I'm really new to all this...Firstly hi everyone & hope this weather isn't making life to difficult for you all...
I have suffered with an allergy to rape seed oil for many years off & on had a blue inhaler a couple of times but last year I never seemed to recover from the blocked up/runny nose...my GP told me I had inflammation in mainly my left nostril after treatment in Nov & Dec sprays & drops I gave up & got used to the symptoms during the colder weather in jan & feb I noticed I was short of breath when hoovering, walking , gradually getting worse during conversation eating running upstairs.
I went to see duty nurse a week or so ago & she happened to be the respiratory nurse & gave me a peak flow meter & blue inhaler, told me to keep a record & go back if it got worse. My breathing gradually got worse until Thursday morning when my breathing was really bad trying to walk my children to school , I rang the dr's & receptionist was very concerned which scared me as I really didn't know what was happening, duty dr rang me told me to take my inhaler I think I took it 7 or 8 times (which nurse said I could only take 4 times a day) & ring back if my breathing didn't get any better it didn't so I rang back & dr told me to get straight to the surgery which I did (my nan happened to be on her way round) ...the dr was quite patronising told me I'm not having an asthma attack as I am not wheezing, I'm talking to her (only just I would like to add, could only just get the first 4 digits of my phone number) & my oxygen levels were fine & that I had just had a panic attack! I went back to see the other nurse later in the day & explained all this & she put me on a low dose of the brown inhaler & used the word asthma & asthmatic. I don't need a 'label' but just need some reassurance my husband is diabetic type 1 insulin dependent & we have 3 scared children at the minute...
Had another episode tonight not felt right all day then this evening started yawning lots, couldn't quite get that breath, needed to cough/clear my throat, 8 or 9 times on inhaler over 30mins & felt better although I have sharp pains in my chest. All through the 'episode' I felt anxious. I'm seeing my own GP but earliest I could be seen was 24th June
Any thoughts & advice welcome x
Thank you