Thanks again for more tips and commiseration

I went to my doctor. I got allergy tested---and tested completely clean!! Totally unexpected. They didn't however do the extensive ELISA ? food testing that someone mentioned earlier.


They have started me on daily flovent (2x day), which hopefully will help. And, albuterol for rides.

Interestingly, my allergist told me that my albuterol will be more effective if I warm up before using it (not 30 minutes before like I had always been told).

Something about your body starts creating the "fight asthma" stuff in your body when you are warming up...then you use the inhaler, which doubles the effect, while at the same time keeping your body creating the "fight asthma" stuff instead of your body solely relying on an inhaler pump before a ride. Sorry I can't be more scientific here It did seem to help today though. YAY!