No need to worry about inhalers, Nick
Nick,
Honestly, mate, you won’t end up worse taking inhalers. They really will make you feel so much better. I have been on them for years, and I only take a few puffs of the brown one (brand name: Becotide) a day. They are a preventative – you wouldn’t know that I have asthma. And, to make it clear, my inhalers have not ‘given’ me ME or anything – inhalers are very, very safe and very, very rarely cause side-effects like tiredness.
Remember that it’s not the inhalers that make you worse – it’s the damage done by other factors, like smoking. :-( I really miss my Nan, who died in 2000 of lung cancer, which was caused by smoking. She was like a second Mum to me.
In fact, when down the town at about age 9, someone stopped us in the street and asked my Nan, “What would your son like?” She was so pleased!

She did look young for her age – she was 72 when she died – and nice thing is that she never got ‘old’, if you see what I mean. She even knew how to siphon the water out of her Zanussi when it stopped and needed servicing. The Zanussi engineer was so impressed and really pleased because it had saved him so much time and effort! Sounds a bit silly, but I probably like Zanussis because I always remember the ones she had – very quiet, excellent value, smooth machines that never have any trouble. I picked her last one, which was a Zanussi Jetsystem from the early 1990s. I cannot remember the model number – sorry. It outlived her and went to one of my cousins with her two children, so it went somewhere good.

I had Nan’s Kenwood Chef mixer instead – love ’em.

– which she had serviced before she died. It’s as good as new.
Nick, I am around on MSN right now (and most nights) if you have access right now. My MSN name is in my profile – it’s my e-mail address. If you have trouble, ask Jon, Nick or Darren for it. I will have a word with you about asthma, etc., if you like to put your mind at rest.
Regards,
Carl