Breathing Problems
Hello Jim,
I'm sending a testimonial without any names. For now we're letting friends and
family think he's taking his meds.
I could add that your coaching was crucial. It made him feel that someone
believed in this program besides his wife. I wasn't sure if you want your name
in it but we will be forever grateful to you.
If there is anything you think I have left out I will be happy to fix it. ~
Sharon
My husband is 80 years old and had a six-way heart by-pass 4 years ago. He
recovered very quickly from the surgery and felt so good he stopped taking the
medications the doctors had prescribed. He was very healthy for four years not
even getting the flu in the winter like everyone else around us. However this
spring, three months ago, he had difficulty getting his breath. It was so severe
we rushed him to the emergency room.
He was in the hospital for about three days where they diagnosed him with having
congestive heart failure, water on the lungs, diabetes, high blood pressure, and
high cholesterol, besides being low on potassium. His cardiologist became irate
when he realized my husband hadn’t bothered to get a primary care physician and
had stopped taking the meds a few months after his surgery. They sent him home
with prescriptions for Glyburide and Metformin for diabetes, Lasix as a
diuretic, Lipitor and Carvedilol for his heart besides Potassium. The doctor was
so mean and rude my husband fired him. However the new doctor he got was just as
adamant about meds, salt free diet, no sweets and no herbs or vitamins…except
for vitamin C!
We struggled for about 2 months with trying to follow the strict regulations for
a diabetic and heart patient, eating a small, tasteless balanced meal six times
a day. Some days he felt pretty good and other days felt like an invalid with
blood sugar fluctuating up and down. He couldn’t bend over and pull a weed
without getting short of breath and certainly couldn’t carry anything like a
stick of wood for the fireplace. Some days he could barely make it from his
recliner to the bathroom. I thought for sure I was going to be a widow. I
noticed his skin seemed dry and I was concerned about the water pill he was
ordered to take because we know the importance of water. I found the Water cure
website and we read the information there. However we were concerned about water
coming back into his lungs and didn’t understand why it happened in the first
place. The doctors told us it was because he hadn’t taken the medication they
prescribed.
After reading testimonials about other people with congestive heart failure
getting well we decided to give it a try because we already knew that our
bodies, if given the right building blocks to work with can regenerate
themselves. When we began drinking water with SALT things began to change in
three days. My husband stopped all the meds and just started concentrating on
eating foods like potatoes with skins, eggs, pudding, ice cream, orange juice,
chicken, green beans, salads, cheese, and taking chlorophyll, multi vitamins,
and flaxseed oil.
At this writing it has been 11 days and what a change! When we walk I want to
yell, “Wait for me!” He feels great and can carry heavy things.
This I believe was my husband’s mistake. Last winter was cold and he didn’t get
out and walk and exercise as usual. However, every morning he got up early,
drove to the coffee shop and swigged a huge strong cup of coffee. In the winter
people forget to drink water because they don’t feel hot and thirsty. With help
from the coffee that is a diuretic, he totally dehydrated himself, therefore
water collected in his lungs because his body was short of water.
Because I was restricting the salt from our diet as the doctor ordered, I got
dehydrated too. I spend quite a bit of time on my computer and by bedtime my
eyes usually really hurt. Yesterday I read a book all afternoon and in the
evening worked on the computer and my eyes felt fine. Like my husband I have
more energy too.