Ok so i tried the quacks i tried a healer and i persuaded myself i was getting better i end up in HOSPITAL for 3 days,
Before i tell my story i never leave the house with my symbicort and if i am out of town i have my symbicort and ventolin. This stuff saves your life dont ever forget it .
So i done the professors 2 in fact first one could not stop giving me tablets i ditched him and went to another guy he gave me symbicort ventolin and spiriva he performed loads of tests x rays etc .
i wont fault him he was good so after about five years with him he say Ger we at the end of the road it s prednisolone or the next step is injections.
So over the last 3- 4 months i have reduced carbs did a bit of fasting long days and an odd 24 hours I have done belly breathing while sitting at home in the car or whatever and i did over the last 2 months cut out sugar fruits fizzy drinks juices all that shite i cut down on take out and i try with a few month to give up grains oh man thats tough. i have eaten lots of meat and veg .
I did not cut out alcohol but i must i drink brandy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have the cough and run out of puff .
I go to A and E about twice a year getshot up wit steroids and sent home .
So I also found a local honey supplier who gives me real honey locally produced small spoon morning and evening ( dont use anything metal in the honey man said it destroys the enzymes i really just about got through work and could not do tasks at home like strimming hedge cutting etc but last week i went out strimming and usually after 10 minutes i am wheezing head spinning etc not good so i stop and say f that.
i was cutting away for 30 minutes no bother it was unreal !!!!!!!
i feel better i am better its been slow i cant say its one thing in particular but i for so long thought many on the net were just nutters i tried so much but it takes time and clear your system of processed shite.
the work goes on i did 2 days or so at present with no symbicort and not taking speriva or ventolin
at all at present i might be on the way to almost curing my asthma and 2 stone lost all is good
next is exercise and proper sleep less tv etc.
Starting is though i am giving this one good go this year to see can i sort myself out
So far looking good and very happy .
Everything is cooked in virgin olive oil no canola oil soyabean oil vegetable oit sunflower oil rapeseed oil that stuff is poison check the packets every packet stuff is full of these oils
and the chippers are poisoning us with vegetable oil and battered this and that
Ger
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Well, what a story. I commend you for changing your life with all the dietary improvements you've made. Incredible.
I'm also pleased you advocate sticking with prescribed inhalers and agree they're our lifesavers and of course essential to our survival.
I also use local honey but didn't know about the metal spoon so thank you for that tip. (I might get myself a small bottle of brandy & have a tot before bed too)!
I quite agree that eating properly, doing your breathing exercises, getting fitter, can all greatly help your body handle asthma.
It does not though cure your asthma, but just makes you more resilient.
Just stopping taking your inhalers and spiriva is dangerous, you may well be OK for a few days without them, but it leaves you more and more defenceless, when your asthma reoccurs.
As you improve your general health, by all means go to your medic and ask him or her if it is OK to partly decrease your inhaler use, but do it in a controlled way. Just stopping taking them is very risky, so please talk to your medic.
Totally agree Homely2. Generally healthy lifestyle changes are a good thing, and some foods can trigger asthma for some people so cutting those out if they affect you can help.
But there currently isn't a cure for asthma and I completely agree that it's dangerous to just cut out medication. It's also possible to have a lot of airway inflammation that you can't necessarily tell is there as it doesn't always give daily symptoms.
Please do this carefully, with medical guidance, and don't just cut out medications by yourself, or try alternatives as a replacement (they can also trigger asthma for some people - I personally would need to be cautious of honey in case it has my plant triggers in it).
Wow, this is really interesting and I'm pleased to see you have made some improvements with diet and weight loss!
As others have said, its probably a very bad idea to stop your preventer inhalers and better to cut down doses on doctor / asthma nurses advice.
I am really interested in the link between diet and allergies, as I am someone who has very bad allergic asthma.
Some steps I have taken have been to increase omega 3 , by eating more fish like salmon and taking some supplements with 600/500 EPA & DHA. Apparently there is link to omega 3 helping improve allergic reactions and we have too much omega 6 in our diet from the processed foods you mention.
I also take turmeric extract to reduce inflammation with extra 2000iu of vitamin d3. Again, vitamin d is linked to improving asthma.
lastly, i take 500mg of quercetin a day, as this also has natural anti alleric benefits. This is found naturally in some fruits.
I would like to say that these suppletments help, alongside my asthma medication and not a replacement, but I am still struggling very much. but trying my very best to stay calm, as stress makes me much much worse.
I believe that bioligic treatment will be the best thing for my severe allergic asthma attacks i have every night, and hoping I can qualify soon, but I am also interested to see what else I can do to help things. I need to get more excercise, but its hard when you are sleep deprived and outdoor pollen in the evening is dangerous.
Perhaps seeing a private allergy specialist may be benneficial to discuss diet.
I know there are also other supplements and things like nettle which can help, but one other avenue I am really curious about is probiotics, as there are some that can reset the gut and help with allergies. Finding the right ones seems like a bit of a mine field as some of them could makes things worse!
Anyway, sorry for rambling. At the end of the day, these things may seem to help, but unfortunately can't cure our problems, but hopefully we can make some improvements.
I have severe eosinophilic asthma and started biological alongside my usual medication and cannot believe the difference it makes I now have a life !!!
that's amazing. I hear so much good things about it. i'm going through the process right now to see if I can qualify. had consultation and waiting on results of reversibility test. getting up with asthma every night, multiple flare ups / prednisolone and ambulance out a couple times recently, yet it is difficult for me to 'prove my asthma' . Really hoping I can get this treatment soon.
i have not given up my meds well i have except for symbicort but its always with me and if i am going far from home far is more than 5 miles i bring ventolin as well i wont leave the house without symbicort ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that’s great you haven’t given up meds and can get out further. My asthma seems to be getting worse and don’t feel up to getting out and doing the things I love like bike riding. Missing out on socialising (although did go out with friends the other day but not drinking). Just feel consumed by all this asthma and allergy problems. The medication and supplements don’t seem to be enough and i can only see my condition getting worse as I get older and become more unfit , sleep deprived and put on weight. I generally try to stay positive but sometimes struggle . Just waiting to see if I can get biologic treatment. If not then I really don’t know what I’m gonna do… but I guess seeing an allergy specialist and changing diet is an option . Pleased it worked for you .
Great to hear that your lifestyle changes are reaping such great health rewards. I totally agree about processed foods and plant based oils - they are loaded with omega 6 and our modern diets overdose on omega 6 without sufficient omega 3. To keep up with that, the recommended balance between omega 3 & 6 has changed considerably over time. I don't even use olive oil for cooking, only a touch occasionally on salad. Kerrygold for cooking as it's from grass fed cows. Unfortunately, so many animals raised for meat are fed on soya, but grass fed raised meat is very expensive.
The next challenge is to keep up your regime and I wish you great success with that. I've restarted my low carb/intermittent fasting regime - being Irish I love my carbs, but they pile the weight on. The regime is great for controlling my asthma along side Fostair, no carbs till Christmas! I've even bought a spiraliser in order to make vegetable "pasta".
People look at my house and say isnt he a lazy ffffer my dad used to keep the garden perfect mine is gone a bit wild but i am not worried and will sort it in my own time only asthma sufferers know how useless you can feel at times even simple tasks ae so hard Good luck every one
I agree about the benefits of lifestyle changes, but I would not consider one "cured" (there currently is no cure), and I would continue taking the inhalers as prescribed. I also once thought that I was "cured", while it was just the allergy shots and Xolair properly kicking in. So I stopped taking steroid inhalers. Asthma came back with vengence (not immediately, it took time).
Regardless of how good you feel, always remember to keep the ventolin handy. You never know what may set the asthma off. One time I suffered for ages thinking I had a chest infection but it was the exhaust from the lawn mower (very old one) that set me off.
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