Guest guest Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Hi Amy. Yep it seems that when I go to play in the box I am having a good day as well. Isn't that always the case. LOL. You can be at home coughing and snotting nasties, but when you get to the doc feel better. I'm glad my doc's know me very well. They generally take my word for it. Instead of dropping the Symbicort, you could try to go to their website and sign up for their coupon program. It will help with the costs substantially, and go to astrazeneca.com to see if you are eligible for the copay help program. I know that Symbicort has done wonders for me, and if you find a controller that works....... Although if you feel that it is not helping by all means talk to your doc about trying something different. I can't really recommend the others because we hit upon Symbicort pretty quickly with me. So I haven't used much else as a controller. As far as "normal", asthma can be extremely variable. You can feel great one day and rotten the next. The biggest thing is to learn your triggers and try to control your exposure to them. I imagine the storm had a lot to do with how you were feeling. Low pressure fronts are one of my biggest issues. Ahh, so sad. That is one thing we have absolutely no control over. Madeline http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lungs_on_Vacation/ To: asthma Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 9:55:57 AMSubject: A few questions I had the pulmonary function tests done Friday. I saw the numbers, and although the woman doing it couldn't tell me the full results because it hadn't been read by the lung specialist, she did tell me it looks like very mild asthma, and I showed about a 7% improvement with the breathing treatment. Ironically, my breathing on Friday was quite a bit better than it had been, lol. I'm going to call my PCP this afternoon and see if she has the results yet. I'm also going to ask that she switch me from the Symbicort. No problems with it, just the fact that it's a $60 co-pay, and my insurance limits the quantity allowed... it looks like my other options are QVAR, Pulmicort Flexhaler, or Asmanex. All the others are the evil top tier drugs. Any thoughts? Also, I realize there's no "normal" with asthma, but is it common to just get up one morning and be able to breathe just fine? We were getting pounded by the big nor'easter, and it finally pulled away last night, and I feel almost totally normal today. Oh, and my peak flow meter arrived yesterday. After seeing what I was able to blow yesterday, and comparing it to the day I was in my PCP's office... yikes. I'm glad I didn't wait any longer to see her. Amy http://shop. ebay.com/ alphabeticalorde rbooks/m. html?_nkw= & _armrs=1 & _from= & _ipg= & _trksid=p3686 http://shops. half.ebay. com/alphabetical orderbooks_ W0QQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:55:57 -0400, Amy Polen wrote > I had the pulmonary function tests done Friday. I saw the numbers, > and although the woman doing it couldn't tell me the full results > because it hadn't been read by the lung specialist, she did tell me > it looks like very mild asthma, and I showed about a 7% improvement > with the breathing treatment. Ironically, my breathing on Friday > was quite a bit better than it had been, lol. I'm going to call my > PCP this afternoon and see if she has the results yet. I'm also > going to ask that she switch me from the Symbicort. No problems > with it, just the fact that it's a $60 co-pay, and my insurance > limits the quantity allowed... it looks like my other options are > QVAR, Pulmicort Flexhaler, or Asmanex. All the others are the evil > top tier drugs. Any thoughts? > > Also, I realize there's no " normal " with asthma, but is it common to > just get up one morning and be able to breathe just fine? We were > getting pounded by the big nor'easter, and it finally pulled away > last night, and I feel almost totally normal today. It sounds like the humidity dropped, which is always good for breathing. Sure, you should be able to breathe just fine just about any morning. If you have a lot of trouble at night, maybe you could take the Singulair at night before going to bed. That always works for me. The times I had a lot of asthma and woke up at night with asthma there was mold growing the crawlspace under my bedroom. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:14:51 -0500, bking wrote > On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:55:57 -0400, Amy Polen wrote > > it, just the fact that it's a $60 co-pay, and my insurance > > limits the quantity allowed... it looks like my other options are > > QVAR, Pulmicort Flexhaler, or Asmanex. All the others are the evil > > top tier drugs. I had a sample of Asmanax sitting in my cupboard for years; the dr gave me a free sample but I considered it one of the evil drugs and never took it. : ) Too many side effects. I use Singulair and the ventolin. And Intal if I have a lot of trouble, but that usually means I have some kind of bug bothering my lungs. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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