Hi Sky

It's pneumonia's the problem and moisture in the air makes it worse...cold moisture anyway, never tried warm moisture like from a bowl of hot water.

My lungs are weak but I've been told that's only to be expected. I had a 2 month spell in I.C.U. a few yrs back suffering from body shut-down being kept alive by machines. Basically, no-one expected me to survive, I was being kept alive like that at my own request as I was pregnant and it was too soon for baby to survive even in an incubator. So a lot of stuff was done to keep me alive for baby's sake that wouldn't have been done if they'd honestly expected me to live. So my lungs, kidneys etc are weak....not that I mind, it was worth it for my son to be born!!! But it is hard sometimes finding it hard to breathe, freezing my butt off even indoors etc.

Thanx for your ideas though, I'll try them as you don't know til you do!