Hi

yeah i was hoping it meant something else in addition to that.

in this country they mostly don't use decongestants everyone swears by these cysteine-related mucolytics (NAC was the first i had thrown at me).

my entire family has atypical reactions apparently. none of us get better with them. i seem to get more stuffed up not less. my dad says they have no effect. my mother and her sister both had unpleasant reactions as well as no improvement i can't remember details now but in one case it was blood in mucus).

the application for these things anyway is if you have excessive mucus for any reason, or dry mucus, but if you don't, you don't need them and they won't increase ability to hold air or lung capacity. you can only do that by training - breathing exercises - and fitness in general helps.

when i used to run in my old neighborhood, i'd regularly run into a guy who did speedwalking. this guy also did funky sorts of running, where he shot out his limbs - it was terrible. i'm sorry but i had enough of a hard time getting myself to run in front of people... not gonna do that!!!

i feel ridiculous much too easily. when i was depressed running was hard - even walking - just being out and being seen. i would sometimes bail because it was too much exposure. i would always get as close as i could though - sometimes i only got as far as putting my shoes on, sometimes i'd get stretched and then bail, sometimes would turn back after my warm up walk.... but sometimes once i got down there i'd be ok. so it was worth trying. if it didn't fly one night, it might the next...

i had huge admiration for the speedwalker though - that he did all that stuff, and didn't seem to care.

~ waves ~