I live in the Valley of San Jose, where 75% of Costa Rica's population lives. It sounds like it's a huge area, but in reality it's not all that huge, especially when the country is only about 500 miles in length and 200 miles in width. I'm surrounded by gorgeous mountains and am lucky to live just about 10 minutes from the base of the southern mountains of this valley.
However with any large city there are added health risks. Those risks are elevated when the area has little, to no, regulations on vehicles; multiple factories; and the burning of coffee fields. One of the risks are developing asthma.
Unfortunately, over the past several months I have begun noticing that it's harder to breath out, especially in the evenings when I start settling down. These times have increased and can occur from only sitting down reading a book to exercising. I have begun experiencing a heaviness in my lungs during these episodes.
Today has been the worse. We did a entire chapel of praise and worship and I was one of the leaders, and also had a solo, however I found it hard to even sing because of the breathing issues.
After school, I asked one of my doctor friends at school about it and he said it's very likely that it could be asthma. But there's no way to know for sure without getting a breathing test.
Please pray that this will not become serious. (I'm hoping that working up on the mountain 5 days a week will help decrease the symptoms, since the air is fresh up there.) Also pray that if I do need to seek medical attention that the Lord will provide the financial means and the right to doctor to go to. Thanks for your prayers.
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