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[Asthmachick25]

Hi

New to all this usually healthy, fit, like jogging, booked a half marathon for march which iv had to cancel due to my first real bad attack on Friday.

Feeling very demotivated now. Any positive tips & feedback would be welcome.

[Homely2 Administrator]

Before I saw my first asthma nurse, my basic walking around the village was becoming an issue. After getting my treatment balanced. I can now walk up a Scottish mountain and get around an orienteering course, albeit slowly. However I can no longer run mountain marathons and sometimes, my Asthma stops me doing things, but there is always tomorrow.

What you can do, with your asthma depends on how bad it is and how effectively you, with the help of your medics, manage it. So you may well be able to do half marathons, but you have to work on the asthma to get there.

My best three things were

1 Discovering asthma uk, their online courses, their nurses on 0300 2225800, their website.

2. Going to see a respiratory physio, who understood my desire to exercise.

3. Finding a couple of great nhs asthma nurses.

They all helped me understand and then manage my Asthma, so I can get hillwalking again.

[Gwalltarian]

The best thing you can do is keep as fit as possible. Knowing what triggers your asthma is key, finding treatment that suits you and helps control it together with avoiding triggers should help you live as you want to. There are Olympic gold medalists who are asthmatics.

[PW_R]

did you have an infection? Influenza A by any chance

[Patk1]

Welcome to the forum.what treatment ru on for asthma and,apart from Friday,how well controlled has it been?x

[Asthmachick25 in reply to Patk1]

I had it mild as a child & all of a sudden started having symptoms in August. I’m waiting for bloods to come back they think that my daughters hamster is the trigger 🙈🙈

I am now on Fostair & salamol inhalers.

Currently taking step down recovery of amoxicillin & prednisone.

[Gareth57]

Hi, personally I wouldn't cancel an event until much nearer, you might be having an issue now but by March could be back to normal, I know I have ups and downs, slightly down at the moment but aiming to cycle around Loch Ness at the end of April.