Sorry, this is a few day out but I have been super busy! Anyway, I wrote down what happened in my symptom diary straight after it happened so nothing will be missed out!
Ok, so a few night ago I decided to do a bit of dancing, my own combination of a street and hip hop routine. I forgot that I am supposed to use my reliever inhaler before exercise, so started without it but felt short of breath and got a tight chest after just a few minutes. No problem, I used it sat down for 10 minutes then started again.
I haven't made it through a dance properly in ages due to this asthma stuff, so I forced myself to get through the whole routine. To be fair, what happened is entirely my own fault for pushing myself too far and for not starting off with a slower, less intense dance.
Three quarters of the way through the dance I became short of breath and had a tight chest. I didn't stop. I reached the end of the dance and was unable to breath. I used the inhaler again but it didn't help. I began to feel dizzy so I sat down. After half an hour I could breath easily again but the dizzy feeling didn't go until the next morning. This stopped me from sleeping so I felt rubbish the next day. I also spent all night coughing.
In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have just gone to bed without telling anybody that this had happened. It was the second scariest experience of my life (the first scariest ended with me fainting on my form tutor!). The asthma nurse didn't say anything about it though, so it can't have been too severs, just made me feel awful! Hope this never happens again, and I have defiantly learned my lesson about ignoring symptoms!
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