I am new to Permies and really wanted to share my story with you all. Perhaps it will help someone..
For the past 10 years or so, I have suffered on and off from an asthmatic condition. I have never been diagnosed with chronic asthma and it doesn't bother me all the time. However certain household irritants that I can identify do seem to bother me at certain times. Then there are environmental irritants that bother me and that I have no control over. During these bad episodes, I would visit the allergy/asthma MD who would prescribe prednisone and inhalers. The inhalers
ALWAYS made me feel worse than the condition itself! I never could understand that? But I guess since the prednisone covered up the inflammation - the inhalers "seemed" to work after I finished a
course of the prednisone.
About a year ago I had a very bad asthmatic episode brought on by some construction and painting at my "JOB". I once again visited the MD and he once again loaded me up with all that crap. However, I was reading through the informational papers inside the inhaler box and found out that they can cause instant death! I couldn't believe it. And when I used the NEW inhalers this time- which the MD told me were samples - I felt worse than I had ever felt before. And I also found out that these inhalers can cause heart damage. I decided right then and there that I had to find an alternative solution before the next episode.
Move forward to the present. Back in June for some reason I was having a very hard time breathing and feeling that heavy feeling in the chest again.. Uh oh - What do I do??? I contemplated this decision for several weeks - while suffering
every single day and night. I then decided that I needed to find either a Homeopathic Dr or a Naturopathic Dr. So I found a Naturopathic Dr who told me that I had weak lungs that needed to be built back up using cow lung tissue. He said that a cow's lung tissue can somehow get to where it's needed in your lungs by ingesting it. ( I wasn't really sure what all that meant..) But he prescribed me a supplement containing desiccated bovine lung PMG extract and magnesium citrate. (which has been around, at least, since the 1920’s.) That same day, I started taking the supplements. My lungs opened up that evening and I was able to sleep that night without feeling like I was suffocating. He told me that he usually puts people on this medication for 3 months. And I feel great and I can BREATHE normally now!! And I did not have to use any inhalers.
I hope my story is a catalyst, for helping others explore alternative therapies, for their asthmatic conditions.
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