Lord, do I know where you are coming from! Sending healing wishes your way! I hope today you are feeling better and breathing better!
My asthma is predominantly allergic asthma. In the Northeast, we are just starting to get moderate to high pollen levels.

Many hugs and healing thoughts your way. Did you need to start prednisone ?

Update when you can,
Carol :)

Hi Carol, My chest is still tight, short of breath, my peak flows are a little bit better. Trying to stay away from the doctors office and the ER. Most of the time my asthma is set off by perfumes, cig. smoke, any kind of smoke, lotions, heat etc..... I do not have allergies thank goodness, but for some reason the pollen this year is so thick, you can see it in the air. Craziness.

I know what you are going through. I had a bad cold for a few weeks and then the pollen hit and I can't seem to catch a break,1-2 attacks a day for the past couple of weeks, its exhausting. Like you Im trying to stay away from the Doc. I hope you start to feel better soon :)

Medicpeds:

How are you feeling? I hope better.
Even the girls I work with had their inhalers out this week...they never need one! So far so good for me :)
A little snow flakes today and rain this pm. Keeps the pollen low....for now.

Carol

Mine is hitting hard again too, tis the darn season :(

Yup eyes itching, can't do a thing without a neb treatment. Allergy Meds not working. Scared to take benedryl , I may stop breathing!

Yeah I'm having problems too. We're not getting notifications of high pollen levels/poor air quality. So I wonder what's going on. I've had two medrol dose packs in a month, which is really bad for me. My PCP has me taking my albuterol every six hours, which has my heart rate going bonkers. I'm gonna have to call and see if I can get him to try something else. I too have problems with smoke of any kind, even birthday cake candles. What is it about asthma that it can't just leave us alone?!?!?!?


Annie

Well, I ended up in the urgent care center this week. I can't seem to break this flare up. Of course I'm now on prednisone and continuous nebs as needed. People at work set me off this time. The strong lotions and they turned the heat all the way up. I'm still struggling to breathe. My boss went off on them. Whats worse is all my coworkers know that I have severe asthma.

I read that pollen counts have been rising all over the Northern Hemisphere...it's due to the loss of wilderness areas and the growth of suburban homes, landscaping, and high-phosphorus fertilizers.

I live in Florida, and this is brush fire season. I get chest pains even before I can smell the smoke. Sometimes I can't spend time outside at all until the wind shifts and blows the smoke away. The pollen bothers me too, my ears itch like you wouldn't believe.

Enzyme Protease helping my asthma & allergies.
I read about it online & it works for me.