Wow, am I really 70 years old? Who woulda thought. The hour glass is really emptying out fast now.
Seriously though, not one of my doctors thought I would live this long. In fact, many of them thought Id never reach my 50’s. Personally, I never really thought much about it. Perhaps that’s why Im still around? Considering everything I’ve been through, I think I look pretty good for my physical age and am getting along just fine. I don’t always “feel” so good, but who does? Anyway, enough of this I’m getting old stuff. Time to get on with whatever is next.
So after living nearly 70 years with this disease, I find myself still exploring different treatment avenues in hopes of stabilizing my asthma and helping me breath better for longer periods of time. To that end I’ve recently been experimenting with combo or triple action inhalers, namely, Breztri and Trelegy. After giving these drugs equal tryouts lasting about 2 months each,I decided to go with Trelegy, which comes in a dry-powder inhaler (DPI).
While I don’t feel that much different on it during the day, I’m definitely breathing better at night, which is huge improvement for me. Now I can usually get through the night with just 1 or 2 puffs of Albuterol, instead having to do multiple neb treatments, which makes it even tougher to get any sleep. As long as I don’t develop any significant side effects in the future and can somehow continue afford it ( $600 per inhaler with GoodRx gold), Ill keep taking it.
On the fitness and adventure side of things, at age 70, with a current FEV1 of 32%, I continue to pound the pavement with at least a couple miles every day, though I have to admit that since my last exacerbation its been much harder to do.
I don’t really have any walking or travel adventures events planned at the moment, but I do have a journey of a different sort in works. I hope it comes to full fruition before I get too old. Will share more about that in my next post. Until then, here’s to the next chapter and whatever it might bring. Take care all, and breath well.
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A very happy (very) late birthday! I hope the project you are working on is going well. Our world is on fire, so finding some peace and something to look forward to is important.
Thank you very much, that’s very kind of you. I will post an update on my “project” later this month. Take care ?
I can sure relate to ‘last’ exacerbation. It took me to my knees dropping my lung function from 37% down to 22 %. Put me right back on oxy 24/7 and upped my morphine liquid to 40 mg every four hours and a 60 ml pill of morphine every 12 hours. Am also 71 years old. Monday doing another PFT to see if I’m now stuck at 22%. Am in the final stages of multiple tests for Zephyr valve approval.
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