An F minus in breathing...

Darth Vader is often misunderstood. He went to the dark side because having breathing trouble stinks. It's like, "Haha...you are bad at the only thing all humans should be able to do. Basically, you are bad a being a human." And when life taunts you like that, sometimes you just go to the dark side.

As I am writing this, I am hooked up to my nebulizer, which sounds like a lawn-mower on my bed. Fun. But my nebulizer is cool...it makes me feel powerful and villainous like Bane from "Dark Knight Rises." I actually do not know if that is a good thing. I think I am kind of just relating with antiheroes tonight.

I was diagnosed with asthma at sixteen, and have discovered new triggers every year. My least favorite trigger is laughing, because I laugh a lot, and then I have an asthma attack. My asthma has been worse than ever this year, probably because of my dorm. I don't like to think of myself as a sickly person, but I have definitely seen my asthma hold me back from many things in my life. So I have decided to change that. 

A few years ago, I decided to try "The Maker's Diet," a biblically based diet one of my friends told me cured his asthma. I stayed with it for a few months, and for the first time ever, had very few to absolutely no asthma symptoms in the worst time of year for me. But, it was hard to stay on it, especially with my schedule, etc. And I sometimes just want to eat something quickly. Well, guess what almost all quick food is...JUNK FOOD! And, so I relapsed.

Now, two or so years later, I have decided to begin to do something similar to get rid of my asthma or at least manage the symptoms. I am done with this being who I am. With God's help, I am going to start being all I can be. Because, the dark side never was that much fun anyway.

Please feel free to comment with your thoughts on the Maker's diet or any other advice for dealing with asthma.