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Hello, old friend (Picture: Getty)

Welcome to the asthma club: a place where all members are free to go for a gentle stroll in the summer heat with a bag packed full of multi-coloured inhalers.

Free peak flow test upon registration.

Wondering if you should join this elite club?

Here’s 11 things you know if you’re asthmatic.


1. Packing light is not an option

Inhaler or wallet, inhaler or wallet….?

2. Winter is evil

It doesn’t matter how many awesome winter jumpers or funny hats you throw our way, your lungs just scream with every intake of cold winter air.

Breathe through your nose, breathe through your nose.



3. A cold is never just a cold

A few days of feeling rough and then you start to feel better!

That’s not so bad, right? WRONG!

A chest infection is sure to follow and if by some miracle it doesn’t it will prove exhausting just to walk to the end of the road.

Seriously, don’t make me move.

4. You and the receptionist at your GP are on a first name basis

How’s the family? Good?

5. Flu jabs are AMAZING!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

6. You know how much a prescription costs

Knowing doesn’t make the transaction any more fun.

7. Blue inhalers appear when you least expect them

They’re seriously bad at hide and seek. They just appear all over the place.

Your bag, your desk, your underwear drawer, your fridge…

Ta da! (Picture: terrymorris)

8. We’re a sensitive bunch

Perfumes, aftershaves, spray deodorants – are you trying to kill us?

Body odour may be unpleasant to the nostrils but at least it doesn’t close up our lungs completely.

9. We appreciate the small victories

You walked up the escalator without passing out while you gasped down air into your lungs!

GOOD WORK!

10. Excitement levels must stay at a minimum

Warning: over-excitement can lead to an asthma attack.

11. Breathing is not just something you do without thinking

Sometimes you have to really think about it.

Count the seconds breathing in, count the seconds breathing out.

Repeat till lungs stop screaming.

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