I feel your pain Cammy. I have a rare lung diease. And really I shouldn't have animals... But you know what. I have over 100.
I would rather suffer and get surgery every few months then give up my life. Your the smart one though. No way I could do it.
I will keep my feathered friends, and cough to death. Although I must say keeping 30 chicks in my bedroom is starting to be a killer. Must move them out. But don't have a choice right now. Oh well.
I must be a big baby, because I was ready to give them all up, just so I could get to feeling better. I don't see how you do it, esp with over 100. The chicks kill me! I just can't take the chronic cough and feeling like I can't get my breathe. Do you have medication to help your cough? They just gave me steriods and antibiotics. But, I am going back to the Dr. because that did not work.
I do have a wonderful husband and I thank God for him everyday. If it were not for him, I would not have any birds right now. But, I am lucky enough that he loves me and he is willing to take over the care of the birds after working all day. I guess I shouldn't complain about the little things that he does that agitates me
The chicks are for sure the worst. Especially when they are in your room.
I have the chronic cough. I cough on average probably every three-five minutes all the time.
I have a rare uncurable Diease called Plastic Broncitious. Look it up on google.
Only 42 cases recored I believe. It took about 2 1/2 years of me being a guinea pig for them to figure out what it was.
My lungs fill up with a plastic like substance until I can't breath. Only one side though. About every month or two it fills up and I cough and cough and choke nonstop, for days. I stop eating for a week. Feel terrible. They put me on several medicines. One is $2,500 a month breathing treatment.
: Luckily we do have insurance. At one time I was on 8 medications. Yes I go on two steriods. But really like you said medicine doesn't work.
When I lay down it's worse. So I sleep upright in chairs, and get no sleep for days, and keep the rest of my family awake. Poor them.
I cough it up, and feel instantly better get off the medicines. And the entire process repeats it's self next month.
Fun fun fun. Let me tell you. And if I can't cough it out. And they get worried I'm going to suffocate then I get surgery to try and break it up. Got surgery twice last year.
They did a minor cardio surgery in june trying to find a cure. Well found out my old Heart repair had broken. And lucky me got open heart surgery in Aug. Then afterwards had complications and my heart would stop beating for 6 seconds everytime I feel alseep, and it said in the 40-50 range. (90 is normal) SO after 10 days in the hospital with 5 nurses standing over me, and alarms ringing everytime it quit , and all these weird medicines they put in a pacemaker. I stay at a steady 60 now. Which is still too low. So physical exercise makes me light hearted and sick. Making it hard for me to ride horses anymore, which was my passion. I passed out in the shower once too, because I couldn't take the heat.
As you can see, I have some major health issues. haha. But I still love my animals. And would of never been able to make it through all this without them. People seeing me walk down the street or whatever wouldn't be able to tell I was sick. For now there is nothing they can do. But maybe in 20 years, they will figure out something. And I will be cough free, be able to breath, and be able to swim and play clarinet again like I used too.
Good luck on your health issues, glad your getting to keep some birds.
If you ever want to chat about weirdo lung diease, your welcome to PM.
