Thursday February 19th, 2009 09:05 Down With Asthma

I woke up this morning an eager beaver to go to school. I ain’t one who habitually skips classes despite the fact that I seem to have developed a dislike to school nowadays. But then I have a problem: the colds I caught last week has finally taken its toll on me. So I went back to my room with my Delsey luggage in tow planning to take the whole morning off hoping for this wheezing to go away by noon. Yep. I have asthma.

Asthma has been a very common problem among children especially in this day and age of tremendous pollution. Statistics have shown how more and more children are developing asthma but most of these kids, fortunately “outgrow” their sickness as they reach adolescence. I, unfortunately, is one of the number of children who developed asthma later in life and persisted. It didn’t help that I have a very strong family history of asthma (most of my cousins in the father’s side has or had one) and that I am extremely irritated by cigarette smoke. It can be terribly annoying not being able to enjoy a night out with friends because I have to stay outside to breathe fresh air. I can be a burden too since my friends start to panic when I start to wheeze in between words. But thankfully enough, I’ve never been hospitalized because I can’t breathe nor do I have to take mega doses of steroids to keep my problem in control. I especially empathize with a current classmate who’s extremely allergic to almost anything. One time she entered the washroom in a rush and there she stayed in a cubicle trying to calm herself down as she battled it out with a sudden attack of asthma. Us left outside could only hope she would be okay. I can’t seem to imagine how she can possibly handle her responsibilities as a doctor in the future when her allergic attacks decides to pester her every now and then. Perhaps that’s one very good reason to take Radiology and stay in the comforts of a cold, cold diagnostic lab. Hehe.

Anyway, just a little update to tell you I’m still here – wheezing, yes – but still alive and kicking. :D

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