David, I to am a runner,

David,

I to am a runner, Im really struggling this winter with the Asthma,
Its getting to the point where I cannot go out for a run without
it affecting my breathing then my legs. Ive never experienced it this bad before .

Is this a particularly bad winter for Asthmatics. I finding even on my runs
my inhaler is not seeing me through. What is the new medication you described on your
for february.

I have an appointment with the astmha nurse on Friday I need to get to the bottom of this I have been feeling crap for 3 months now.

Any advice would be appreciatied

Jamie

Sorry I didn’t get to

Sorry I didn’t get to respond before Friday, I am working away from home at the moment, and can’t get much on-line time!

The inhaler that I use is called Seretide, which is a combination inhaler. The initial advantage was that instead of taking multiple puffs of two different inhalers, I only needed one dose of this one – but the combination has proven particularly effective for me allowing me to start running without any asthma symptoms at all.

Good luck, and I hope that you find something that works (and that your appointment went well).

David

David, The asthma nurse

David,

The asthma nurse put me on a green inhaler called serevent. Its a long acting 12 hours inhaler,
that I need to take in the morning and at night before bed. IM going to try to have a run tonight,
and see how it goes. I have already had to miss a few race this year and my training has took a real
knock. Keep up the running and I hope the diet goes well.

Jamie

Hi Jamie, I think

Hi Jamie,

I think Serevent is the same as Seretide. How’d you get on with your run? I found it took a couple of weeks for the Serevent to really get effective, so if the run didn’t go too well maybe that would be it.

Good luck,

David