No offense, but I'm not qute sure what purpose is served by discussing such things. It reminds me too much of elderly (cough) people getting together to complain and bragg about their various operations. I could only thing when this happens, "Who cares? Everybody has to go through this. Share pain with your intimate ones, who can help. Share beauty with the world." But I rate rather low on a scale as a world class prophet.
Alright, your thread, your conditions.
So I'll conform to your wishes, and post: I've had severe chronic asthma since I was two. An attack (of anaphylaxsis) is debilitating both in the short and longterm and extremely painful. I found this pain far worse than my heart attack last year, though I described the latter at the time like a two inch wide steel bar rammed straight through my chest.