bit of a weeze... (My Experience of Asthma)

Member Name: gmoczulski

Product:	My Experience of Asthma
Date:	03/02/09 (17 review reads)
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Advantages: ummm NOTHING!

Disadvantages: ummm EVERYTHING!

Right for a start, I do not no why this topic has an average rating of 2 stars? As there is clearly no upside to having to live with asthma, I know.

Ever since I was a young child I h ave had to deal with asthma and it is awful. However I have not let it interfere with my ability to join in as much as possible in life, and at one stage I nearly beat it into submissing until I became lazy again. This was through an intense training regime where I took cross country running very seriously and started to compete in the national races, naturally I had to be in shape for this and the 4 or 5 training sessions I undertook every week helped me to overcome asthma to the very best of my ability, although it was still there lurking. But this shows that it can be beaten!

However since i stopped this about 3 or 4 years ago it has slowly started to come back and now it is at its most severe I can remember which is why I am to start training again.

Asthma attacks can be brought about by many different causes, ranging from anxiety to the more basica cause of too much vigerous exercise or even too much laughing! (One which gets to me) Asthma can also range in its symptons, from a weezy feeling when you breathe to finding it very hard to breathe at all, almost as if there is a large weight on your chest not allowing you to properly inhale all the way (This is a bit like when you concentrate on your breathing and find it more difficult, except alot worse) For me this is the worst thting about it as it grabs your attention and then you cannot escape it until you some how totally take your mind off of it.

Fortunately living in the UK I have been able to have free inhaler prescription of different kinds, from preventative forms that must be taken every evening and moring, although this regime is a pain sometimes to the literal lifesave that is blue Ventolin inhaler that provides instant relief.

Overall asthma is a complete and utter pain and I really do wish I did not have it however I deem myself lucky that I know I can beat it.

Summary: hate it, lets hope all this polution etc does not make it even more widespread