with these ropes tied tight can we do no wrong

[tsuki_no_bara]

apparently my cosmic reward for writing about an occasional insomniac last night was to stay up until 5:30. in the morning. at which time the sky was getting noticeably lighter and i very seriously considered not even bothering to go to bed. (i went to bed.) what the hell, self? maybe i had a giant iced tea too late in the day. also i may or

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[hyndara71]

Oh my! So, this time the virus hit you? I had a great sleep last night, thank, even the toothpain couldn't woke me up, only Supercat with her penetrant begging for food (you need a diet, you're looking like a furry soccerball, mylady Jules).
Writing comes always good, I am surprised myself how fast I go through the fanfic (and still have some research to do). I wish I would be so motivated with translating the original-novel (been asked now several times when I will upload that thing).
Sorry, no asthma here, cannot help you with that.

[tsuki_no_bara]

the insomnia virus, yeesh. but a furry soccer ball! hee. your poor round cat.

do you write fanfic in german and then translate it? or write it in english first? (or write in german and not translate it....)

[wesleysgirl]

I think it's important to note that there are different levels of having an asthma attack, and maybe it might help to compare it in your mind to having a stuffed up nose. It's a similar feeling, like your lungs are swollen and not enough air can get through (though not-the-same, I guess, in the fact that the lungs are the end point of the path the air is meant to be taking, whereas your nostrils are just a pathway.) You have to work harder to "get the air deep enough," but no matter how hard you work, the end place the air is meant to be getting to feels already sort of filled up (probably with blood or other body fluid stuff) so you can't force enough in there to feel properly oxygenated. So you work harder and breathe more quickly. Breathing through your nose can help. Drinking coffee can help (something about the caffeine dilating blood vessels I think?) if you don't have an inhaler with you. Lots of people have inhalers, though, and I'm not unfamiliar with strangers sharing their inhaler under emergency conditions.

[tsuki_no_bara]

i wouldn't have guessed coffee would help. interesting! also i never would've thought about total strangers offering their inhalers - are they not that different from person to person?

[wesleysgirl]

Yeah, the general "rescue" inhaler (the one you take during an asthma attack) (there are also steroid inhalers that some people take daily to ward off attacks altogether) is albuterol, and basically anyone over the age of 12 uses the same one. (They do make a weaker solution one for little kids.)

[poisontaster]

Like what wesleysgirl said above, there are degrees of having an asthma attack. At its low level, it may take me a while to even realize I'm feeling short of breath/starting to strain for air. There's a tightness to my lungs, like I can't quite breathe DEEP enough or get the air deep enough. My asthma tends to be triggered by extremes in temperature (hot or cold) and exposure to allergens (pet dander and cigarette smoke, in particular

[tsuki_no_bara]

this is super helpful! because this is kind of what i imagine happening to insomnia boy's very patient best friend (from here on out known as asthma boy :D ) (i should probably feel bad referring to them by their afflictions, because they do have names) - he actually lets insomnia boy convince him to go running, even tho his asthma can be triggered by physical exertion. also pollen. (trees! having sex!) i may have a kind stranger loan him their inhaler, tho, because he's not in any shape to walk home and insomnia boy isn't going to leave him kind of lying on the running path to go find a drugstore or a coffee place.

[charisstoma]

Don't think I have asthma but

[tsuki_no_bara]

carbonation helps with a cough? or just that particular kind? because every winter i get a cold, and i can tell it's passing because the stuffed head gives way to an INCESSANT cough. honey ricola cough drops are my best friends. but if a soda works too, i'm perfectly happy to have a nice ginger ale or a dr pepper.

>>I've found it works best if I happen to be sitting on the toilet because it is a major exercise that my body is engaged in and bladder control is deemed secondary.<<

...ew. and also, yikes.

[charisstoma]

I can't do the bubbles any longer, the gas accumulates and causes abdominal pain. But yes, the burning of the bubbles going down seems to act as a scour. *grins* Wash the mucinex down with a bubbly cola drink. The cola does better for me than just any carbonated beverage.

My daughter was lamenting that with the 1st trimester nausea, she empties both ends. It's genetic?

[tsuki_no_bara]

it never would've occurred to me that you can't breathe out during an asthma attack. so that's good to know!