I just got back from a half hour bike ride. I finally got the nerve to exercise without using my inhaler beforehand. I got a good workout, making sure I was breathing heavy the whole time to give my lungs a good test. They work! I made it through the entire 30 minute ride without my chest tightening up. No coughing and wheezing! Just normal heavy breathing from exertion but without struggling for air. Six months ago I would have been wheezing and coughing up a storm within 5 minutes of trying that. It felt so good to have air free-flowing in and out of my lungs and know it wasn't the albuterol making it possible!

has anyone had a diagnosis of chronic strep? If so what treatments/protocolsi were you treated with.

hey everyone...  first, i am still a little confused as to if i should post a blog or comments...  whats the difference?  i am still trying to get use to navigating this site...  i do appreciate all the feedback..

I followed up with the allergy/asthmai doc today. Lung function is improving after just 1 month on azithromycin!

Five weeks ago he tested my lung function at it was 81%-84% of normal without asthma medications. After albuterol he would test it again and it would improve to 92%-93% of normal. A week later (4 weeks ago), just before starting azi, he tested lung function again and it was pretty much the same.

Today he tested my lung function and it was 98% of normal! And this was without any asthma meds! So my lung function is better now without albuterol than it was before azi with albuterol. That is significant!

first off, thanx again to everyones comments, this site can be soooooooooo informative! 

wow, i dont know where to really start without saying HELLO first.  its been a LONG 8-10 years of being sick, seeing MANY physicians, and thousands of $$$ later before i really have some what of a guide to getting well.  to just give you a BRIEF summary of my illness, i worked for a poultry processing plant for >10 years and @ the time did NOT think it would cause such heartache, but in a educated hindsight, it created my current condition.  prior to working there i was ENERGETIC and full of life.  well, because it was SUCH a subtle deterioration i didnt put my finger on the enviornmental toxins until 2-3 years ago.  some of the few things i contracted while working there was eczema, asthmai, fatigue, brain fog, dry skin (my skin had always be sooooooo oily) among other things.

Ok, so what is the difference between asthmai and chronic bronchitis? Or is there a real difference?

Another milestone has been reached, I've just finsihed my 30th pulse, and I have a few observations which I think are worth recording and communicating.

From the beginning I have been taking 200mg Doxycycline daily and 250mg Azithromycin MWF continuously and done a 5 day flagyli pulse every three weeks, so I would take 1200mg flagyl on MTWTF of one week and take the following week-end and the next two complete weeks off.

In that time the alopeciai recovered to so such an extent that I need to go to the hairdresser once more. The hair still goes through phases of falling out, but the balance is on regrowth.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but why does it seem taboo to list doctor's names in forums? It's not just this site but it seems to be true for other sites I've visited looking for doctors. I do a search to see if anyone else has found a doc in my area they are happy with and the responses are always "I'll PM you" or "I emailed you" with the name. No one actually replies in public. Seems it would save a lot of searchers (and responders) a lot of effort to compile a list in a sticky post somewhere instead of having to reply privately over and over to the same question. But it all seems so "hush-hush" I'm sure there's a good reason?

You probably have noticed that when I get on a hobby horse I'll ride it until it's a different color. Or something.

Anyway, here's this article about asthma (which we know is associated with CPni) causing an overabundance of mitochondria, due to excess calcium in the cell? Overabundance of mitochondria struck me as odd; so did the paucity of them in COPD.

 XS mitochondria would seem to be an advantage for CPn, since they parasitize the mitochondria directly. It's an odd finding, to my mind.

 

Ron 

My niece took a fistful of papers to her doctor because she has rosaceai, chronic bronchitis/asthmai, chronic sinusitis, and what looks to me like GFAi. I highlighted the appropriate passages.

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Vitaminsi are ramping up, Niacini 375 mg, NACi for 3 wks now 2gms, D 1600U, along with all the rest of the Wheldon recommended supplementsi & what I normally take.

Hi all, first appologize for my English, I am writing this mail from small country in Europe (The Czech Republic) and must admit am reading these sites for a while now. I must say I am so glad to see a way to cure which works and am even more amazed it is on internet. Unfortunatly my doctors do not share such exitement with me but I am sure after some time they will understand (once they are willing to open eyes and mind).

Multiple Symptoms, here is my diatribe!!  I am new to the site & I have Fibromyalgia-FMSi, Chronic Fatigue Immunei Deficiency-CFIDSi/Myalgic Encephalomyelitisi- ME with the usual cornucopia of underlying symptoms, crashes, flu like symptoms, migraines including CPNi, Babesia & recently hereditary Hemochromatosis. 

Hey all,

I've found this site through asthmastory.com and I want to ask some questions about CPni. I am asking here since asthmastory.com looks to be dead as far as activity on the forums goes.

Anyway, around 4-6 months old, I contracted pneuomonia. About a year or two later I was diagnosed with asthma. I've been dealing with it ever since. I am now 21. Currently, I am on Advair 500 (max dose) for controlling my asthma. I also have sinusitis. Usually every year or so I usually get some kind of upper respiratory infection too.