy way of eating that helps to keep my energy up. So much info out there my brain hurts just trying to figure it all out.
I was diagnosed with asthma in my early 20's. I'd always had some issues mainly with allergies and when I got sick but had never had an "attack". My mom had severe asthma as does my brother and mine was never like theirs so I always just sort of figured that was my normal breathing when sick and ignored it. Then one day while watching something funny on TV and laughing and laughing I had my first actual attack. It required a trip to the ER. I was pretty much lectured about how bad my lungs were which was funny because I considered it fairly normal to be wheezy and such. I always had been. I was 21 at the time. Took lots of trials and allergy testing to figure out what my triggers were. For a while it was uncontrollable (I was a firefighter at the time) and so I was on oral meds as well as inhalers and nebulized albuterol.
It was suggested that I see an allergist and so the five year journey of allergy injections began. By the time we were done I suffered nearly no asthma symptoms. I had learned what my triggers are and to stay away from them.Life was once again good. Oral meds were quit and the nebulizer got stuffed into the closet. I still carried my inhalers for a while just in case but hardly ever used them so eventually ended up noteven carryingthem. To date it has been a year since I used an inhaler even when sick or suffering allergies and that was before surgery that I had last feb. They insisted.
Well once I started running I noticed I get out of breath easily to where I can't comfortably take a deep breath. I figured it was because I was so out of shape and thought nothing of it during my lastgo with the Cto5k program. This time however, I have noticed my chest feels a bit rattly and I cough for a while when done so I decided maybe premedicating might be worth a try.
Holy cow! What a difference it made in my run this morning. I am still shocked. Sure, I was breathing fast and hard coming up the hill, but I could get air all the way down to the bottom of my lungs. Not sure why I didn't think to try it before. Anyway, I'll be puffing before heading out every time from now on, for sure.
I'm looking forward to Wednesday! Now to figure out a healthy way of eating that helps to keep my energy up. So much info out there my brain hurts just trying to figure it all out.
