Howitt44

My case sounds SO much like yours. I also have had horrible sinus problems my whole life. I can remember being around 10 years old and actually almost gagging on the postnasal drip. I mainly had the sinus drip problem but then it seemed to kind of go away during my teens. When I was in my 30's I developed a bad case of bronchitis that left me with a terrible lingering cough. After that I seemed go get bronchitis very easy, about twice a year. I went to an allergist who tested me for allergies. I am allergic to several grasses, trees, dust mites and animal dander. I was put on allergy shots once a week for 4 years. At the end of the 4 years I was retested with basically no change in my allergies! I then found out that I also had asthma! I went to two different allergist and got the same diagnosis. I have been on Advair 250/50 for about 2 years and my lung function has gotten a LITTLE better, but is still not normal. I guess I have lung damage also from all the postnasal drip and bronchitis from before. My allergist doesn't seem that concerned with me as long as my lung function stays at the current level it is. But she did tell me to always take the Advair. So our cases do sound similar. When she told me I had some irreversable damage, I freaked out!! This has worried me so much since, I am always trying to find someone with a case of asthma like mine. My symptoms are chest tightness at times, but never wheezing or asthma attacks. I currently just use Advair once a day and sometimes I skip a day if I have no symptoms. My allergist is really good about dosing my medicine according to my symptoms. She basically told me to decrease the dosage until my cough returned. I used to have a morning cough also. But now I only cough when I am sick. And I try very hard not to get sick. Sometimes a sinus infection can result in bronchitis and so I take very good care not to let it develop into that.
Cindy