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Anyone have Athsma & Bronchiectasis?

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Oh one more thing I've told to 1000s of patients.

You have Asthma and you have an attack. You get your MDI. If those two to four puffs are not working? TAKE more puffs!! Take eight to ten and GET TO ER!!! Don't WAIT because that could be death!!!

One of my dear friends had Asthma and was a Respiratory Therapist. We were working together(at our hospital) and he kept taking aerosols. He was in ER and they wanted to admit him. He refused as he wanted to go to his hospital(a lot of us have favorite hospital)!! NO. We begged him to stay. He said he could make it.
He died in the parking lot of HIS hospital.

Public service announcement over.

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Several years ago I had to pull over in the car because I could not breathe. I knew it was an asthma attack. I was right down the road from the hospital but could not get there. I had to get out of the car to stand tall and try to breathe. I called the hospital and told them I was having breathing problems. They put me thru, thank God, to the emergency room. I told the nurse what was happening and that I had taken my limit of emergency drugs. 4 puffs and it still was not working. She screamed into the phone, "Take more... as many as you need to breathe." So I did, and I finally was able to get my lungs to open enough to breathe. Very scary, but they tell you usually two puffs of emergency inhaler. It was about 8 total that one day. The most I have ever had to take. I usually have to take 3 any other time. The tree huggers caused the pharmaceutical companies to change their propellant years ago. The inhalers never worked as well again. They all had counters on them as well. Get to the bottom, it doesn't come out in full doses anymore either. I throw all of my inhalers away at about 20 puffs left and get new ones. Thank God I only have to use maybe 1 emergency inhaler in a years time and then I throw most of it away and get a new one.