Friday, August 6, 2010

Testing For Asthma

Lung problems run in my family. Several have asthma, allergies, and a number have unfortunately died from lung cancer. That is why I am so glad I have never smoked, and I try to stay away from people who do as much as possible. A few of the guys I have dated have smoked, and that was awkward. I didn't want to tell them they couldn't smoke around me, but to be honest, I was relieved when I quit dating them.

I have allergies and get a bad cough from drainage. Several people have told me that my cough sounds like ashthma, so I have been tested with a spirometer. I have not tested for asthma, so that is good. Both my mother and grandmother were diagnoses with it late in life, however, so I am not out of the woods yet.

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