Heading back to 60+ FEV1 from 26.

[Incomudrox]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>jspaceman</b></i>

Great! I'm doing the same thing, but at this point I am aiming for 50% from being 25-30% for a few years. So far I have made some big changes related to diet and daily exercise (treadmill for 40 mins every morning without fail).
Very keen I hear your progress and any tips! It's a huge challenge but I am convinced that it is possible. I would love hear from others who have done it!</end quote><br><br>Well to give a more accurate statement, I could have been below 30 for longer than I know. But I didn't have insurance for 9 months and didn't get PFT's in that 9 months.... Before the 9 months I was 44 FEV1 @ UPMC and then 1 year later (9 months + the 44 was right after a hospitalization) I'm at 26 FEV1... the downturn started somewhere in the middle of that 12 month period.. so it's hard to say. That being said I'll post any tips I have when I prove them successful, I would hate to tell someone to do something that would have a negative effect. But in any event, my goal is 60 obtainable, I believe it's possible. The human body is remarkable and God has engineered amazing mechanisms into it that people have just begun to uncover, a lot of it is mind over matter. The remainder is hard work and God's grace.<br>

 

[Incomudrox]

+3% FEV1 today, moving from 26% to 29%.

 

[Incomudrox]

+3% FEV1 today, moving from 26% to 29%.

 

[Incomudrox]

+3% FEV1 today, moving from 26% to 29%.

 

[rmotion]

Besides exercise and treatments what are you doing. Does anyone have ideas for inflammation.
Has anyone ever looked at Bosweilla(frankinsense) for inflammation.

 

[rmotion]

Besides exercise and treatments what are you doing. Does anyone have ideas for inflammation.
Has anyone ever looked at Bosweilla(frankinsense) for inflammation.

 

[rmotion]

Besides exercise and treatments what are you doing. Does anyone have ideas for inflammation.
<br />Has anyone ever looked at Bosweilla(frankinsense) for inflammation.
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[Incomudrox]

Not doing much special yet. I have a few things on order that I am going to try, they should be here by the end of the week. Taking 2400mg of Mucinex daily has helped a lot. One of the alternative medications I have coming to me is very promising and even have positive reinforcement in CF in some PubMed publications. I won't say what it is yet, I want to see what my results are. I'll be ordering some Haritaki. I'm more worried about getting rid of SA and PA. If I can get rid of those, the inflammation will go away. In the process of seeing the Endocrine Dr. to get on a testosterone and HGH HRT, should see some positive lung function improvement from that alone.<br><br><br>EDIT: Also for anyone wonder, I was prescribed Mucinex. Usually a box of 20 cost around $15 with the prescription I get 120 for $1 because my insurance pays for it. I asked the doctor and they said it was a great idea and had no problems writing me the script. Previously I paid for it out of pocket.<br>

 

[Incomudrox]

Not doing much special yet. I have a few things on order that I am going to try, they should be here by the end of the week. Taking 2400mg of Mucinex daily has helped a lot. One of the alternative medications I have coming to me is very promising and even have positive reinforcement in CF in some PubMed publications. I won't say what it is yet, I want to see what my results are. I'll be ordering some Haritaki. I'm more worried about getting rid of SA and PA. If I can get rid of those, the inflammation will go away. In the process of seeing the Endocrine Dr. to get on a testosterone and HGH HRT, should see some positive lung function improvement from that alone.<br><br><br>EDIT: Also for anyone wonder, I was prescribed Mucinex. Usually a box of 20 cost around $15 with the prescription I get 120 for $1 because my insurance pays for it. I asked the doctor and they said it was a great idea and had no problems writing me the script. Previously I paid for it out of pocket.<br>

 

[Incomudrox]

Not doing much special yet. I have a few things on order that I am going to try, they should be here by the end of the week. Taking 2400mg of Mucinex daily has helped a lot. One of the alternative medications I have coming to me is very promising and even have positive reinforcement in CF in some PubMed publications. I won't say what it is yet, I want to see what my results are. I'll be ordering some Haritaki. I'm more worried about getting rid of SA and PA. If I can get rid of those, the inflammation will go away. In the process of seeing the Endocrine Dr. to get on a testosterone and HGH HRT, should see some positive lung function improvement from that alone.<br><br><br>EDIT: Also for anyone wonder, I was prescribed Mucinex. Usually a box of 20 cost around $15 with the prescription I get 120 for $1 because my insurance pays for it. I asked the doctor and they said it was a great idea and had no problems writing me the script. Previously I paid for it out of pocket.<br>

 

[Incomudrox]

I guess you could say I am using R-ALA to combat inflammation with positive results.

 

[Incomudrox]

I guess you could say I am using R-ALA to combat inflammation with positive results.

 

[Incomudrox]

I guess you could say I am using R-ALA to combat inflammation with positive results.

 

[HisAngel]

<font style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 0, 102);" size="4">Best of Luck!  Being a Cert. Personal Trainer and having a Husband with CF (diagnosed at 18months old, and turned 50 this past July), as well as having My own lung issues (chronic bronchitis), I know with the combonation of good nutrition, a consistant fitness regime and a good mindset (believing and knowing the body is capable of so much more then the medical comunity will ever give it credit for) that major results <span style="font-weight: bold;">CAN be acheived! <br><br>I have watched my husband go from 124 pounds to a 138 and build muscle he never thought possible, I have watched him go from coughing all the time to hardly coughing. I know what is possible! <br><br>The best piece of information I can give is, never give up, even when it seems it is not going as fast as you would like, keep on eating right and keep on working out.<br><br>I watched my husband get laid back and stop eating as much, I watched as he eased off working out, to hardly working out, and I watched as his lung function decreased, his weight drop again, his immunity go down and him wind up in the hospital with pneumonia, and a doctor telling him, he should think about going and getting the testing started to get on the list for a lung transplant. <br><br>That was simply not acceptable for neither of us.  I watched him start again eating more and working out, I watched him climb back above 30 on his FEV1 and climb, and I watched him get lazy again and ease off, only to have his immunity drop again, his weight drop again, and again in the hospital he went. <br><br>He is now at about 124 in weight, FEV1 in the mid to lower 30's, and working his way back from bi-lateral pneumonia. He knows what he has to do, and knows it's going to take more caloric intake of good foods along with his protein/weight gainer shakes we have him on, as well as getting back in that gym and pumping some iron and working on his cardio. Add to all that vitamins/minerals and other holistic items.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! IT IS POSSIBLE!!  <br><br>Keep up the great work, and please do keep us all posted on your success, and I know you <span style="font-weight: bold;">WILL have and see  success! The Universe is amazing, it offers us all the power to change our lives!<br><br>Best Wishes,<br>HisAngel~</font><br>

 

[HisAngel]

<font style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 0, 102);" size="4">Best of Luck! Being a Cert. Personal Trainer and having a Husband with CF (diagnosed at 18months old, and turned 50 this past July), as well as having My own lung issues (chronic bronchitis), I know with the combonation of good nutrition, a consistant fitness regime and a good mindset (believing and knowing the body is capable of so much more then the medical comunity will ever give it credit for) that major results <span style="font-weight: bold;">CAN be acheived! <br><br>I have watched my husband go from 124 pounds to a 138 and build muscle he never thought possible, I have watched him go from coughing all the time to hardly coughing. I know what is possible! <br><br>The best piece of information I can give is, never give up, even when it seems it is not going as fast as you would like, keep on eating right and keep on working out.<br><br>I watched my husband get laid back and stop eating as much, I watched as he eased off working out, to hardly working out, and I watched as his lung function decreased, his weight drop again, his immunity go down and him wind up in the hospital with pneumonia, and a doctor telling him, he should think about going and getting the testing started to get on the list for a lung transplant. <br><br>That was simply not acceptable for neither of us. I watched him start again eating more and working out, I watched him climb back above 30 on his FEV1 and climb, and I watched him get lazy again and ease off, only to have his immunity drop again, his weight drop again, and again in the hospital he went. <br><br>He is now at about 124 in weight, FEV1 in the mid to lower 30's, and working his way back from bi-lateral pneumonia. He knows what he has to do, and knows it's going to take more caloric intake of good foods along with his protein/weight gainer shakes we have him on, as well as getting back in that gym and pumping some iron and working on his cardio. Add to all that vitamins/minerals and other holistic items.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! IT IS POSSIBLE!! <br><br>Keep up the great work, and please do keep us all posted on your success, and I know you <span style="font-weight: bold;">WILL have and see success! The Universe is amazing, it offers us all the power to change our lives!<br><br>Best Wishes,<br>HisAngel~</font><br>

 

[HisAngel]

<font style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 0, 102);" size="4">Best of Luck! Being a Cert. Personal Trainer and having a Husband with CF (diagnosed at 18months old, and turned 50 this past July), as well as having My own lung issues (chronic bronchitis), I know with the combonation of good nutrition, a consistant fitness regime and a good mindset (believing and knowing the body is capable of so much more then the medical comunity will ever give it credit for) that major results <span style="font-weight: bold;">CAN be acheived! <br><br>I have watched my husband go from 124 pounds to a 138 and build muscle he never thought possible, I have watched him go from coughing all the time to hardly coughing. I know what is possible! <br><br>The best piece of information I can give is, never give up, even when it seems it is not going as fast as you would like, keep on eating right and keep on working out.<br><br>I watched my husband get laid back and stop eating as much, I watched as he eased off working out, to hardly working out, and I watched as his lung function decreased, his weight drop again, his immunity go down and him wind up in the hospital with pneumonia, and a doctor telling him, he should think about going and getting the testing started to get on the list for a lung transplant. <br><br>That was simply not acceptable for neither of us. I watched him start again eating more and working out, I watched him climb back above 30 on his FEV1 and climb, and I watched him get lazy again and ease off, only to have his immunity drop again, his weight drop again, and again in the hospital he went. <br><br>He is now at about 124 in weight, FEV1 in the mid to lower 30's, and working his way back from bi-lateral pneumonia. He knows what he has to do, and knows it's going to take more caloric intake of good foods along with his protein/weight gainer shakes we have him on, as well as getting back in that gym and pumping some iron and working on his cardio. Add to all that vitamins/minerals and other holistic items.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN! IT IS POSSIBLE!! <br><br>Keep up the great work, and please do keep us all posted on your success, and I know you <span style="font-weight: bold;">WILL have and see success! The Universe is amazing, it offers us all the power to change our lives!<br><br>Best Wishes,<br>HisAngel~</font><br>

 

[Blue]

I don't understand the original message "Sub 40 1/2 years" what does that mean? <br><br>How did you go from an FEV1 of 26 to 60%?<br>

 

[Blue]

I don't understand the original message "Sub 40 1/2 years" what does that mean? <br><br>How did you go from an FEV1 of 26 to 60%?<br>

 

[Blue]

I don't understand the original message "Sub 40 1/2 years" what does that mean? <br><br>How did you go from an FEV1 of 26 to 60%?<br>

 

[Incomudrox]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Blue</b></i>

I don't understand the original message "Sub 40 1/2 years" what does that mean?

How did you go from an FEV1 of 26 to 60%?</end quote></div><br><br>Sub (meaning below 40FEV1) for over 1 1/2 years. I didn't go from 26 to 60 yet. I just updated yesterday that I'm only upto 29% right now. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><br>