Oh! I got it!

Never realized it - I just thought that's what everyone felt when they exercised. I was probably about 35 when I was diagnosed. I needed to get medical clearance to take a scuba-diving class, and they asked if I had more trouble breathing when I exercised in cold weather compared to warm. When I said yes, they immediately made me stop diving until I got a doctor to approve me. The doctor wouldn't do it - the end of my career as Jacques Costeau's groupie! I still tend to forget that I have it. I was hiking in the Grand Canyon over New Years and was huffing and puffing, and couldn't catch my breath - that's all I get - I don't really get the wheezing. My boyfriend asked if I was having an attack, and that's when I though - oh, yeah, I am! Two puffs later (actually, about two minutes) I was fine. I very rarely use the puffer, and whenever I do, I always think that it's amazing to breath like normal people do.