31/2 weeks since Nucala injection

[HannahBenson]

Hi...well it started off pretty rough with vomiting and exhaustion but now I am breathing 90% better than before...it is amazing. I had not been able to leave my apartment for almost two months without using my rescue inhaler just to go a few blocks and then hurry back to use my nebulizer and be in the air conditioning. I am out and about now...still use my neb twice a day and my symbicort am/pm but no more struggling to breathe while outside (or inside!)...no more rescue albuterol inhaler...it is wonderful and I hope anyone out there who has E asthma has the opportunity to get this injection. I probably will have some discomfort when I have this once a month but that is a small price to pay to have my life back. I still am on MAC meds and have bronchiectasis etc. but the breathing difficulty month after month was by far the worst. Prednisone was no longer working for me so I am very thankful that I am able to take this injection...hopefully it will continue to work as it has done for so many others.

[Pebbles1012]

Those are pretty tough side effects though !

I had five injection of nucala and my asthma was as wonderful however I had leg pain and headache so my health care provider has taken me off it and I’m about to start Fasenra instead

Just go careful

[HannahBenson in reply to Pebbles1012]

Thanks Pebbles...I will. I will keep in mind what you are doing and its good to know there are other options if things get worse for me.