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I was really lazy with my inhalers for the last few years, never took my twice a day stuff, only needed to take the emergangy on every now and then. Then I started racing again... and then it got cold, and then my ventolin inhaler ran out. I was in a mess. Massive shortness of breath, even forcing myself to take long, deep breaths I just couldn't get enough air in. This wasn't just riding a bike, but even walking got me worked up. I woke up most nights after a couple of hours flat on my back totally breathless. Not fun.
Eventually I stopped procrastinating, got my arse into gear, re-registered at the docs and got a nice stock of drugs. I've been taking them as prescribed - pretty much - for the best part of 2 months now and I'm pretty much sorted.
Thank you NHS for enabling me to breath!