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 First ventolin dose taken, let's see what happens... 
 @120acc36 Helpful hint: rinse your mouth out afterwards. 
 @35771893 @120acc36 yes! And always use a spacer xx 
 @a691d4e1 @35771893 The doctor gave me a spacer at the appointment.

I'm feeling better already 🤔 
 @120acc36 @35771893 ventolin is excellent. 
 @35771893 I just did that, I followed the instructions 😇 
 Oh I feel so much better. No more coughing and breathlessness. 
 @120acc36 
When it works, it works! Especially when it comes to coughing 😊 
 @e5c2d016 I’ve just been feeling so coughy and a little breathless at times over the last couple of weeks, to feel normal is so good. My doctor said this is a new allergy symptom, he’s not sure if it’s permanent or that I’m really allergic to something right now. 
 @120acc36 The feeling as your lungs just relax and you can breathe again is lovely isn't it?

Once I was having quite a bad attack and the afterhours clinic sat me down with a ventolin inhaler and a spacer and gave me six puffs all at once. I'm not sure if ventolin technically gets you high, but I was certainly feeling high on oxygen afterwards, if nothing else! 
 @9de7a166 oh my that sounds bad. This is all new for me and I don’t know what to expect. Doctor doesn’t know if this is a permanent allergy symptom or just something that is in the air right now. 😬 

He’s just trying to get me through until my allergist appointment in two weeks when she can make some short and long term decisions about what to do with me. 
 @120acc36 I've had asthma most of my life - that was the worst for me, mostly it's been well under control

But there definitely is stuff in the air right now. My nose gets stuffed up easily and I have been noticing that the last couple of weeks (makes it hard to sleep at night). OTOH I also discovered sitting the portable air filter by my bed at night seems to be actually helping - crossing fingers that's not just a coincidence of which nights I've tried it.