Mom was concerned about her post nasal drip and continuous coughing thinking that it might be a carry over from her Dec. bout with an upper respiratory infection. The doctor did 6 breathing tests and 1 6minute treadmill test plus a chest x-ray (or two). Mom's lung capacity has improved since we saw him 1 1/2 years ago. He is amazed at how vibrant Mom is. The X-ray shows that she has a bit of asthma which could be allergy or something else. We discussed the fact that Mom was on allergy medicine until she was about 90 and then they wouldn't give it to her. Dr. I said he doesn't know of anyone 90+ on allergy medicine. (Dr. Cohen explained that there are too many potentials for complications with allergy medicines and heart medication which is why they don't use it on Mom.) Anyhow, Dr. I has prescribed Advair for the asthma, something else for her runny nose*( and also gave her an emergency inhaler in case of something dire. Now we have the inhaler and an epi-pen in the house, in the cabinet with the salad plates. As of today, on Advair alone, Mom feels considerably better just using the Advair once a day instead of 2X's so... we'll stick with that for the time being. Her runny nose isn't running either so this is good news.
*I'll correct this when I remember what the other inhalent is.
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