I have started praying to Saint Bernadine of Siena. He is the patron saint of those with respiratory difficulties.
You have all my sympathy Peter. I too struggle with respiratory difficulties. One thing that helps me is to unite my breathing to Jesus's breathing on the Cross to console Him.
Just watched a video with Father Chad Ripperger. He said that God makes your life miserable at first if He wants to make a saint.
The saints suffered. Therese had tuberculosis. Teresa of Avila had cancer of the stomach. Padre Pio had perpetual diarrhea and asthma. Bernadette had asthma too. Mother Cabrini had high fever to malaria she contracted during her travels. Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it’s a requirement”. -Mother Mary Angelica (to me)