Should I or not?

[Wheezycat]

I have a conundrum. I am wondering if my asthma has deteriorated slightly. There are no dramas I am glad to say, but walking any version of uphill has become harder over a few months, also during warmer weather, and this autumn and winter it is far harder than last year. I had a cold sometime back in October, again no drama, and a spectacular cough. PF dropped to 70 plus, so no big deal. PF has now improved but not to my old dizzy heights. It sticks stubbornly at plus/minus 85% mark.

So I feel a bit more hampered, but no big deal.

I have a significant history of not noticing/ignoring symptoms, but now I tell myself to pay attention if people around me make comments due to noticing stuff, like my annoying but unspectacular coughing, or my wheezing etc. Do I need to take action. Don’t much want to as I feel I spend too much time in the surgery as it is.

[Junglechicken]

Wheezycat, you have just summed up me in one breath. I’ve dropped just just into my amber zone but it does fluctuate back to 82% max at random. I feel like I’ve been living at my surgery. I really really don’t want to go again and really really don’t want pred. I do have an intermittent phlegmy cough but I wouldn’t say I’m particularly unwell, just not quite right.

[Wheezycat in reply to Junglechicken]

Tedious, isn’t it!

[lucia_m]

Your situation sounds very similar to mine. I’ve finally decided to go to the GP tomorrow after weeks of not feeling quite right - a walk with friends at the weekend where I couldn’t keep up and felt completely exhausted was the final straw. Think I need some steroids to sort it out!

[Wheezycat in reply to lucia_m]

Keeping up with friends - now there’s a blast from the past. I can’t either, unless they really slow down , except perhaps in summer. I don’t think I need prednisolone, but maybe I need to up my medication.......or not.