Asthma was really bad last night. I usually wheeze, and then I have kind of a coughing attack because I'm trying to cough out the fluid making me wheeze. But last night, I was wheezing only a tiny bit, but my chest was so tight that it actually hurt to breathe. Luckily, a couple puffs of my albuterol inhaler helped that out. But it came back again every few hours while I was sleeping. I remember when I was on swim team when I was a kid, back in smoggy Riverside, California, and after swimming a long time then getting out of the pool, my chest would be tight and it hurt to breathe, very similar to this.

Luckily, we don't have that much smog from cars in Northwest Indiana.

Instead, we have chemically polluted air from industrial plants. It's much more difficult to see, but just as dangerous.

Anyway, I have an appointment with an allergy and immunology specialist tomorrow. I'm hoping to accomplish three things:

1. Get some treatment for my current problems. (Probably a nebulizer treatment.)
2. Talk to her about long-term treatment during TTC, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Taking antihistamines is not recommended during any of those phases, especially breastfeeding. So that's like 2 or 3 years of having no treatment for my allergies - so I need to figure out something.
3. Get my allergy skin test. Basically, they scratch you with numerous allergens, and see which you react to. Afterwards, I will know (hopefully) exactly what I'm allergic to.

Anyway, I'll let you know how it goes!