Although my muscular aches and pain are near gone, as of this morning I still could not breathe well. Yesterday I felt dizzy and light-headed all day. I attributed it to a lack of calories. This morning I felt the same. I decided to call my asthma doc to see if I could just come in and have my breathing checked. Glad I did.
In short, my numbers were HORRIBLE. I knew they would be bad, but not this bad. Even after my inhaler my large airways were functioning at 56% and my small airways at 38%. No wonder I was feeling so dizzy. I was immediately given a breathing treatment (nebulizer with bronchiodilating meds). I got really shaky and a bit nauseated, but it worked. After 10 minutes of treatment I felt like I could take a real breath. They retook my stats, most airways were functioning close to the 90s and my oxygen intake had increased dramatically.
What it comes down to: my pneumonia is cleaning up nicely, but my asthma is being stubborn. They quadrupled my advair intake for 2 weeks, and I have to take my prednisone (I hate that stuff). But if it will allow me to breathe, I will do it.
I asked about exercising, specifically running. He said that I could try as soon as I felt up to it, but that I will likely not make it very far for a couple more weeks.
Come on inflammation ... be gone!!!!
(Since the breathing treatment I feel so so so so SO much better.) | 
