Happy New Year, CST

[Jack Rabbit]

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[madokie]

1. Happy new year to you

I got up about an hour ago but not just to ring in the new year bur rather cause I'm having a hard time breathing and need to take some meds.

[kentauros]

2. Oh, that sucks.

I hope you feel better

[madokie]

3. Thanks, setting up helps

old with all kinds of breathing problems (copd, bronchitis etc.) This part of getting old sucks, the rest not so much

[kentauros]

4. Yeah, I've got a couple of inhalants I use semi-regularly

and I'm only 54 and never smoked. Bronchitis completely sucks! I had that for about a year and a half, and finally gave up trying to cure it (both with antibiotics, and some herbal remedies.) My body seemed to cure itself a few weeks later.

I hope what you take works well for you. Symbicort is one of mine, and it works well enough that I don't have to use it or the Albuterol much at all, so it's all good

[madokie]

6. I can't do the symbicort

but right now I'm on Spiriva and foradil. they switched me to a new inhaler (Stiolto respimat) about two weeks ago and thats when my problems that I have now started. The VA can be good at times but sometimes I think they just want us old vets to die off. I thought the new med was going to be the cats meow because its a spray which seemed to get in my lungs better than the dry powder of spiriva and foradil does but it about got me down. Side effects. I feel like I have pneumonia with a touch of bronchitis all mixed together.

The corticosteroids tear me up. Make me swell up like a toad. after a few days I can't even recognize myself so I can't/won't do them anymore.

[kentauros]

7. That's unfortunate, but I know about other steroids.

Now I can't remember the common one, but was a pill form my doctor gave me when I had a cold and bronchitis. It worked better than antibiotics, but had the nasty side-effect of draining the rest of my energy, and keeping me fatigued. I was glad to get off of it.

And it's weird how some things affect us and others don't, and different per individual. I had a nasty allergic reaction to naproxen just two weeks ago, and had been taking it for things like dental pain without any side-effects for many years prior. What changed in my body's chemistry, I have no idea, but I won't be taking it ever again now.

Anyway, I hope your doctor does get you on something that works great and with minimal to no side-effects

[madinmaryland]

5. Happy New Year, Jack Rabbit!

[Sherman A1]

8. And to you as well