Yesterday I had my asthma review at my doctors surgery. I was really happy to find out that it was a trained asthma nurse. I have had practice nurses before this in the last couple of years. I had a really good one two years ago but she left.
So she asked how I have been, did my height and weight, checked my inhaler technique for my Ventolin. My spaces got condemned as needing replacing as getting residue of the Ventolin. I use a Volumatic Spacer Device ie. big one with tidal breathing to use my Ventolin.
As for my asthma happy with my lack of symptoms overall. I did use it last week a few times on one day. Trigger was the dusts from my daughter clearing out her room.
Told to stay on my Fostair nexthaler 200/6 2 puffs twice a day and monkelaust tablet. I was also given a steroid card (as I on such a high dose inhaler). This was the surprise of the appointment as I kind of new if you were on long term steroid tablets you needed one of these cards?! (current inhaler I been using since November 2017)
The plan forward is to stay on my Inhaler and come back and see her in April. If my asthma has been controlled then she will be thinking of reducing my dose down. I think she wants to reduce it to just a preventer for spring/summer ( reducing down slowly of course) . I not sure about that as if I have been able to reduce it (not last year on advice of consultant). The 2017 still on seretide 250 reduce to seretide 125. However I think that that there is a fostair 100/6 so I think that will suit me.
I spoke to asthma UK after my asthma review as there is always questions on I have. They advised to add an antihistamine (as I have post nasal drip, polytics and vitamin D (to help with my immunity because of the high dose of inhaler I am on) Asthma uk nurse said my new asthma nurse was really good. She said that I was the first person in 4 years to told I needed a steroid card.
All together I am very happy with my new asthma nurse.