Exercise Induced Asthma & Allergies

[indigoiis]

Becca I hear ya. Cheerios for me was the manna of life. I swear, I thought I would die when I looked at that icky grapefruit and toast the first morning. But now I am used to it. I change it up with plain oatmeal (and I do the steel cut so it does take awhile - you have to plan for it) with fresh fruit (cut up while I wait for the freaking oats to do their thing). I think I would rather eat cheerios with milk than any dessert anytime. Oh well. That's one thing that got the 86 and I would guess it is going to be for good.

I think milk was likely the biggest part of it. I did get tested for everything - thyroid, lung x-ray, vitamin deficiencies (I was deficient in D, believe it or not, with all the cheerios and milk I was eating), gluten intolerance (neg), and I was told I was healthy. Like, maybe this was in my head. The last test she held out on was the breathing test they give you in the hospital. She said it was unpleasant and I could cancel it if my breathing got better after cutting out the trigger foods.

So I cancelled it.
So I guess I'll never know for sure whether it was in my head, food induced, or real-live honest-to-god asthma. I don't have an inhaler and so I am not sure what I'll do if I have another scary breathing episode on the bike. I guess I'll just wait and see. It's been a couple of months now.

[ny biker]

What is the unpleasant breathing test?

[Catrin]

What is the unpleasant breathing test?

Her doctor may have another test in mind, but the most unpleasant one they ever gave me was meant to induce a mild asthma attack. If they can then it proves the asthma is there and isn't something else. Not fun.

[indigoiis]

That's the one! Blech!