Confessions of a Part-Time Asthmatic

[flit]

So about every other time I've gotten allergy shots this year, I've had an asthma attack. I am now calling myself in public with this message

Comments

[cdk]

Why is it so easy to talk oneself out of fixing a medical problem when you feel it coming on? I get migraines when I skip a meal, and I actually get about a 60 minute window where I can feel it coming, and all I have to do is eat something with a low glycemic index, and the migraine will just evaporate. I'd say I manage to do that one time out of four, the other times there's some reason I can't eat just yet and then I spend the rest of the day in pain.

[flit]

I wish I knew! And ooh that's actually a good migraine cure.

It is possible that I find it easier to cure migraines because I am disgustingly addicted to coffee, and it can form part of my cure. :) (Excedrin is simpler, but coffee is delicious.)

So I am going to say it to you: EAT something. Actually, keep an emergency snack in your drawer/pocket/whatever. Nuts keep almost indefinitely and if they're salted... well I find salt helps my migraines for whatever reason.

[mizkit]

Take the damn medicine, woman! Breathing is important!

[flit]

You would think that would be obvious! But no, apparently I need public shaming....