I grew up with asthma as a child. I don't remember having asthma attacks, but I remember days when my asthma "flared up." There was a tightness in my chest, almost like someone put my lungs into a corset. I was told I was growing out of it, but my lungs have always been an issue. In the last couple of years I started feeling that tightness again, and it slowly became more and more of an issue. Walking up the stairs to lab was a task. Went to the doctor, and got put back onto an inhaler... two inhalers actually. the advair really makes a difference but it's expensive. What I really became aware of today was that our healthcare system is still so flawed. Why you say? Because that advair is $160. Once I reach the deductible on this new insurance... $60. But a man can get Levitra, a "male enhancement" medicine (google it) for $9 a month. If we are going to fight asthma, high cholesterol, diabetes, we have to start making the medicines more attainable, which means making them cost less.
