I need not explain the panting and the heaving anymore.
It explains a lot really. Two weeks ago, I was running with the latest romantic interest and while we were jogging, I was trying to keep up not with his pace but with the conversation we were having. In the duration, he was talking away and asking general conversational questions and my response was "(heave heave HEAVE HEAVE) I'lltellyoulater (HEAVE HEAVE heave heave)" which was all clustered up in the fewest amount of syllables possible.
Later that evening, P was wondering why my breaths were so short since we weren't traveling at a generally fast pace.
P: "Cory, are you sure you don't have asthma?"
C: "I've never thought about it. I just assumed because I'm stocky with some extra pounds."
P: "I've seen guys bigger than you handle a run like that without the wheezing, swollen throat, and coughing afterward."
It's official. I saw my doctor last week and he had diagnosed me with Exercise-Induced Asthma.
I have my first Albuterol inhaler and I've used it a couple of times since the doctor told me to take 2 hits when I plan on sweating in the future (hello summer... fuck).
As I tried it for the first time, I wasn't even sure I was inhaling this mist-stuff correctly when I took it before house cleaning last Friday. I breathed all the way out and when I breathed in I sprayed it and I saw a cloud of the excess exit the spout which dumbfounded me until I started to feel better amongst my chores.
My doctor was sort of mildly consoling me when he told me my lung news but I was relieved to be honest. It's a lot easier to explain my 130 bpm breaths and blaming them on asthma rather than just having some excess matter throughout me.
Congratulate me, I'm an asthmatic.
Later that evening, P was wondering why my breaths were so short since we weren't traveling at a generally fast pace.
P: "Cory, are you sure you don't have asthma?"
C: "I've never thought about it. I just assumed because I'm stocky with some extra pounds."
P: "I've seen guys bigger than you handle a run like that without the wheezing, swollen throat, and coughing afterward."
It's official. I saw my doctor last week and he had diagnosed me with Exercise-Induced Asthma.
I have my first Albuterol inhaler and I've used it a couple of times since the doctor told me to take 2 hits when I plan on sweating in the future (hello summer... fuck).
As I tried it for the first time, I wasn't even sure I was inhaling this mist-stuff correctly when I took it before house cleaning last Friday. I breathed all the way out and when I breathed in I sprayed it and I saw a cloud of the excess exit the spout which dumbfounded me until I started to feel better amongst my chores.
My doctor was sort of mildly consoling me when he told me my lung news but I was relieved to be honest. It's a lot easier to explain my 130 bpm breaths and blaming them on asthma rather than just having some excess matter throughout me.
Congratulate me, I'm an asthmatic.