purbeast
Contributor
Hello everyone. I am new to these boards so first let me tell you a little history about myself.
I am a 28 year old male who has asthma. I have been active and exercised pretty much my whole life. I currently go to the gym and lift weights 4x a week, and I am starting to do some cardio because my football season is comiing up. I play football 2x a year, spring and fall, 8 games a season (more if we make the playoffs!). I actually ran a mile yesterday in about 7:50 and I do some other cardio a few times a week as well, so I'm getting there.
I've been doing cardio consistently the past 4 weeks, 2 or 3 times a week, and getting back into it. Over winter I was just lifting weights.
About 2 or 3 years ago I went to my Asthma doctor after hearing about Advair. Prior to that I was using my inhaler 2-3 times a day, usually as a preventive measure before I worked out or went to sleep. Usually not much would trigger it. Then I found the beauty that is Advair...
Since that day, I don't think I've used my inhaler more than 5 times, if even that much. I don't even use advair every day, but it is recommended to take it 2x a day, once in the morning, once at night. I just do not need it and sometimes forget to take it. I can go days before I use it sometimes, all while exercising in the days between.
I have not had an actual attack since I was in my mid teens or so. I also have a nebulizer which I used to have when my asthma got real bad, which I have not used in years either.
SSssoooo now to my questions ....
I am going to Barbados in 2 weeks and I really want to scuba dive. My past vacations I've snorkeled A LOT and I love doing it and want to take it the next step. I even purchased my own snorkel gear for my trip.
Yesterday I called my Asthma doctor and mentioned to his secretary about my concerns about scuba and asthma, and she said she would talk to the doctor and have him call me back. I haven't heard anything back from him yet, but I also did a little research on the subject.
It seems there are "dive doctors" which can run tests on asthmatics? I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations on one of these around the DC Metro area. Or I'm wondering if this is even necessary, or if my current doctor could run these tests on me to see if I can scuba.
Personally I feel like I would be find since I'm pretty active in general and haven't really had any attacks in over 10 years, and don't even rely on my inhaler anymore.
Well any advice would be appreciated and thanks for taking your time to read this.
I am a 28 year old male who has asthma. I have been active and exercised pretty much my whole life. I currently go to the gym and lift weights 4x a week, and I am starting to do some cardio because my football season is comiing up. I play football 2x a year, spring and fall, 8 games a season (more if we make the playoffs!). I actually ran a mile yesterday in about 7:50 and I do some other cardio a few times a week as well, so I'm getting there.
I've been doing cardio consistently the past 4 weeks, 2 or 3 times a week, and getting back into it. Over winter I was just lifting weights.
About 2 or 3 years ago I went to my Asthma doctor after hearing about Advair. Prior to that I was using my inhaler 2-3 times a day, usually as a preventive measure before I worked out or went to sleep. Usually not much would trigger it. Then I found the beauty that is Advair...
Since that day, I don't think I've used my inhaler more than 5 times, if even that much. I don't even use advair every day, but it is recommended to take it 2x a day, once in the morning, once at night. I just do not need it and sometimes forget to take it. I can go days before I use it sometimes, all while exercising in the days between.
I have not had an actual attack since I was in my mid teens or so. I also have a nebulizer which I used to have when my asthma got real bad, which I have not used in years either.
SSssoooo now to my questions ....
I am going to Barbados in 2 weeks and I really want to scuba dive. My past vacations I've snorkeled A LOT and I love doing it and want to take it the next step. I even purchased my own snorkel gear for my trip.
Yesterday I called my Asthma doctor and mentioned to his secretary about my concerns about scuba and asthma, and she said she would talk to the doctor and have him call me back. I haven't heard anything back from him yet, but I also did a little research on the subject.
It seems there are "dive doctors" which can run tests on asthmatics? I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations on one of these around the DC Metro area. Or I'm wondering if this is even necessary, or if my current doctor could run these tests on me to see if I can scuba.
Personally I feel like I would be find since I'm pretty active in general and haven't really had any attacks in over 10 years, and don't even rely on my inhaler anymore.
Well any advice would be appreciated and thanks for taking your time to read this.