Gasping For Breath

For the past ten days, I have not been able to breathe consistently through my nose at night. I’ve been waking up gasping for breath and Googling “dry nasal passages” and the like. Saw the Kaiser doctor this morning. He told me to get some sudafed. Disappointed to find myself weighing 187 pounds. I want to drop 27. I used to weigh 145 in high school on my 6′ frame but haven’t been under 170 since moving to LA in 1994. I never thought of myself as chubby.