I felt like there was a lot on the line with this appointment. I was pretty nervous as I headed over to the rehab floor. This was my first session with Carly where we were really going to push my body to some limits and work on beating my respiratory system's hypersensitivity to irritants. What a goal!
Today, she set up the challenge using strong perfume. I had to enter and exit the room over and over increasing my exposure time with each session. It sounds so simple now that I'm writing about it, but it was a true challenge. The first time we entered the room my body reacted instantly. I've been living with this for so long that it doesn't scare me, but it frustrates me endlessly. I've been breathing better for the past week than I have in months, maybe even more than a year. Things are on the right track for once. It's so disheartening to know that exposure to an irritant can have so much control over my body. With that in mind, that's another reason I love this place, and I know this is where I'm supposed to be. No one else in my medical history has even tried to help the whole me in so many ways. I am so thankful to be here where they have the resources to help me in all these creative ways. It's going to take many more of these challenges to desensitize my respiratory system and keep it from shutting down, but that's what I'm here for & they're in it with me. :)
I walked away realizing that the road ahead of me is still quite long, but I'm walking it with amazing people!
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