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[tylik]

One of the reasons I have so many body log posts is that I can go back through them and look for long term trends.

For instance, this time last year I was sick as a dog. Dustin gave me his bug (he was sick last week, too, but so far, this year, I've ducked... inshallah!) which got my lungs all unhappy, and I was having trouble with asthma, and after weeks of not really being able to breathe I ended up on oral steroids and life really sucked for at least a month in there.

This year I'm spending more time in the lab, and probably as much time on homework, but I live in Seattle and am generally getting enough sleep and am healthier... and my lungs are still really hating life. Now, the years before last, this wasn't so much of a problem. I'm starting to think that in city, with all the landscaping and flowering trees, is more of a problem for me. This is supported by how many times the scent of flowering trees and a marked decrease in my ability to breathe go together. I noticed the same thing last year, but then last year much more generally sucked.

To think that I was on allergy shots for four years. I still am not sure how much my asthma has gotten worse, and how much I've gotten more active and have gotten accustomed to having reasonable lung capacity. I certainly resent its lack a lot more these days

I'm debating between toughing it out, and calling my doctor and requesting that she up my dose of inhaled steroids yet again. I mean, they are working, and I'm okay for moderate intensity exercise... But running more than a couple hundred yards really sucks, and wushu might have me straining my chest muscles.

In other words, stances are still pretty good. Left ankle isn't very flexible, and occaisionally gets stabbing pains -- not a big deal, but this morning my left knee is also sore, and I suspect the two are related. It feels like there's scar tissue in the joint... so I guess I'll be trying to work that loose.