*yay* Glad you are ok! ((hugs))

so glad that the doc could calm any fears.. take care of yourself hun..

Great news Belial! Take good care hun! TY for the update!

Oh...Hey! Just had a thought......maybe you could take singing lessons to learn to breathe from the diaphragm better! LOL! Just a fleeting thought!

*hugs*

I honestly was worried about you and feel much better knowing that you saw your doctor. But I'm not letting you off the hook quite that easy. PLEASE do still keep your appointment with the specialist about your asthma. You need to get that under better control so that you don't have any wheezing. You need to be on some medication that will hopefully prevent you from having problems with it in the first place; don't just try to treat it once you are in a little trouble, so to speak. Like WildIrish said, Advair is a good one for that. Also ask about the spirometer. It is a very good way, especially if you have been feeling tight or wheezing slightly, to figure out just how your lungs are doing at that time. They are very inexpensive and worth having around.

Now, come back after that appointment and let us know what that doctor said, too, please. (Sorry, I'm a nurse and a mother so I can't help but be concerned about you. And I want you to always be OK if at all possible.)

Certainly will keep that appointment BlueSwede. Though I don't seem in imminent danger, it's a little annoying and I want to know more about what's going on with me and how I can live more comfortably.

Your concern is appreciated :) (((BlueSwede)))

Thank YOU, Belial. Hugs are ALWAYS appreciated. :) I just really do want you to be OK (SMILE).

Hey all, as I've just been to see the specialist, an update is in order.

The anti-inflammatories seem to be working as my chest pain has diminished quite a bit in severity and frequency. I've not had much breathing difficulty and so haven't used the ventolin too often, though the specialist did show me that my breathing was too shallow when I demonstrated my ventolin technique to him. In his opinion, what I have is unlikely to be asthma, and if it is, it's most likely quite mild. What is more likely, in his opinion is something called vocal chord dysfunction, where the vocal chords slightly obstruct breathing due to tension (I think that's what he said the cause was) and that the best way to fix that is to "huff" or pant similar to how dogs breathe for a short while. He said I probably shouldn't bother getting a repeat of my flixotide preventer powder inhaler and that I should keep ventolin on hand but probably wouldn't do much for me, based on the breathing test I did - the graphs for pre and post-ventolin were almost identical. And I walked the almost 3 miles home, so I think I'm fine :) Though, I will try and be more active as I'm sure that wouldn't hurt, and I could lose a kilo. or ten. :)

Thanks so much for the update, Belial. I'm very happy to hear that you may not have asthma (or just a very mild case of it) after all. That IS wonderful news. :)

Belial,

I'm glad to read that the diagnosis wasn't as bad as it seemed.

swim more it helps with asthma as i have had it all my life i played foot ball and every thing i still get the odd attack every now and again mostly in winter... so even if it is mild its not something to be taken ligthly