Lazy enhanced agriphobia
Sep. 28th, 2012 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI did go to Costco. I found half the stuff I wanted and wandered around a little. My lungs are just not liking leaving the house. I get out of the house, enjoy the tiniest of exertion and I start coughing and panting. Not a whole lot but enough to annoy the shit out of me. On the way home I stopped at Grocery Outlet for those things I couldn't find at Costco.
Once safely ensconced in my own house I can do what I want and breath fine with no coughing or panting. I cleaned up the kitchen, reorganized the freezer, put away all my shopping. No coughing no panting.
I think it's all in my head. But I'm going to keep my head in its safe place today. Tomorrow I will walk uptown to get some exercise and catch an early movie and test out my theory.
Once safely ensconced in my own house I can do what I want and breath fine with no coughing or panting. I cleaned up the kitchen, reorganized the freezer, put away all my shopping. No coughing no panting.
I think it's all in my head. But I'm going to keep my head in its safe place today. Tomorrow I will walk uptown to get some exercise and catch an early movie and test out my theory.
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Date: 2012-09-28 10:06 pm (UTC)I used http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&cityid=258 which seems handy. I may have to start using that for my area, except hey look, no coverage for Wilsonville. LOL. Ah well, the metro area, yes.
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Date: 2012-09-28 10:12 pm (UTC)I hope it's just my imagination working on my psyche.
Or I could just be getting worse - this last option is not one I like for obvious reasons and because if I tell my doctor about it, he will send me back to the hateful lung guy who will run a bunch of expensive tests and tell me my lungs are crap.
So, I'm going with air quality for first choice and psychosomatic as a back up :)
Thanks for that link. I'll keep an eye on it!
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Date: 2012-09-28 10:23 pm (UTC)But if you go back to your doctor and he tries to send you back to the lung guy, ask him to recommend a different doctor. You are totally entitled to find a specialist you can work with, if you have to see them at all.
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Date: 2012-09-28 10:15 pm (UTC)Or did you mean to type "agoraphobia", fear of open spaces? (More precisely (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoraphobia), "anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment to be difficult or embarrassing to escape".)
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Date: 2012-09-28 10:19 pm (UTC)agoraphobia