Thinking of "spinning"

[emily_in_nc]

Also, re. Advair, if you have health insurance that covers prescriptions, it's not nearly as expensive as DarkEros mentioned. In 2006 I paid $15 for an Advair 100/50 (the lowest dosage) diskus (30 days usage) through the mail order pharmacy. It's just gone up to $25 this year since my insurance isn't picking up as much, so our co-pays are higher. Still, less than a buck a day to breathe easily is worth every penny. I'd pay more if I had to, but probably not $250/month (is that really what you pay, DarkEros??? Wow, if so! I don't think it's even that much here in NC without insurance! I know it's over $100, but I don't think it's over $200....I could be wrong, though. Thank heavens for insurance, and it's a crying shame that not everyone in the US has it.

Emily

[bmccasland]

Ladies, thanks for the suggestions - especially about meds that work. I currently take flovent daily and seravent before riding, so wanted to try this combo with spinning before I go back to see my doctor mid-february. He has me charting my peak flow, so I earn bonus points when I give him a computer generated chart with the data neatly displayed . Always fun to see the look on the current intern-in-tow's face. Apparently I'm only one of two of Doc's patients that present data this way. Seemed the easiest way to me to make sense of a table of numbers...

Anywho, barring hell or high water - and we've already had that , I'll be going to spin class monday afternoon. Will let you know how it goes.

Take my water bottle, towel, biking shoes, rescue inhaler.... and keep a "I can do this attitude."

[DarkEros07]

Emily,

Yea its that exspensive here in michigan. It sucks. I keep forgetting that normal people have insurance! lol I currently don't have insurance. Hubby doesn't make enough to buy my advair so I'm mostly dependant on my resuce inhaler. We are trying to look for some type of insurance that would be better for him to get to put me on the plan but the one at his work is about 200 a month for me and him to be on it so i figure that we just dont even do that. Without me on it its 2 dollars a week. I hate his work. Soon as we get our new car I am going to get my CNA liscense again(got it in fl and lapsed on it havent worked since 2003) Of course if you have insurance then it is considerably cheaper and I hope that you do have insurance. It so far is the only persciption that has worked for me. Flovent made me horribly sick and the doctor tried to tell me its not possible. lol. he doesn't know much about me. I am sensitive to a few meds. like codine*cant sleep while on it* and vicodin*makes me very angery* adn anything with orange dye in it sends me to the hospital with a sever asthma attack.

I hope that if your doctor does decide to switch you that you do really good on it. It seems to work very well for everyone I have ever met who is on it.

GOOD LUCK! I bet its exciteing! I just bought me a stationary bike last night. lol. havent even put it together yet. k mart has them for 79 dollars but this week they are 89 doesnt make sense to me but whatever! lol. keep going and dont let asthma get you down! you are very intuned with taking care of your asthma and i think thats great! doesnt that peak flow suck to do? i always hated to do it! lol. anyways i will let you go.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

-Kristen-

[emily_in_nc]

Kristen,

Did you know that you can order Rx meds online, so long as you have a valid prescription? It might pay to check around. For instance, the very first place I checked has Advair 100/50 diskus for $157. Still horribly expensive, but better than what you're paying by quite a bit. Here's the link.
If you check some different sites online, you might find it for even less.

Not having insurance does suck. Health, prescription, dental, and vision insurance are almost more important to me than my salary! I'm lucky to have a good job with good benefits, but every year we have to pay a higher % out of pocket as the company cuts back on what it pays.

I agree -- everyone I've ever heard of who's tried Advair has raved about it. I haven't had to use albuterol since I started Advair, and I used to have to use it before every ride, hike, etc. Albuterol is much less costly than Advair but raises my heart rate considerably. You're really not supposed to have to use it more than a couple of times a week.

Emily

[Crankin]

Well, I had to stop taking Advair. It made me dizzy and felt just plain weird. I was sick when i took it, so I usually don't have asthma problems unless it's an illness related thing. I would try it again, but I also react very strangely to most medications.

[DarkEros07]

Emily,

Thanks! I keep forgetting I can order things online! lol. Albuterol here is 19.50 so its not that bad. but having to use it all the time is. I have a few advair diskus's left but some are expired and they said i can use them as long as its like only a few months so i am useing them up untill i am out then i will have to find some way to get more. anyways off to get pizza! lol. gotta feed the nephews! and the Husband! bye.

-Kristen-

[Bad JuJu]

Hey, Beth-Mc--Just wanted to say we're running neck-and-neck here--I just started spinning again last week, after about a 5-year layoff (injuries, gym too far from work, plain unadulterated laziness, etc.). The gorgeous new gym at the university where I teach now offers spinning classes that fit into my schedule, so last Monday I gave it a ..... spin.

Man, was that ever a workout!!! But this 54-year-old hung in with the 20-somethings for the whole time--not always at the same tension of course, but pedaling the whole time. It challenged me mightily, but like Offthegrid said, I can't wait to go back this afternoon!