one step forward

just a quick update. and a few sidenotes to add....

i had a pretty fabulous weekend. nothing really dramatic happened. it was low key and RAINY. i found myself singing "rain rain go away" several times. saturday, i went with natalie and our moms and 2 other bridesmaids to get fitted for our dresses!! they are beautiful!! i LOVE them. i cant wait to put the size that actually fits me on! things with the wedding will soon get busy this summer im sure, so it will be hecitc but fun! i cant wait! saturday night me and nat and mom caught up on all the Private Practices we had missed, up until the finale; which i might add was INSANE. janie told me i wouldnt believe how crazy it was, and she was right! it was the most intense season finale i had ever seen. even over the CSI where nick was buried alive. we were on the edge of our seats! sunday was, well, rainy. we got home from church with madison and had a low key afternoon. i ended up with a terrible sinus headache and took a two hour nap:) but woke up fine so we went to church.

that brings me to monday. still feeling pretty good, no fever, etc...but having this weird thing where i would be short of breath, winded, and congested. but not all day. just in the morning. actually im going to rewind a little... a few weeks ago i began to notice {or thought i was noticing & half thinking i was crazy} that 15 minutes after i did advair {my long acting inhaler} for about 2 hours i was conjested and winded. i started to really pay attention to it this past week. and yesterday i woke up and purposely thought before i did my advair that i was having no trouble whatsoever breathing. i was actually breathing really well. i felt great! then i did my advair and sure enough 15-20 minutes later i became really congested and winded when i exerted myself. i decided it was a good idea to call dannette. i explained everything to her and she talked to the dr and called me back. the dr told her to tell me to stop immediately; not to do advair anymore- and that 2 other patients had called within the past week complaining of the same symptom with advair!!! isnt that crazy!!

im going to the dr tomorrow so im sure we will talk about it in detail. im going to have to do PFT's tomorrow, so im really really nervous as to how thats going to go. im not sure what else will be discussed tom... im assuming it will all depend on how my PFTs are. i know i've gained some weight back...maybe 2-3lbs. im hoping they are okay with that. its not like im not eating. so we'll see.

until then,

leigh allyn

Prayers:
~i do well on PFTs
~ive at least gained a few lbs to show some progression
~i am able to take a step forward tomorrow and not two back