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Very rarely have I used my nebulizer more than twice a day. My prescription is actually written for up to four uses per day, but that's to assure that I have adequate meds in case I get sick. So my daily routine has been to use it in the morning, when I get up, and then again at night before I go to bed.

Today, though, I've been bothered most of the day with a dry, mostly unproductive cough and a feeling of "something" in my lungs. The sort of feeling I have in the morning when I first get up.

The last time I did a "three-a-day," I didn't like the result for reasons I can't even remember. Maybe a side effect, like dizziness or nervous agitation. So I was reluctant to try it again this time.

I'd tried to nap, but couldn't get comfortable. So finally went upstairs and did a midday treatment. And, guess what, I feel much better!

Still have no clue as to what the problem is, maybe an uptick in the seasonal allergies that I've been plagued with since childhood and for which I still take other medications.

Anyway, I'm glad I had this option and decided to use it. I'm gonna sit for a few minutes and read and then do my workout and then my bike ride--which I'm sure increases my exposure to whatever is in the air.

But I've gotta ride, just like I've gotta eat and breathe.

Hope everyone is having a halfway decent day...

LPK
Dreamwidth
10.17.2020

Suddenly, this afternoon, started feeling better. First noticed that the appetite was back, then the absence of fever and fatigue. Lungs are still crappy, full of junk and noise, but that'll take some time and some hard work with the breathing treatments. Which will thankfully be done with the new nebulizer which is much more effective than the old setup.

Anyway, since I'm apparently going to live, I think I'm gonna download the trial version of TurboCad's DesignCad software to help me do revised cutting bills and drilling diagrams for the drill stand and work bench that my grandson and I have started in the basement. The changes aren't complicated but they're fairly substantial, in terms of shear numbers of parts, and I want the paperwork to be up to date and usable as a teaching aid with my grandson.

Then, if the trial verson works out, I'll download the full version and have it to use on future projects and for Jason and the other grandkids to play with should any of them seem inclined toward design or engineering.

Hopefully I won't get screwed over by the T'Cad people like I was by AutoDesk, producers of AutoCad, a few years ago. Which is a whole other story, almost as boring as this one. But, hey, I'm gonna live to tell it...

LPK
@Dreamwidth
6.24.2017

Tonight, this morning, I'm still wondering: is this how it ends?

I went to the doctor, yesterday, my lungs beginning to fill as they never had before. He said it was good that I'd come in, not waited until after the weekend.

He said it was an infection and started me on an antibiotic. They also ordered a new nebulizer and compressor to replace the worn and broken ones that had been my grandson's.

Even though I'd gone into it feeling otherwise, I thought, well maybe this can work, maybe I can recover. Maybe this is not the time when I'll join my wife beneath that chunk of rose-colored granite with our names on it..

So I took my pill and did my treatments, one right before bedtime; was so exhausted that I fell asleep with the lights on, uncovered, half sitting up.

And when I awoke, at 4 AM, it was there again, much stronger, the ache, the rattle, the congestion in my chest. And I thought, well, this is apparently not over yet.

Then, as I struggled against the pain, of fatigued and torn thoracic muscles, I thought again: not over yet but maybe soon will be...

LPK
@Dreamwidth
6.24.2017

Really suffering, tonight, with a cold which, at first, seemed content to merely inconvenience, with sneezing and a runny nose, for a couple of days but then moved quickly and decisively into my chest.

(Because I have COPD, with its attendant respiratory symptoms, it's sometimes hard to tell when and if an ordinary cold has transitioned into something more serious. Unfortunately, these days, it's not so much a matter of if it will happen but when.)

I'd gone to bed, early for me, quite exhausted after a day of almost nothing done and little accomplished. I even skipped my workout because of the joint pain and fatigue that seemed to be coming on.

My greatest concern is that my grandson Jason not catch this. I've been harping quite relentlessly for him to take his inhaled steroids, Singulaire, multi-vitamins, extra vitamin C. To wash his hands and keep them away from his face. And to stay away from his little brother, who's always infected with something but seems to get over it quite quickly. Which is not the case with Jason.

I've also been acting like that obsessive-compulsive cleaner, Danny Tanner, on Nickelodeon's "Full House," sanitizing my hands, the computer mouse and keyboard, the headphones, anything through which we might make indirect contact and thereby transmit the virus.

Lastly, I've put my nebulizer parts into a sealed container of 91% alcohol. Just in case, when comes the dawn, that horrible rattle that signals occluded airways seems likely to stay with me through the day...

LPK
LiveJournal
3.22.15

Waiting to hear back from the doc about an emergency appointment. Been coughing a lot the past 2-3 weeks and then, last night, couldn't stop.

When I checked the meds that I use in the nebulizer, they had all expired. Which I suppose is good because it means I haven't had to deal with the most severe symptoms in a while.

However, I've got 'em now. Don't have much energy, at the moment, so I'll leave it at that. And if I don't croak, I'll be back to say how it goes...

LPK
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