u/Substantial-Diet-539

Sooo, I had my Spirometry & FENO testing on the 1st of July; it was rather difficult, but I got through it, so my Feno was 11 which obviously is normal, and I was also told my spirometry is normal too, which is fine, but this doesn't really explain my symptoms – a dry cough, breathlessness, chest tightness, etc., etc., so I had booked another appointment with my dr to discuss the results, and now he's dismissing asthma altogether, which I personally don't understand because its two tests, which obviously don't always show if you aren't experiencing symptoms at the time of testing, I made the said Dr aware of this and he dismissed it completely, and then I asked if there was anything else they could potentially trial me on other than just using my Salmol inhaler (which does actually help) and that question was ignored too....

I don't really know what else to do because its starting to feel like I am not believed no matter what I do... I do have another doctor appointment on Thursday of the week coming up so I am gonna just see what happens there and I will just explain it all.. but if this one doesn't do anything im legitmately at a loss.

Hi guys!

An update, I guess, so tomorrow is FINALLY my Spirometry + FENO testing day, and honestly I just want things to go well. I'm a little nervous about it all, as it's my first time doing it since I was a child, and these tests could obviously give me clarity on the symptoms that I have been facing over the last few months. Today's been a particularly horrible day; I was literally doing some gardening to help my family out, and I found myself struggling to breathe and coughing quite a lot, which thankfully was resolved with the Salbutamol inhaler... I guess I am just looking for some well wishes or whatever for tomorrow as I am really anxious about it.

Hi everyone!

so the time has come - on Wednesday I am finally having my Spirometry + FENO test to hopefully get some answers about the issues i have been experiencing, i haven’t had one of these since I was a kid (i’m 24 now) is there anything you guys would recommend to do like to prepare myself, more mentally than anything else?

Hi!

So recently I purchased headphones from Vinted – Sony headphones from a seller who has since been banned (before I received them). However, upon receiving the headphones, I discovered they are, in fact, fake – they weren't listed on the advertisement as being fake. Uh, I'm not really sure what to do, when it arrived i tried to pair to sony app (it didnt) which usually is a key indication if it being fake. Anyway, I sent all the required evidence off and reported an issue to vinted this was now a week ago and i still haven't received any kind of message or whatever from vinted, and ofc the seller is banned (it says 'member blocked' when i click on their profile) uhh.. but yeah, im aware today is a weekend and not a working day so ofc i know any response wouldn't come til like monday onwards, but has anyone else had any issues with vinted support taking forever to respond to their issues, and if so how did you eventually resolve it?

So, my blood tests came back recently and all in all its okay, they did however indicate I could have inflammation somewhere in my body (but i am thinking thats because of the chest infection that I had when I had my blood taken?) Yesterday I also recieved a call from the Practice nurse and will be having a Spirometry test on July the 1st - so hopefully get a little closer to that diagnosis, to be honest right now my breathing and such hasnt been as bad as it had been but its still sorta uncontrolled, I hate that I have to wait nearly 2 months just to have my Spirometry done and possibly longer to get results back to get the correct medication, but needs must i suppose.

So my GP (Doctor) about 2 weeks ago referred me to get a chest X-ray and that’s all come back normal and I’m due to have a blood test tomorrow, but aside from that I’ve been ill recently managed to get the flu (?) I think anyway whilst I was away in Liverpool for comic con, I’ve finally got over it and now I just have a cough that won’t seem to go away (I’m going back to my GP about it on Monday coming up) but yeah aside from that I’m still in my reliever and they’re refusing to give me a steroid inhaler because they think just because when they’re doing their tests on the day they see you means it’s gotta be something other than asthma right? wrong… idk anymore I’m struggling bad and nobody’s helping .

I’m really not sure what else to do… I had my appointment today and I get told oh it could be that my allergies are causing my flare up and to take OTCs like anti histamines, and they then said that they can’t give me a steroid inhaler as it could delay my spirometry test but what am I supposed to do in the meantime time bro? Just not breathe im 24 and I don’t think they’re taking me seriously because of my age and I don’t really know what to do I have been to 3 different appointments now in 3 weeks and im not getting anywhere :(