Guest guest Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Jeff, thanks for postingjeff81764 wrote: --try not to let it get you,im 42 was diadnosed 2 years ago,you will have good days and you will have bad days,when i have bad it helps me to read these support groups,it lets you know,youre not the only one with this ,just remember,nothing you did caused you to get athsma,about the exersize,it will get easier,try to walk everyday,when i started i was overweight(this makes athsma alot worse)i couldntwalk on our new treadmill 1/4 mile,now im doing 2 miles a day,asthma can control you but not if you control it-jeff In asthma , Noah Riding wrote:>> well...when you start coughing really bad when exercising then take a break and try coming back to it a few minutes or hours later maybe.> > jbritt683 wrote: Hello all,> > I'm new to the group. I'm , 23 and diagnosed with asthma last > week. I went to my doctor about 3 weeks ago for allergies. I was > given flonase, and a proventil inhaler (because of wheezing). Dr. > told me then that it was possible that it could be asthma. Well, last > monday night I had a hard time breathing (tightness in chest, felt > like I couldn't get a full breath, coughing, some wheezing). I used > my inhaler but it didn't feel like it did much of anything. It > continued on into tuesday morning. I gave in and called my dr. He had > me do the breathing test (sorry, don't know what it's called) and > confirmed that it is asthma. He then gave me advair and told me to > use the proventil as a back up if I need it. So, I'm trying the > advair out for a couple of weeks and then I have an appt. to go back > to see if it's something that he wants to prescribe to me. I saw him > a couple of weeks ago for a physical and he wants me to start > exercising more (he suggested 3 days cardio, 2 days weight lifting). > I tried doing this but I can only get about a 1/2 mile in (on the > tredmill) before I start getting the tightness in my chest and start > coughing real bad. Anyone have any suggestions or tips?> > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?> Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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