Asthma

[NirvanaBliss]

I know i'm joining this debate rather late but recent events have propelled me into it.

I have a chest infection, which is straightforward enough, but that's four inside a year. It's the only thing that's ever wrong with me, never any breathing probs or anything else between these infections, which generally knock me for six for a couple of days and take about a week to get over completely.

The first of the four was a year ago when i was in barcelona. I didn;t get antib's until i got home by which time i was desperate. None of the three since have been as bad as that (prob cos i got some antib's earlier?), but they are still nasty for short periods and come with some feverishness and immense, if shortlived, fatigue.

I discussed this with my gp who has sent me for a chest x ray which is on tuesday. I;ve also been given an inhaler (blue one, ventolin). This is a whole new world to me and i'm a bit worried.

I'm kicking myself because i didn;t ask the doc why he was sending me for a chest x ray - what does he think it'll find? my general health is really good and i've been training well of late. I started a new job last week which was a big leap for me and i was nervous and stressed and perhaps that explains this particular incidence....

I;m rambling, but i wondered whether anyone else had been sent for an x ray in similar circumstances and what happened?

Thanks

ST

Hello ST (love the blog)

Christmas last year i had to have a xray because i was constantly getting a chest infection, because of the doctors (of which i have since changed) kept fobbing me off, it went from flu, to chest infections to pleurisy, to eventually putting me into hospital with pneumonia, which is possibly why you need an xray, it could be the doctor thinks its bronchitus, which is good that your doctor is being thorough.

Since that lot of sh*te doctors ignored my condition, from it leading to pneumonia, this past year i have had any kind of colds, flus etc, because my immune system is wrecked.

Now i have been told i have glandular fever, which if the septic tonsilus was treated, then i would not have got this far with it.

Don't panic about the xray, its just your doctor doing his/her job properly.

That pic on your blog, is abit scary

Hope this helps alittle...

Ps, on one of your pages, about your chest infection and running you have a good quote...

You should use it as a signature

"You can live a hundred years without really living a second if you're not careful "