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...Their support and my arsenal of medication got me through those first two very difficult years....

...I tried to keep going but started to cough and a few seconds later I heard a wheezing sound through my nose....

...Because I was active, healthy, and had asthma that was well controlled I was expected to sail through the surgery and the recovery with no problems....

...Fast forward through the next year of finally getting my asthma under control with Nucala and too many EKG's, a 30 holter monitor, 2 echocardiograms, a...

...Thus, whether I arrive at the hospital by ambulance or drive myself, I am immediately whisked to the back for respiratory treatment....

...weeks and all the oak trees surrounding our house don't seem to bother me outside, but that could be the musty smell the A/C is pulling into the house

...I can't handle summer because of the humidity even though I love outdoors and hiking, biking, walking, etc....

...I no longer have to go through "I am not sure that this is asthma! Could be a panic attack! I cannot hear a wheeze."...

...give me another inhaler to use as a rescue inhaler because they have me on just one and that is the Turbuhaler and not combined with an inhaler even

...Or, I can get sick and go from being at work (though miserable!) to being rushed to the ICU in respiratory failure in under 12 hours....

...I went through a total of 13 years of allergy shots, but I stopped at the age of 18 as they did not work on me....

...We face this together each day, through each season....

...Even though I had my c-pap going (also have sleep apnea), the air was not getting into my lungs. I began to panic. Jumped out of bed....

...I have to enjoy and soak up my good days and fight through my bad days....

...I don’t trust people. I don’t want people to know my true feelings. I am jealous of active people. I am terrified of the idea that I will need...