My asthma has been acting up a lot more recently: I was diagnosed with asthma when I was two, and normally my puffers (flovent and salbutamol) keep it under control. But my lungs became more irritable in the middle of April, and I spent most of May at home. In late June, I went to an allergy doctor to get tested, and when I was negative for allergies, the allergy doctor came up with a theory.
I've been on the same puffers for twelve years, so Dr. Lavine thinks that my body in incapable of creating the nessacary protiens and steroids to allow my lungs to function normally with my puffers.
And so, the blood test. Sometime this week or next, I have to go to a clinic to get my blood tested. I also have to have a preliminary lung function test -- breathing into a machine so that the stability of my breathing can be tested.
I'm kinda nervous about getting blood drawn from my arm: does it hurt???
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