Its not just the wines either. I had quite the experience with an unpasterized beer! Since I'm allergic to Mold etc and beer is a fermenting process, needless to say I don't drink beer anymore. A lot of my asthma symptoms are triggered by things I'm allergic to so if you have allergies you probably need to treat those too and not just the asthma.

Running Rat, I think I'd take hubby with me when you have your next Dr appt with a pulmonary specialist. Sometimes they need to hear it from someone else. I was very discouraged when my doc said your lungs are damaged so you're never going to have great lung capacity. You can improve though as you get in shape. My DH has learned I'm never going to be as fast, or strong and he's just going to have to wait for me at the top of hills while I suck air. When he wants to hammer he goes with the guys, when he rides with me its at my pace and he knows its going to be slower.