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My life of late has been taken up with coughing -- if I counted the days and nights I've spent coughing since the beginning of the year, I think I would be quite horrified! I'm fairly certain the ratio of cough vs. no cough would be quite, quite high! Between having my immune system tampered with by shingles at the beginning of the year, and having a really bad year for allergies this season, my asthma has been out of control. I've not had much energy because of losing sleep at night from coughing, so it's been a real pain to keep up with everything.
The diagnosis is asthma, plain and simple -- my old enemy! I've had it since I was six years old, but for the most part in my adult life, it's not been a big problem -- as long as I keep up with my meds. I'm having to resort to taking prednisone for a second round this year in order to get on top of it, but really -- as scary as that medication is, it's the real deal when it comes to dealing with asthma! I'm not cough free just yet, but it's so much better than it was last week, that I'm almost skipping! Except if I skip in this current rainy weather, I'll get short of breath. ;-) Anyway, I'm getting there, and it's a real relief! Whew!
In "honor" of coughs that won't go away, I am using a newish icon of mine depicting my favorite character from an anime I'm following, which is (partially) based on real life historical people. This fellow is Okita Souji, and in the series Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan, he has been coughing most of the time. He has TB, and it's very sad! In real life, he died of it, but I'm hoping for something less upsetting for the anime. ;-)
Hope everyone else's health is up to par today! <3
The diagnosis is asthma, plain and simple -- my old enemy! I've had it since I was six years old, but for the most part in my adult life, it's not been a big problem -- as long as I keep up with my meds. I'm having to resort to taking prednisone for a second round this year in order to get on top of it, but really -- as scary as that medication is, it's the real deal when it comes to dealing with asthma! I'm not cough free just yet, but it's so much better than it was last week, that I'm almost skipping! Except if I skip in this current rainy weather, I'll get short of breath. ;-) Anyway, I'm getting there, and it's a real relief! Whew!
In "honor" of coughs that won't go away, I am using a newish icon of mine depicting my favorite character from an anime I'm following, which is (partially) based on real life historical people. This fellow is Okita Souji, and in the series Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan, he has been coughing most of the time. He has TB, and it's very sad! In real life, he died of it, but I'm hoping for something less upsetting for the anime. ;-)
Hope everyone else's health is up to par today! <3
