I know not everyone gets sick but I just can’t help but get so anxious for these folks who can’t wait to boil and get sick and even more dehydrated than before.
Mine bops between a stuffed cardinal, stuffed French fries, and this jackalope. I wanna see what your shorkies love (and don’t tear apart 😂)!
So honored they felt safe here! :)
We are buying a hot tub and want to get a nice patio built around it, we’re thinking concrete and paver stones.
Thank you in advance.
I know that these aren’t medical devices, and a lot of things can impact readings, but it freaks me out when my breathing feels like it’s improved but overnight I’ll see low 90s readings.
I’ve looked at my heart rate to compare and everything seems fine. The only spikes I see correlate with when I’ve been woken up at night/go to the bathroom at night.
Wondering if I should just stop looking at this data every morning because it’s giving me *anxiety*
Had to move everything away for some construction work inside and realized I should share his work where I know folks will appreciate it!
I believe these are watercolor. The bar (tini bigs) is no longer around but it was one of my favorite places my husband and I used to go before we got married.
I’ve been using my nebulizer a lot more the last two weeks since I’ve been in a shitty flare up. I’m new to nebulizing and it gave me a silly idea (bare with me)
You know how they do oxygen bars? What if we had a nebulizer bar. You could come in, pick your solution, setup at the machine, chat between huffs.
When you’re done, you could lay on the sofas or lounge chairs while your body finishes tweaking out.
Maybe some snacks and water.
Anyway, if I ruled the world, this would totally be a thing. That’s it.
Live in the north end and noticed our dog running around with one of these in his mouth. We don’t even know if or how much he might have consumed. Trying to figure out if he needs to go to the vet ER or if they are harmless?
5/23 I was exposed to second hand cat dander/hair from someone who entered our house. Since that night I’ve been in the worst flare up of my entire life.
I did a course of 20mg twice a day prednisone burst that seemed to help but didn’t completely eradicate my symptoms which are shortness of breath and extremely tight chest, making it impossible to sleep. And they came back when I stopped the burst.
My peak flow meter says I’m fine but my blood ox is lower than it usually is.
I visited my plum last week before things got a lot worse and he didn’t seem concerned because my lungs sound fine.
I went to the ER yesterday because like I said, this is the worst flare I’ve ever had, and they ran bloodwork and chest x rays and cardiac tests, all fine. I feel really embarrassed but took a breathing treatment because I was there.
Since I’ve been off my burst for a few days and things got worse I started another burst. Same mg. But I reached out to my pulm because I’m wondering if I need a stronger/more aggressive dose.
I take Breo in the morning, incruse at night, Singulair, and zyrtech.
The only relief I get is from albuteral and a heating pad on my chest.
The house has been cleaned probably 5 times inches vacuuming (HEPPA), mopping, dusting, but I’m still very much feeling like shit.
It’s weighing on my mental health. I’ve got a full time job and supposed to do an interview this week. I just feel like the quality of my life has plummeted.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? I am really struggling over here.
I’ve messaged my pulm and asked for a more aggressive treatment plan but don’t think I will hear from him until eod Monday.
Im just feeling so depressed and hopeless rn. If you have any words of wisdom or tips I would appreciate them.
I recently got a nebuliser but just started using it this week after having a bad flare/attack from cat exposure.
My questions are:
Does nebulising get easier over time?
I am so jittery and the process makes me feel light headed. I remember when I did these as a kid I felt the same way. I feel better after doing them, once the jitters have passed but man it feels intense.
During an allergic flare up, how often are you nebulising?
My symptoms are mostly in the morning and night so Ive been adding in a treatment in the afternoon but wonder if others nebulise before bed as well during flare ups.
How long do YOUR flare ups last like this?
I’m on day 6 since exposure to the allergen, taking prednisone as well. Hoping by the end of the week i will be feeling better but hoping im not being delusional. I know everyone is different but just curious what others experiences have been like.
If you made it this far, i really appreciate your comments. I’ve been spamming the sub this week with questions 😩
I just need to vent. Someone came over to our house on Thursday - they walked all over our house. They come over frequently and I didn’t think anything of it
That night I was watching anime in my living room and I felt like a reaction was hitting me, like felt it in my chest immediately tighten up. I chalked it up to anxiety because I’m an anxious person.
Thursday night I had a hooooooorrible flair at like 1 am. Didn’t go to bed until after 5. Spent the whole next day in bed huffing albuteral.
Turns out this person had come straight from their house to our house, and they have two cats. So she was basically sprinkling cat dander and hair everywhere she went in our house. She told us she’s never come straight from her house to ours before so we were able to connect the dots that I’m having a fucking secondhand cat allergy flair.
I’m so fucking frustrated and feel defeated. I had just had my first good week, and the last 3 days have been awful.
Thank god for my husband who has been vacuuming and maintaining the air purifiers but I feel like I’ve lost a sense of safety in my own home. Literally crying typing all this out. I know it will pass..im on
Breo daily
Incruse daily
Nebuliser
Prednisone
And I’ve messaged my pulm. It just fucking sucks and I could really use some emotional support from folks who get it.
I think I’m gonna put a sign on my front door that says you can’t come in if you have cats.