Controlling my asthma.

[Asthmajohn]

Hi All,

I thought of sharing my asthma experience here.

I have been diagnosed with asthma in summer of 2018. I am 43 now, male and live most of the time in UK.

It all started with an attack. It was evening I was in my bedroom and started coughing badly. Those dry coughs.

Initially I thought it was an allergy to my feather duvet and pillows. Somehow I managed to get through the night. Next day I've replaced them. The cough was still there although not that intense. I was coughing mostly evenings and mornings while in my bed. Also started wheezing too. During the day It felt slightly better.

After consulting my GP, and getting the blood test done I've been told I have asthma. I've also given the inhaler to use mornings and evenings. It was difficult cu accept it. The inhaler worked. All my coughing and wheezing disappeared.

After a few weeks I have traveled to my parents in east Europe. There I've done more investigation, privately. Same diagnostic and given the inhaler.

I asked if I have to use it for the rest of my life. The answer was: Yes.

I was not happy. I don't like taking medicines. Especially forever. I started looking into it. I also have reduced the use of inhaler to once a day and after a while I stopped using it completely.

The cough and wheezing was back. It was difficult especially during the night. I was keeping everyone awake. I felt week. I knew as a last resort the inhaler was there, but I didn't want to give up yet.

I wanted to control it naturally. I've been to salty caves. And spent a few hours every day there. Also been bathing in very salty lakes nearby. They are so salty that you didn't need to swim. You just float. But all this didn't improve my condition.

I started speaking to people and an elderly person told me asthma can be treated with FAT. Fat from a small animal that lives in the forests nearby. I lived in that village all my childhood and most of my teenage years but never seen that animal although I heard of it.

At that moment I looked at my diet. For the last few years I was trying to became vegetarian, or close to being a vegetarian. I was eating lots of fruits, especially sweet ones, I love sweets,

veggies, meat just the equivalent of 1/3 of a chicken per week. No fat. Because 'Fat is not healthy'. Sweets I was eating about 3 large chocolates a week, cakes, jam.

I thought to myself: fat can't be too different from one animal to another. So I choose bacon. Not the bacon you will find in supermarkets, but the one who has more fat than meat. Also in east Europe you can get it smoked which I have to say tastes delicious.

I started eating a few slices more or less every day. Also if I wanted to fry something I used fat instead of oil. I didn't get any fatter myself.

I have to say after a few weeks my coughing and wheezing disappeared completely.

We keep hearing fat is not good for us. I am convinced our body needs fat and is specially recommended for lungs. Not a lot and definitely not from burgers and processed meat which has huge amounts of chemicals.

I keep hearing about the benefits of fat for treating lungs from different directions.

I also try to eat once a week fat fish. Usually fish hasn't got much fat but your local fishmonger can help you choose. In UK I buy rainbow fish.

I can't say my asthma it's gone 100%. If for a week I don't have any fat I feel how the cough is getting closer.

I have also reduced the sweets considerably, and trying to avoid bread, pasta and food that has flour.

I feel so much better. It's like before. Not sure how will be like in the future but at the moment I'm very happy where I am.

If this post will help one more person then it's all worth it posting here.

Thanks for reading my post and wish you all very good health.

John.

[elanaoali]

I have reported you to the administrator.

[Asthmajohn in reply to elanaoali]

Thanks for reading.

May I know the reason for this please.

[elanaoali in reply to Asthmajohn]

I have seen your post before in fact word for word last year. Did you post under another name? I believe your post was removed. My main concern is that there are some very vulnerable or scared people on this forum looking for answers. While the diet you have tried may have 'worked' for you and you say you are not having any more symptoms. Are you still taking your medication your inhalers?

I too try to have a healthy diet and try the excerise regularly.

I won't be stopping taking my inhalers and other medication. It keeps my asthma very well controlled. I know without them I would be a serious risk of suffering an asthma attack and end up in hospital.

All of my triggers are hard to control coming into contact with e.g cold and flu virus and people smoking.

I know there isn't a cure but my treatment has been excellent from the NHS and expect to live a long and healthy life.

[su-mo in reply to elanaoali]

asthmajohn is just giving his own personal story. no reason to report this to the administrator. Try to be more open minded. I took all the recommended medication for 45 years+ It kept me alive but did not cure me. Changing my diet to more healthy food including fats Veg & fruit helped to get me better

[su-mo]

all sorts of fats can be good for health generally I regularly take coconut oil hemp oil olive oil eat nuts and seeds; probiotics also make a tremendous difference to your overall health cut down or cut out refined carbohydrates, sugar, etc

[Asthmajohn in reply to su-mo]

Thanks so-mo.

I my case was definitely the animal fat that fixed my lungs.

In day to day food fat is missing or is in small quantities. Even the meat when you buy it the fat has been removed.

I am hearing about the benefits of consuming fat from different directions, from people who don't have much access or can't afford the medicines.

I can see so much suffering in this posts on this forum.....

[elanaoali in reply to Asthmajohn]

I too can see alot of people who are needing help with manage their asthma. We all here try to give each other support and encouragement. IF I can I will try and help others by offering support and information but I am not a doctor. Asthma UK have been invaluable to help me manage my condition and their help line is excellent. I am also blessed with a very good GP surgery and asthma nurse and have been under the care of a respiratory consultant but not now days. I can't fault the NHS care of me and my family and extended family.

I will continue to support Asthma UK in their fight to find a cure for asthma. I hope and pray one day there will be a cure and asthma will not long threaten people with asthma lives.