Asthma *sigh*

[emily_in_nc]

When I get a cold it generally spells a solid month of coughing and crap lung function.

Ditto! And my mother wonders why I have a stashes of hand sanitizer (just the alcohol type -- not anti-bacterial) everywhere. I just hate getting a cold. So sorry you're suffering, Kirsten. Two colds in a short span of time is just not fair!

[zoom-zoom]

Ditto! And my mother wonders why I have a stashes of hand sanitizer (just the alcohol type -- not anti-bacterial) everywhere. I just hate getting a cold. So sorry you're suffering, Kirsten. Two colds in a short span of time is just not fair!

Oh, my DH makes fun of me for using the cart wipes at the store, but hand/foot/mouth disease is making the rounds, here!

[ny biker]

When I first started going to my pulmonologist I had colds pretty frequently. He always focused on treating the head congestion and reducing the mucus there (I really hate word "mucus") to keep it from settling in my lungs and turning into a bad cough. That's still my #1 strategy when I get a cold. But also I'm lucky that my asthma symptoms are usually well-controlled so I'm able to increase the daily-Rx dosage or use the albuterol more if needed -- I'm not anywhere near the maximum doses for either medicine when I'm not sick.

Some years ago when there was a shortage of flu vaccines and I worked in an office building where several floors were used for community college classrooms full of sneezing and coughing teenagers, I developed the habit of pressing elevator buttons with my elbow. And I use hand sanitizer whenever I touch things that lots of people touch, like the pen you use to sign for credit card purchases at a store or the pump handle at a gas station. Yes I know I look like a crazy germophobe, but I'd rather be crazy than wheezing and coughing.

[Pax]

So, kinda odd, I started going to the chiropractor this week, I've had two sessions. She said the muscles around my lower rib cage in the back are in spasm probably from struggling to breathe for so long. She worked them over very hard, and amazingly I can take a deep breath now. Really hoping that can be fixed over the long-term.

[Catrin]

So, kinda odd, I started going to the chiropractor this week, I've had two sessions. She said the muscles around my lower rib cage in the back are in spasm probably from struggling to breathe for so long. She worked them over very hard, and amazingly I can take a deep breath now. Really hoping that can be fixed over the long-term.

That makes a lot of sense, she sounds like my chiropractor. He does wonders with my various arthritic and otherwise broken bits by loosening fascia and working on muscles. Glad you are breathing a bit better, it does help