For many years I suffered from acute respiratory crises. At times, I would call the emergency services for help. These episodes became increasingly frequent, and I began missing work at a state agency.
The doctor who treated me referred me to a pulmonologist, and after several examinations I was given a diagnosis of allergy-induced asthma. He prescribed drugs and inhalers for daily use and a special inhaler for emergencies. For a while I followed the doctor’s recommendations and took the medicine as prescribed, but then I thought that I could not continue being a victim of the fear that environmental conditions might affect me.
By this time I had already been studying Christian Science for several years and was also active in a Christian Science church, and so I felt the desire to pray more deeply about the situation. I talked to a Christian Science practitioner about how I might pray, and he encouraged me to acknowledge my spiritual and perfect nature as a child of God. I prayed to see myself from this spiritual perspective, and I began to discover my true nature as perfect, the way God had created me.
