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It’s been a while since I posted as I’ve been doing well! Last time I went to see my specialist she was ill so I saw another doctor who suggested that if my asthma is bad in the last week of my cycle, I increase my ciclesonide for five days before, five days during and for five days after. So far, it appears to be working and I’d felt loads better and perhaps got a bit complacent, I’d been going to the gym more, signed up to walk 4km a day for March to raise money for WaterAid and was starting to feel like I was getting somewhere.

Going out in the wind on Sunday made me bad and now I feel like I’m back to square one! I’d gone nearly two months without needing hospital treatment and if I was wheezy, I was getting myself out of it. Now I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck and without been given pred I can’t get my chest to stop feeling tight. Amazing how quickly your body forgets just how much it hurts!

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Oh dear! This wind is a killer, I’m struggling myself. I’m sure you’ve thought of this, but perhaps you do need to get started on some pred?

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It’s horrible isn’t it?

They didn’t send me home with any from the hospital so might get in touch with my GP

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