I'm having problems with allergies now, too, but because I've got my Advair prescription it's just sneezing, not a generalized problem with breathing. I took some Claritin this morning and I'm already starting to feel better, but yesterday I sometimes had sneezing jags that lasted for dozens of sneezes at a time and I was going through tissues like crazy.

And now my pastor (and boss) is going through something similar to when I started evincing asthma symptoms. What is it about living here that eventually does this to a person? It's happened to her a lot faster than to me, though; she's been here for about ten years now and I had lived here all of my life before, at 40, I started having asthma symptoms. Without my medication I can barely function; with it I'm just fine. Don't put it off, Peg! Go see the doctor and get what you need ASAP!