Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
I used to have asthma. I would have attacks at home, while exercising, and just while being. It was no fun at all. Albuterol was a wonderful thing when I finally got some.

The main thing, though, is that I USED to have asthma. I have not had an attack in about five years. The key for me is that I moved out of apartments with carpets into a house with wood floors and NO CARPET. It has made all the difference for me.

If you have carpet--can you either replace it with a wood floor or move to a place with no carpet?

This is in addition to everything that Miranda says, of course.
Hi there Tulip,

I actually don't have any carpet in my house at all! It is all wood floor! (well, we do have a throw rug or too). My asthma doesn't bother me much off-the-bike...but...I wonder if my lungs are being irritated off the bike (at a degree that I can't really tell), and thus, when I get on the bike...I find myself more irritated.