Hi all.
Newbie & first post, might be a little long.
I'm a 32 year old male, generally healthy (gym 3 times a week, run, box etc) but my asthma has been badly controlled pretty much since it was diagnosed when I was about 17. I have smoked for a lot of my adult life, since before asthma and during but quit about 3 months ago.
During the past 3 or 4 years I've been going through Salbutomol like nothing. Using about 3 inhalers per month, several doses per day. Have tried most of the common preventer inhalers and have just recently been put on Relvar 184/22 and Montelukast. Have had a chest X-Ray recently that's come back clear but have spirometry at the end of this month and a CT scan and further throat investigations.
Basically I'm concerned there's something not right somewhere in my airways/throat. My voice has recently been a bit crackly, I was put on steroids not too long ago in case of any infection. I monitor my peak flow (usually about 650) and as I said I'm generally healthy.
The problem seems to be that there's air in my lungs, but I'm having difficulty getting it in and out. My breathing has always been shallow particularly at night, and my lungs feel like they're on fire when I wake up in the morning. I had pneumonia as a teen and tonsillitis several times (won't remove tonsils as my neck is too thick apparently).
Just wanted to see if anyone else has had any similar symptoms in terms of airway/throat issues? The doctors surgery here is in special measures and have been useless for a long time so I'm not completely convinced I've been investigated fully over the years.
There's certain things I know I need to get better at (dust around the home, fresh air etc) and I realise it'll take a while for the damage from smoking to heal.
Thanks and apologies for the long first post!