I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
As a child I had terrible asthma.
I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung. We are, therefore, suffering from galloping consumption. The restoration of the wheel arrests the progress of the fell disease.
Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.
It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of breath or a cough that won't go away, because these may be signs of COPD.
Almost every person over 45, and definitely those who have ever smoked, should have a spirometry test.
My doctor found a spot on my lung. He told me it looked like adenocarcinoma, a cancer he attributes to smoking. He didn't need to biopsy it.
I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.
I use an inhaler myself and have done since I was 15.
