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[hiddenmuse]

I don't want to turn into a hypochondriac - or a total Drama Mama here - but, I'm finding it a bit peculiar that some days, I can get up stairs, hills and other minor inclines with no problems. Other days, I'm huffing and puffing as though I had just run a friggin' marathon.

Nothing has changed physically - my weight has actually gone down, so I like to think that my physical condition is improving. I know that my allergies tend to be an upper-respiratory thing, manifested in watery eyes, constant sneezing, runny nose/ congestion, sore throat - but on occasion, it gets into coughing and wheezing attacks.

Sometimes, the coughing and wheezing hits at the worst moments - last Saturday, for example: I was talking to Kellie, laughing over some witty/stupid comment one of us had made, when all of a sudden, my sides and stomach started to tighten and I was having trouble breathing. I was laughing so hard that I didn't know if I was crying because I was laughing so much, or crying because I was freaked out over the sudden onset of side and stomach constriction.


I know, I need to get off my ass and call the doctor, if only to get some better allergy meds, because the Claritin just isn't working. I just want to know if I'm possibly dealing with asthma - or making much to-do over nothing at all?

Comments

[kathykat.livejournal.com]

Hey Muse! just a thought, but why don't you see if there is a correlation between the days you "huff and puff" and the air quality being very poor?

Just a thought, could be nothing, or may be worth the effort to see the news or the papers for that factoid daily.

Good luck with that!

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea - I know that when I was in St. Louis, we had Yellow and Red Air Days like crazy!

(And I checked the Weather.com website - apparently everything here in the City is fine, no funky stuff in the air. Although, if I were back in St. Louis, the mold levels would probably have me at their mercy ... lol)

[prrrn.livejournal.com]

sounds kind of asthma-like, but i'm no expert since i don't have it. my dad does, though, and it developed for him i think when he was in his 30's (which surprised me because i thought it was something you were born with). and if my allergies get really bad then it feels like asthma to me, kind of like you were describing - getting wheezy and feeling like it's hard to breathe. so it might not be full-blown asthma, but i don't think you're a hypochondriac to wonder about it. and you should definitely get better allergy meds! ;)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd always heard of people (and had friends) that developed asthma as children, never heard of it happening in adults - which is why it has me kind of concerned!

[azraelsdaisy.livejournal.com]

If you don't smoke, I'd say it's asthma. Lucas has it and he has the same problems, but not as much since he quit smoking.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

I tried smoking a couple of times - hehe - but it never became a habit, and the last time I was in a smoke-filled room (months ago), I was totally miserable for at least a day or so afterwards.