Jo3016
25-04-10, 20:36
Hi
I have been suffering with "air hunger" again since Tuesday.
I need an inhaler sometimes if I get a nasty cold (have done since getting bronchitis in 1998). I don't need it often, maybe a couple of times a year for a short period at the most. But in my doctors notes, it says I am asthmatic (which I object to). I went for my annual asthma check on Tuesday and the nurse wouldn't listen to me saying that it was just during illness! I have recently got over a nasty virus and am still using becatide. The nurse really made me feel anxious by going on about me having to use the inhalers and measure my peak flow etc.
I had been feeling really good since getting over the virus and for a week had felt relaxed and happy and well. Since my appointment on Tuesday, I have been panicking about having asthma - I concentrate on my breathing all the time, gasp for breath, yawn, sigh, cough and constantly clear my throat. My muscles in my neck and back are really tense, I have been getting palpitations and ectopics and headaches as well.
I KNOW that I was feeling fine until that bloody nurse scared me. I have never had an ongoing problem with asthma, just if I have a bad virus so why should that change now? Asthma scares the hell out of me as one of my good friends died from it last year - he was only 37. I am in a right state at the moment and just can't get my breathing right!! Help!!
I have been suffering with "air hunger" again since Tuesday.
I need an inhaler sometimes if I get a nasty cold (have done since getting bronchitis in 1998). I don't need it often, maybe a couple of times a year for a short period at the most. But in my doctors notes, it says I am asthmatic (which I object to). I went for my annual asthma check on Tuesday and the nurse wouldn't listen to me saying that it was just during illness! I have recently got over a nasty virus and am still using becatide. The nurse really made me feel anxious by going on about me having to use the inhalers and measure my peak flow etc.
I had been feeling really good since getting over the virus and for a week had felt relaxed and happy and well. Since my appointment on Tuesday, I have been panicking about having asthma - I concentrate on my breathing all the time, gasp for breath, yawn, sigh, cough and constantly clear my throat. My muscles in my neck and back are really tense, I have been getting palpitations and ectopics and headaches as well.
I KNOW that I was feeling fine until that bloody nurse scared me. I have never had an ongoing problem with asthma, just if I have a bad virus so why should that change now? Asthma scares the hell out of me as one of my good friends died from it last year - he was only 37. I am in a right state at the moment and just can't get my breathing right!! Help!!