Stories

Skip to the bottom if you strictly want to read about asthma. I have had a lot of health issues requiring off-the-book treatments. In 2007, I realised that I would...

In honor of Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, I would like to share my personal journey with asthma for 22 years. I was diagnosed when I was 10 years old...

I've had asthma intermittently my whole adult life. I'm now a 71-year-old fluffy grandma. I've had times when it was manageable with minimal meds and other times during the year...

I have had asthma since 2008. I got it because I did something really stupid: I tried to peel 20-year-old wallpaper from an old house. Without. A. mask. Big mistake...

Nearly all of us have similar doctor stories. Mine go like this. My first GP told me to try a variety of puffers. No improvement. "You must be stressed.... go...

Before I acquired asthma in 2014, I was fit and active. I swam regularly, hiked, did tai chi, and took regular walks with my dog. Since having asthma, I find...

Not everyone can afford to buy a house or flat to their own exact specifications; many people, like myself, have to rent. Depending on the area and the country, it...

I have severe neutrophilic asthma. That means it is hard to control. Good control for me means I take Symbicort RapiHaler preventer - two puffs three times, and, that I...

My name is Jenny and I am 42 years old. I am a single mama to an amazing 10-year-old daughter. I was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma many years ago, but...

I have heard that there are several types of asthma, but none seem to fit me. My eosinophil count is right on and while I have some allergies, they do...

When I was 13 years old my parents felt that I was old enough to start mowing the lawn at our house. I had done chores around the house and...

I did some research after investigating what can help with asthma. I am a chronic asthmatic, had two respiratory events, and am desperate for relief. I came across a case...

Until today I had no idea anyone else experienced the itchy chin. I experienced it for years when I laughed and started to wheeze because I had asthma as a...

I am 81 years old. I had severe asthma in my early years. I lived in Lansing, Michigan until I was eight and then in a small city in northern...

Over 20 years ago I experienced shortness of breath that wouldn’t respond to my rescue inhaler. I had been having to use it more often in the preceding weeks. I...

I've been diagnosed with asthma since I was 16 and was told it was stress related as I had suffered the loss of my mother. For many years, I didn't...

Recently, I did an article about preparing for your travel on an airline and having asthma. As much as I thought I was prepared for air travel with asthma, I...

In November of 1989, I was hospitalized with asthmatic bronchitis. My GP had been trying to treat it for weeks and finally admitted defeat and admitted me. I remember that...

It was only in the past couple of years that I realised I was pretty much coughing during and after eating meals, snacks, or drinking certain fluids. I have found...

I was diagnosed with asthma in 2007 after a positive bronchial challenge test. My only symptom is constant, and I mean CONSTANT, coughing and throat clearing. It drives my husband...