Any ideas welcome..

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At the end of april I went into hospital for a minor op to remove a lump from my finger, luckily it was benign.

When I entered the hospital ( a private one I had visited before for two serious ops, disc replacements) and went up the stairs I was guided to the day ward. I had not been in this part before. Immediately I could smell paint and started wheezing. I always use low odour paint at home. A lady who was waiting with her husband asked me if I needed to use an inhaler, I rooted mine out of my bag ( had not used it for a while). By the time I entered my room I was really hot and having breathing difficulties. When the anethastist saw me he said he was struggling too with the paint.

I had the op, under general, with no problems and was discharged at 6pm that night. I went to bed around 10.30pm and awoke around 2am unable to breathe. I was hanging out of the bedroom window fighting for breath. I went downstairs and sat in my office chair for about 3 hours. At 8am the following morning, I rang my GP got an appointment. He perscribed anti biotics. A week later I was no better, coughing up disgusting stuff ( looked like it was from a nuclear power station ) He perscribed different anti biotics and a new inhaler, my inhaler was out of date ( I had not used it for years). A week later still no better, different anti biotics.

The following week, a month after my op, I was having severe breathing problems and my husband called an ambulance. I was rushed to hospital, kept in for 4 hours and then discharged with a different inhaler and different anti biotics

I have forgotten to say that I am allergic to steroids, they send me totally loopy !!

Things seemed to have calmed down,, I took the anti biotics (which were light sensitive) and seemed a little better.

The following week I went away on holiday... what a mistake.... the heat and the stairs totally knocked me for six. I could only climb about 12 and then it was a rest and a few puffs. I had to hit the other anti biotics I had taken away...

I came back from holiday, visited the doctor, got my x ray results, totally clear, yet I was still coughing and bringing up phlegm. One more week of anti biotics and also something to break down the mucus.

I am now 2 weeks clear of anti biotics, still coughing but it is a little clearer, waiting for a spirometry test which cannot be done till I am 4 weeks clear, waking up every 3 hours and coughing up.... and struggling in the heat...

Any ideas....

Thanks