The Furious Spinner

I've got the back room almost cleaned out. Two closest are full of stuff, but I'll probably leave them. Writers have so much paper. I'm wondering if I should go through and get rid of a lot of that paper. I usually write my novels longhand, so I've saved the yellow pads with the first drafts of the books on them. Completely unorganized, by the way.

Been sick for two days. Sore throat. I think it's thrush from my asthma meds. I found out the rescue inhaler has been implicated in sudden asthma death, so I stopped taking that two weeks ago, which meant I had to take more of the other drugs and these drugs can cause thrush. Argh. I want to be off all of this stuff and breathe easily. I'm just exhausted. Probably all the dust from cleaning the room hasn't helped much.

I've never liked that back room. Until now. Serena spent a few hours in it late this afternoon, and now it seems like her room, no more bad vibes. It was nice having her here. I lay outside next to my lavender bush with the bees, sucking on lavender flowers, while she studied in her room and Mario sat on the porch reading. A pale yellow butterfly hung out with me for a time. I watched the bumblebees fly in figure 8's in front of me, then zoom up into the sky. They went higher than the Old Oak. I never knew they could fly that high. An osprey flew overhead, and I waved.

I made spaghetti and kale with ginger. We put leftover quinoa and peas on the table, too. It was a yummy dinner. Serena loves our quinoa. And we've been making spaghetti for her since she was twelve. She still likes it. We all sat at the big table together and ate and talked.

It was good to have her back in our house. I called Linda after dinner. She was home alone. I'm sure it was difficult to hear that we'd all been together, eating, while she was alone. I told her we missed her and wished she had been with us. She needs to be in her house, and I can't be in her house on days like today. (Very, very hot.) Tomorrow I hope she'll go outside, and we can all be together.

Now people are setting off their fireworks. I have the fan on. Clouds moved in at sunset and lightning flashed, reminding me of a giant burping light.

Wait! Mario said it's raining. Oh, I must go out in it.

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Which emergency inhaler was implicated? I spoke with my resp. therapist about Advair because it was implicated, and he went over the study with me so I would understand how the study was run, and how the results were come to. I feel perfectly comfortable now. Advair keeps me from having to use my Ventolin, so I won't give it up without a fight.

Thrush: Get one of those extenders - the ones that let you take the meds in through a tub. All of them give me thrush unless I'm using the tube thingys. Rinse your mouth immediately after. Most of the yucky symptoms from steroid meds can be avoided this way. Even weight gain. Wahoo!

Sorry to pop in with all sorts of advice, but this is a big issue for me, too, so I thought I'd share what I know.

By  wren, at 5:17 AM  

It's albuterol, which is a beta antagonist, same as in Advair. I do use an extender and I rinse my mouth. Thanks, Wren. More when I'm feeling better.

By  Kim Antieau, at 7:53 AM  

Kim...my sweetie uses the extender with Advair and Albuteral (he has COPD) and still got thrush. And he brushes his teeth after using... His has finally gone away after several months. Sometimes the meds are worse than the disease!
Vickie

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