Asthma

[noirem]

My father just learned that I have asthma. I just learned that my grandfather had asthma. For the first time in my life I'm hearing about how he (my grandfather) used to cough and cough and it freaked my father out and he (my father) used to watch us (my brothers and I) for any signs of asthma 'cause he was worried it would skip a generation

Comments

[vsherbie]

who knows why people withhold info? J's grandmother waited until TWO of her grandsons were insulin dependent to tell anyone that her sister had died as a child from diabetes.

[noirem]

heh.

[ophiomancer]

Did he think that if he didn't tell you it wouldn't happen? o.O That's like my childhood dog who would hide by covering his eyes.

[noirem]

I think it's more that it never occurred to him to say anything.

[vvvexation]

Ugh. That's a little like my dad; he saw that I was depressed just like my mom, but it never occurred to him to let me know that it was a medical condition I maybe ought to be treated for.