I was a sickly child with asthma (and I still have it today, unfortunately), and anything would aggravate it. But what motivated me to get well quick was to get out of the hospital each time I went in. My family is mostly in the medical field and work at all the hospitals in our area, but I have this crippling fear of being a patient at a hospital. I think I'm now a lot stronger, and I try to keep in shape, but the thought of being in a hospital scares me even today! Weird, but true.