Current Events > Suffered with an asthma attack this whole day, finally home to use my inhaler.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Full, long work day. God, that puff hit just right. My airways feel so tired, yet relieved.

...Like breathing through a straw.
It sucks.

SiO4 posted...

...Like breathing through a straw.
It sucks.

Every little bit of energy I used made it like breathing through a pinched straw.

PiOverlord posted...

Every little bit of energy I used made it like breathing through a pinched straw.

Ya, I grew up with it.
It's horrible.

One of my childhood memories of my Mother is me telling her I couldn't make it up the stairs.
That and her mother, my grandmother who had it as well, always checking in with that...but almost with a sense of guilt.

Somehow I outgrew it, but my Allergies are still crazy once they get going.

Why didn't you have your inhaler on you? I never go anywhere without mine. If I get an attack it's literally impossible to speak, nevermind work through a full shift.

How did you work like that? Why didnt you leave to get an inhaler?

SiO4 posted...

Ya, I grew up with it.
It's horrible.

One of my childhood memories of my Mother is me telling her I couldn't make it up the stairs.
That and her mother, my grandmother who had it as well, always checking in with that...but almost with a sense of guilt.

Somehow I outgrew it, but my Allergies are still crazy once they get going.

Glad you outgrew it. I've had it since before I could remember things, and it's given me quite a fair share of embarrassing and painful memories. The changing seasons don't help it at all either. My airways act up at just the tiniest inconvenience to them.

TheOtherMike posted...

Why didn't you have your inhaler on you? I never go anywhere without mine. If I get an attack it's literally impossible to speak, nevermind work through a full shift.

Grabbed a dead inhaler on accident. I'm still in busy season for my company (Big 4 Auditor), so couldn't go back. Had moments where it was more of an annoyance, and moments where it was straight-up agony.

oh shit, that sounds awful.
why the heck you don't bring an inhaler with you?

Here's what you gotta do, dude, from one asthma kid to another

Go to your pharmacy, get a new inhaler, regardless of how low your current is. Then in a few days, go again and do the same. Burn through all your refills until you have like 4 or 5 inhalers on hand.
Now just keep those bad boys EVERYWHERE. Keep one at home, bring one to keep at work, stick one in the car, if you have a spouse tell them to keep one in their bag/car, have one at your parents/family, etc etc etc...

I don't even have severe asthma, but I have 2 at home, one in my gym bag, one in my car, one in my wife's car, one in my bag, and one at my in-laws and parents each.

Neeeeever be without one, you never know when you're gonna REALLY need it.

Dude you had an asthma attack and still worked? It ain't worth it

Glad you pulled through and are OK, fam.

PiOverlord posted...

Glad you outgrew it. I've had it since before I could remember things, and it's given me quite a fair share of embarrassing and painful memories. The changing seasons don't help it at all either. My airways act up at just the tiniest inconvenience to them.

I still have all sorts of allergies when the seasons change.

No allergies, no asthma, no problems, genetic lottery winner master race.