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so has anyone used albuteral? I am supposed to take 2 puffs every 4 as needed. I can't decide what that means. Partially because about an hour after I have taken it I get to cough and spit for a while which is unplesant and painful.

I posed a Question in my livejournal that seems a little Bitches-like, for anybody that's interested. Text below.

How much longer will it be before it's really okay for mostly-straight guys to wear makeup? I mean, I know enough about how makeup works to know that given a bit of the right foundation and some properly applied eyeliner, I would look much better than I do, but what's the point if the same girls that then find me hot are immediately disgusted by the "feminine" nature of said makeup use? It's annoying. My eyes are by far my best feature, and yet they are doomed to fade into the paleness of their surroundings, not allowed to shine through their contrast with a thin dark line of artificial shadow.

Basically, if you're wheezing and have trouble breathing, you need it. But you should find out what your doctor means by it!

beth, you have bronchitis, right? And asthma? Because that sounds exactly like the directions my doc. gives me with that combo. And it means (for my doc) exactly what Betsy said.

Of course, with me, it also means take a Zyrtec before using the albuterol because it makes me itch from the inside out.

thanks for answering so quickly Betsy. I was calling my wheezing "intermitent" - I just took some - the soul sucking pain in chest is gone

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BWAH!

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everybody. It's been a nice day.

I am supposed to take 2 puffs every 4 as needed

I use it. The best thing to do is clear your throat *really well* before you puff -- almost like a exhaling wheeze -- to get some of that stuff out beforehand. It might take some getting used to. And by "every 4" you mean every 4 *hours*, right?

You should also try to hold it in (almost like you're smoking a joint) when you've puffed, for both puffs. It helps the medicine work, or so I've been told.

You should also try to hold it in

That's what the Dr. told my daughter when she had to use it.

For y'all with questions--yes, I am in fact going around the world--DC to New Zealand (Auckland, and possibly Christchurch), to Sydney, Australia, to Vietnam, to Cairo, to Frankfurt (just overnight), and home. I'm starting to freak out about all the things I need to do between now and then--get two visas (Egypt and Vietnam), buy a backpack, buy things to put in the backpack, make a doctor's appointment and get some vaccinations and an ambien scrip...bunch of other stuff...

My strategy for long plane flights is basically to sleep through them

Yeah, I'm not good at that at ALL, even if I've been up all night packing (no good at sleeping sitting up). Thus the hope that an ambien scrip will help.

I feel a little silly giving you travel advice, since I think you've traveled nearly as much as I have

Heh. Yeah, but I mostly do within-the-US travel. Business. It's different--I'm good with "carry medication and have travel-size lotion" but not so much with "pack it all in a backpack and wear it all again and again".

Eaglecreek and Travelsmith. Got it, Trudy--thanks!!!

I spent last night making donuts

YUM--I wish you could share them too!

The area where my tattoo is was all puffy and itchy - the inked part, not the surrounding skin

I know sometimes when you get allergic-y, tats react too, even if you've had them awhile.

My insurance won't cover Ambien

Dude. That's crazy talk.

All you people and your scary talk of parasites and fungi and stuff, now I feel all paranoid and itchy and gross.

Nova, my son wears it whenever he's in the mood to (though in social settings, not at work). If the girls think it's weird, maybe you're talking to the wrong girls.