Zion - Fear to Faith Magazine

Life with
Bronchitis
By: Iron Lion Zion
Maxine Smith, 70, has been living with chronic
bronchitis for many years. After returning to
Bermuda from Florida, where she had lived for a
number of years, she started to develop a dry
cough which caused her to seek medical attention.
In this interview, we get an inside look into daily
life with this incurable medical condition.
When did you first find out you had chronic bronchitis
and what symptoms led you to be checked for this
disease?
A long time ago when I came back to Bermuda from living in
Florida a few weeks after we returned I started to have a dry
cough. It wasn't a cough that had a lot of mucus like I had a cold;
it was just very dry. So I thought it was just the change of climate
so I let it go for a bit and it somewhat continued so I went to the
doctor. They said I had three different ailments which are all
around the same family. They were asthma, rhino-virus, and
bronchitis. So they did all sorts of little tests. So the lady figured
out that I had chronic bronchitis.
Were you scared when you found out you had chronic
Bronchitis?
I wasn't scared. I think having a baby was scarier. So no. Because
I was keeping on top of it. I made sure to take the medication I
was prescribed.
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