Hello my name is Mary. I am 55 yrs old. Normally a healthy woman. (Example jogging 3 miles 4/5 times a week, good healthy eating, ect) Just last year after watching my grandson who coincidentally also is a year old (and often running nosed and coughing due to daycare) I came down with bronchitis which required antibiotics. Then in April again bronchitis which turned into double pneumonia and a hospital stay. I recovered fairly well and by mid May felt almost normal. During this time I saw a ENT for a persistent sore throat and he noticed severe post nasal drip and mentioned allergies. Started sitting one day a week and the first of June cold symptoms which progressed to a bad case of bronchitis. Well I haven t been right since. I took two bouts of steroids and antibiotics for fear of relapse my chest X-rays over the month of June showed no pneumonia but asthma set in. I have all sorts of tests being run which included CT scan-normal not sure on blood work for autoimmune and lung function scheduled so I m fairly confident on my doctor care. My question after all this is, does a person slowly get over all this and back to normal? I not only never had allergies but never had asthma in my life. Thank you for reviewing all this and I sure look forward to hearing back from you.