Quote Originally Posted by Lemongrass View Post
...................But as I also have asthma, the prednisolone completely masks it at 5mg. As soon as I start dropping the dosage, I have to go onto a preventer again (Seretide). But as I'm sure you know, preventers take some weeks to be fully effective.
Hi Lemongrass and thank you for taking so much time to write such a lengthy reply.

The reason I started on steroids was they discovered I had Aspergillosis (the following gives a brief explanation).

Aspergillus is a fungus which occurs everywhere throughout the world, that feeds on dead animal or plant material, and in this role it is vitally important to the environment to recyle all kinds of biological materials. It is spread via microscopically small spores that are extremely light and float easily in the air. Normally when aspergillus spores are inhaled by people, their immune system recognises the spores as foreign and they are destroyed.

I have been doing really well, Sporanox keeps everything at bay BUT precisely what you wrote, "But as I also have asthma, the prednisolone completely masks it at 5mg".

I have been given what I think can be described as a preventer Clenil 250, I have never seen this one before but unfortunately, it does not seem to be helping much. I also have Ventolin that makes little difference, apart from making me light headed sometimes.

My worst problem is SOB, after walking up slopes or stairs then the fatigue sets in and it totally wipes me out until I just lie down. I rarely cough with the asthma?

I so agree about being active but that is my downfall, I cannot just take things easy, I have to be doing something around the house.

Click on under my signature, it has the date of our ride. I am just getting very frustrated, encouraging everybody else but I cannot get on my bike yet! So far we have raised US $1200 but have a long way to reach my dream of US $15161.

As much as anything, by posting here it just gave me a chance to get off my chest.......no pun intended!

Many thanks again for your reply, it was appreciated.

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