Stories

I’m almost embarrassed to say that. Why? Because my asthma is not bad. Oh, it’s bad enough when I can’t breathe. Compared to many, mine is mild. I was diagnosed...

I am 71 and my asthma mostly comes from smells, musty or mold, perfume really effects me terribly. Any strong smell can set off my asthma, I carry my puffer...

I am 86. But a lot of years ago, maybe when I was 9 or 10, I learned to sneeze in a certain way. The normal sneeze would trigger an...

I am now 69 years old. I got my first attack of asthma at the age 14 (ie 1963) in small hours of 2 or 3 am. The suffering was...

I did not get asthma until moving to an apartment over ten years ago! I did not have allergies! And I am a long time smoker age 52 that has...

I am a child of the late 50’s and was raised surrounded by smokers. With chronic tonsillitis and recurring strep throat, I had my tonsils and adenoids removed at age...

Hi all, I am 56 yo woman with asthma which was adult onset when I was about 30. When I am having an acute asthma attack, no one in the...

I had polio in 1963...it effected my breathing. I then had pneumonia twice during elementary school so by 12 my lungs had had enough. I’ve lived with it for 45...

I coughed for years, especially after exercise, and spent several weeks coughing while taking codeine cough medicine... before I switched doctors and the new doctor correctly diagnosed it right away...

As a child I had colds with a lot of coughing as I got older things were worse. I lived in a house with everyone smoking but me. When married...

I have lived with asthma for as long as I can remember. Yet, the past several years made me realize that diagnosis never grows too old to teach you. In...

Experienced asthma as a child (mother severely affected) Sporadic incidences over 78 years. Back with a vengeance after retiring and moving to Blue Ridge Mtns (VA) especially during cold winter...

I grew up in the 50s and 60s and spent much of the time trying to hide my asthma (which was severe, so it wasn't easy). No one else I...

I have had asthma since I was 2 yrs. old and I'm now 55 ... I have been on many studies and used about all inhalers they have out, and...

I had asthma when I was an infant until about 2 years old. I have not had any asthma symptoms until last year. I am EXTREMELY frustrated because I have...

I grew up with a family history of asthma, but didn't develop it myself until I was 21, after my roommate started a small kitchen fire and I dealt with...

So, I was born into a family with one Parent with asthma and I got asthma about 2 years after I was born. I have been through a number of...

My story starts when I was in my early 50s with a routine work out at the gym and coming home with aches and pains - from the work out...

When I was 44 years old, asthma hit me like a freight train, and I am still on the train. I have severe persistent asthma, an on Dulera and Flovent...

My story, began two years ago, I always have "flare-ups" with pollen in the air. One time, I got really sick because I was living in Georgia at the time...