Mike
Are you a troll? Your post seems surprisingly well written, polite and not strewn with errors. Or did your Dad write it for you?
On a serious note (that was banter, by the way)...
My guess on the old asthma thing is that they may well say "no", but the more clever amongst us would have a pre-emptive letter from their GP detailing the precise (as precise as the old drunk can, anyway) details of the case, for just that eventuality.
Unfortunately OASC can be pretty hard-nosed about this as they have more people like you (and some seemingly far more stupid) than they can shake a stick at and their attitude often reflects that. You may get a little stick from the old farts, as we've been around this asthma buoy a few times now, but it would seem that the borderline cases are looked at on a case by case basis.
Either way, I wish you luck (and I didn't mean the Dad thing
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