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Some progress at last?

So its been a while since I posted anything on here really, its been a fairly rough year so far and to be honest I'm pretty bored with spending as much time in hospital as out! (Its not quite that bad, but it certainly feels that way...) I finally had my planned admission at the start of June to try and reduce my steroid dose and just generally find out a bit more about what's going on! I can honestly say I don't think I've ever been so bored!!! At least when I'm unwell with asthma I just want to sleep, but being sat in a side room (thanks immune system...) for 2 weeks when you're feeling well most of the time is something else. But we found my dose limit (20mg of prednisolone for now, but down from 30-40!) and found if I go much lower than that I very quickly drop into a silent chest and desaturate, needing oxygen - so generally a good thing to avoid for now... Also we managed to show airway obstruction on a fancy new test called oscillometry that require