How Asthma Changed My Awareness

I spent nearly a decade working for pediatric therapists, and because of this I was always surrounded by children.  Not once did I ever get the flu!  Ear infections?  Sure.  Strep?  Of course.  But I've always been big on getting my annual vaccine, and I chalked my "flu free zone" to just that: vaccines rock.

I've been in my new corporate job for just under two years.  Since I've been here I've had an ear infection, bronchitis, and the flu, twice!  Turns out adults are just as yucky as kids!

About a year into my new position I was diagnosed with asthma.  This was a whole new ballgame for me: if there's one thing that's always worked well, it's my lungs.  Well, I usually get an upper respiratory infection a year, but breathing, in general, always worked.  I may have a decent assortment of diagnoses (fibromyalgia, gastroparesis, interstitial cystitis) but hey, breathing?  This has been completely off my radar until asthma came along.