let's try that again without the horrendous typos
[Ukitake shakes his head, unable to speak for a moment for lack of breath.]
It's a ... [Another wracking cough.] ... lifelong condition. [The healers in Soul Society have never been able to offer him the hope of a cure or much improvement, only nurse him past the worst of his episodes. He finds he misses the familiarity of Fourth Division, Unohana-senpai's steady hands, and the reassuring feel of Kyouraku's reiatsu nearby.]