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WOW MIKE, are you serious about the fan? I have never heard that, I'm so open to suggestions of all kinds, question though, if your lungs are already tight how are you going to get more air into them?

You all keep sharing this stuff, I still have soo much to learn and some tricks that work for other's to write down for future reference!

Terry I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teddy Bear's Early Learning ProgramEstablished August of 1992

From: asthma [mailto:asthma ] On Behalf Of Mike IntiaSent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:11 AMTo: asthma Subject: Re: asthma since childhood- what are some of other members stories?

thanks for the compliment lisa. 'glad you found my writings interesting.i think that, besides the caffeine, drinking coffee or any other hot beverage, for that matter, will help soften the mucus a little bit to aid our coughing. now sticking one's head out of a moving vehicle's window would "force" air into the lungs ~ the same way i sometimes like having an electric fan in front of me to help me breathe when i get an asthma attack.unfortunately, nowadays if you do stick your head out the window of a moving vehicle on the streets of manila, your asthma's bound to get worse because of the pollution.speaking of getting jittery, whenever i do more than three pulls at a time on my inhaler, my hands would start shaking and sometimes i would feel very lightheaded. OD? probably.anyway, i do hope everyone has an awesome weekend. take care.peace,mike i.ps- for those who haven't read my writings on growing up as an asthmatic child yet, the link is: http://asthmatic-child.blogspot.com/--- In asthma , "lilli_nyc" wrote:>> Interesting writings Mike! How odd some of the "home remedies" seem.> My mother told me that her mother had asthma and she used to drink hot> coffee because she said the caffeine would help. My husband's grandma> would have her daughter (my husband's aunt) stick her head out the> window and try to breathe in more fresh air. I guess not much info or> medication for asthma was known about then. When I was 13 and first> got asthma I took little white pills what made me shakey and jittery.> Then I went to 1/2 a pill to nothing but a Proventil inhaler as> needed, which I hardly ever needed for the next 20 yrs. Then suddenly> the asthma snuck back up on me and I was shocked not to find relief> from my inhaler one day. That was the first time I needed prednisone.> The second time that happened landed me in the ER and hospitalized for> 5 days. That's when I learned I needed to be on maintenence meds for> the rest of my life, I never want to go through that kind of attack> again, if I can help it.> > > > > >> > hello all!> > > > typhoon season here in the philippines. it was really sunny earlier> > today, but now the skies warn of rain - maybe later tonight. i don't> > sense any impending asthma episodes yet although i always have my> > ventolin (salbutamol) inhaler handy.> > > > i'd like to share some recent writings about my experiences growing up> > with "the disease" just so you'd know how it was like for me back then> > on the other side of the world. you guys can read it here:> > > > http://asthmatic-child.blogspot.com/> > <http://asthmatic-child.blogspot.com/>> > > > i wrote something about traditional cures which my wife, kathy, found> > quite amusing.> > > > to see what made her laugh, go ahead and read "growing up with asthma"> > at:> > > > http://asthmatic-child.blogspot.com/> > <http://asthmatic-child.blogspot.com/>> > > > breathe easy everyone!> > > > peace.> > mike i.> >>

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