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Leah24
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About Me
I'm 16 and just finished my GCSE exams (Maths, english, media, business studies, religion, french, physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. At the moment i think i'll have to re-sit some subjects because i was pretty ill with asthma. In my spare time i love to walk, run, swim and play hockey.
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Recent Activity
July 17
July 16
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Leah24 replied to alantm’s discussion post TEACHER in the Dyslexia support group 9:38am
If this job is for you, nothing should stop you. I know it often feels like things are imposible, i know…
July 15
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Leah24 replied to Willingtobefree’s discussion post Coughing in the Asthma support group 6:11am
Olive- i know it says advair on my profile but recently i have realised that it wasnt that. All that…
July 14
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Leah24 replied to Aubrey18’s discussion post sports in the Asthma support group 3:10am
The others who have posted have given some really good advice about taking your inhaler before you play.…
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i know the feeling about coughing i am going through it too i am going to get retested for allergies see what happing next i hope you get better take care
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hey there how are you??. i got home last night. thank you for thinking of me i hope your well xx
High Five
well done for getting through your exams you must be feeling alot better for that I have been thinking about you while you have been doing them try and get some rest and 'me' time before you go to France
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hi cool i am from the uk as well, if u wana chat
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Support Groups
Close Asthma
I had asthma as a child but grew out of it- i forgot about it, that was until I ended up getting taken to hospital aged 12 having a severe attack (and i had no blue inhaler) since then my asthma has got worse to the extent i now take two preventors at high dose, a long acting reliver and a short one. Also i am taking steriod tablets and montelucast. recently i have been quite ill with it after an severe alergic reaction to some chemicals and nothing seems to help.
Treatments
- Advair Working / Worked
- Had this when i was younger. Once my asthma was under control i was taken off this and put on Flovent
- Albuterol Working / Worked
- I use this when i have an attack. Only trouble is it gives me really shaky hands and a fast heart beat
- Azmacort Not Working
- I'm guessing that this was the steriod injection i had. I think it is called Kenalog in the UK
- Duoneb Working / Worked
- I have the two seperate parts of Duoneb as i dont think we can get this in the uk. Generally works quite well but have had some ocational troubles with my asthma not responding to it.
- Flonase Working / Worked
- Had this for hayfever. Seemed to work quite well
- Flovent Working / Worked
- Used flovent for asthma when i was younger. Completly took away all my symptoms(although i did have mild asthma then) I doubt if it would have the same effect on severe asthma
- Inhaler Working / Worked
- Have quite a few of these. Prefer the easi-breathe ones as i dont have to carry a spacer
- Prednisone Somewhat Helpful
- Each time i have taken this there has been very little improvement to my asthma
- Pulmicort Working / Worked
- Had this for a little while but then i got put onto symbicort instead
- QVAR Working / Worked
- I take 8puffs of this inhaler a day. It seems to prevent a lot of attacks
- Singulair Working / Worked
- This seems to lessen my allergies
- Symbicort Working / Worked
- This inhaler seems to be having a little effect but it also gives me shaking hands
Close Acne
I have has quite bad acne on my back for a few years. Recently i have been refered to the dermotology department at my local hospital. I have been trying lots of treatments but havent found the right one for me yet.
Treatments
- Benzoyl Peroxide Somewhat Helpful
- It seemed to help my spots but i found it bleached all my clothes!
- Differin Not Working
- This cream seemed to do absolutly nothing for me!
- Minocycline Somewhat Helpful
- Its hard to tell if these tablets helped me much but now my dose has been doubled i hope it will work
- Retin-A Working / Worked
- This helped a lot but also caused my skin to become red an very pealing.
- Tetracycline Working / Worked
- see Minocycline
- Washing Not Working
- This is obviously the fist thing to try, but in acne the problem is much deeper and nearly always needs other meds
- Oral Contraceptives Working / Worked
- This is the thing that has worked best for me but is still not perfect.
Open Dyslexia
It was discovered that i was dyslexic during primary school, fortunatly i was able to get specialist tutoring and now you can barely tell. I still have problems with spelling and writing letters the right way round
Open Migraine Headaches
I have had migranes ever since i was a toddler. In the past i uded to be sick every time i had one but now I dont have this so often
Treatments
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Not Working
- I tried the allergy diet, starting with basic foods and adding others one at a time to see i had migranes when i ate a certain food, this totally didn't work even though i have tried it a couple of times
- Caffeine Working / Worked
- I didn't use coffee, instead i drank coca cola. This seemed to have some beneficial effects
- Inderal Working / Worked
- This worked for me but it caused me to constantly wheeze so i had to stop it.
- Pizotifen Working / Worked
- This seems to reduce how often i have migranes and they seem to be less severe when i do get one
- Promethazine Working / Worked
- I use this to stop me being sick when i have i migrane. This diffinatly works for me
- Domperidone Too Soon to Tell
- My doctor just prescribed this for me. Its to help my body absorb the pain killers i take for migrane quicker
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