Return of the swine flu? Comet dust? Airborne chemicals?

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

Last week my daughter seemed to have caught a cold and I was not feeling very well either. Then an incident at work (discussed in another thread) really stressed me out and one day after, I began to feel really sick. All the symptoms remind me of last year's swine flu that I had contracted (at least according to my GP): quick deterioration, fever on and off for several days and more importantly, the awful effect on my lungs! I used to be asthmatic but as explained in other threads, since first controlling then quitting dairy, my asthma has been non existent for years. However now, just like last year with the swine flu, I'm full on asthmatic again, my breathing is really laboured, when I cough I hear this 'rolling' in my chest which is not eased up if I expectorate, and I need to sleep half-sitting. This is all very taxing for my body (I feel like I need to lift a ton with my chest) and my back.

I actually muscle tested that it was something airborne. Now that could mean a lot, of course. Reading about comets, etc. I wonder if this could be related to something in the atmosphere. If it is, then I don't know what I'll do when the Black Death comes!

I've been taking Vitamin C, D, magnesium, NAC, vitamin B, had inhalations of teatree and eucalyptus essential oils, doing the FIR blanket every day, bicarb, have been eating more fat and meat (still!). All of this helped a bit, but my lungs are not getting better. Tigersoap suggested second-hand smoking but it usually makes me sick or uneasy, so I don't want to 'tempt the devil' so to speak.

If anyone has any suggestion, I would be most grateful.

 

[truth seeker]

You mentioned a GP. Was this recently or last year?

According to Louise Hays:

Asthma - Smother love. Inability to breathe for oneself. Feeling stifled. Suppressed crying.

 

[Vulcan59]

Hi Mrs.Tigersoap,

I found that the herb tulsi, (holy basil) helped in my case and so did forge. :)

 

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

You mentioned a GP. Was this recently or last year?

Last year.

Asthma - Smother love. Inability to breathe for oneself. Feeling stifled. Suppressed crying.

Yes, I've read Lise Bourbeau as well, saying that asthma is to take and not being able to give back.
But there is a whole set of symptoms (runny then stuffy nose, coughing, fever, etc.), asthma is just the one I'm most scared of (really bad experiences in the past and all that).

My daughter did not react the same way to this thing. She had a runny nose, she is still coughing, but it's going away already. Several kids in her class have been really sick as well.

Thanks for your input TS!

I found that the herb tulsi, (holy basil) helped in my case and so did forge.

Yes! Thanks for reminding me! I had searched 'lungs' on the forum and found Forge's post. Apparently it's 'Basilic sacré' in French. I had never heard of it. I will try and find some tomorrow. Apparently, it's easier to find as an essential oil here, so I'll try it that way.

Thanks for your help!

 

[dant]

Was this in the US? I caught "it" in the NW area,
and it was reported that "it" was going around. It
took me several days to get over it. I took a lot
of VC and VD3 and it seemed to work. I heard
for others, it lasted a week or so. This was a
couple of weeks ago though.

 

[Ellipse]

I think you should remove the fat temporally to increase your metabolism speed and then elimination; and have osteopathic manipulations.

You can have a look here too: http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/holistic_health/data/prasth3a.html

 

[RedFox]

Hi Mrs.Tigersoap

You could check out the comfrey thread, as apparently it really helps with asthma.

Yes, I've read Lise Bourbeau as well, saying that asthma is to take and not being able to give back.
But there is a whole set of symptoms (runny then stuffy nose, coughing, fever, etc.), asthma is just the one I'm most scared of (really bad experiences in the past and all that).

Well fwiw it reminds me of some things I've had happen....especially when fear (or any emotion) is involved. It's a Pavlovian responce and seems to be the same as the placebo effect....in that you create symptoms within yourself when other 'symptoms' and a fearful (body) memory triggers it. Just like a panic attack.....except as runny then stuffy nose, coughing and fever as associated with asthma (and thus the 'fear' around asthma) it can create an asthma attack.

I'm not sure if it is or not, or if knowing that is much help.....but I thought it worth mentioning.
For me it is usually to do with emotions (fear/anger) and bodily pain and fatigue.

The root cause seems to be past trauma (I'm still working on this), as such psyches The Eros theme thread is most useful.

 

[KTC]

Have you looked into colloidal silver? Hope you're feeling stronger

 

[truth seeker]

You mentioned a GP. Was this recently or last year?

Last year.

Okay, does your daughter also suffer from asthma? If not, this may be the reason that you are having more difficulty with it. I would suggest seeing a doctor in order to get a more accurate diagnosis or at least rule out something more serious. I suggest this because I was in a relationship with someone who had allergies and the qualities of his colds versus mine would always be different when we had colds at the same time (he would inevitably have some bronchial issue whereas I didn't).

 

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

Was this in the US?

No, I'm in Belgium.

I think you should remove the fat temporally to increase your metabolism speed and then elimination; and have osteopathic manipulations. You can have a look here too: http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/holistic_health/data/prasth3a.html

Thank you Ellipse. The only fat I'm using for the moment is ghee. I usually do really well with it. But I'm gonna check to see if I see a link. Thanks for the tip.

You could check out the comfrey thread, as apparently it really helps with asthma.

Hi Redfox, I have not had the opportunity to read much the forum lately, thank you for the link. I always have organic comfrey balm at home (I buy from akamuti.co.uk), but usually use it for sore muscles, etc. I have had asthma in a while (well, last year during swine flu) and I had not even thought of using the balm for it. Thanks for your suggestion. I have put some on my chest and it is very soothing. I have expectorated a lot more with it (sorry to be graphic).

It's a Pavlovian responce and seems to be the same as the placebo effect....in that you create symptoms within yourself when other 'symptoms' and a fearful (body) memory triggers it.

Maybe. But my daughter's lungs seem to be affected as well (although she 'only' coughs) and many children at her school. At first, I thought this 'disease' was a common cold but it 'stuck' and it turned out to be something else. It seems that last year's swine flu has triggered something in my lungs. And now it's awoken again.

it can create an asthma attack.

I know what you mean. But these asthma attacks you speak of usually don't last for days (at least in my experience). I've had awful crises as a child, some of which nearly killed me. Breathing was not natural any more and I would just stop. For these, I would get to the hospital, get an intravenous shot and I was feeling okay again. Or, as an adult, I would feel it coming, take one puff of Ventolin and that's it. But here, the 'rolling' in my chest does not disappear with the puff. It feels like bronchitis or some sort of infection. And in this aspect, it's exactly like last year's swine flu.

The root cause seems to be past trauma (I'm still working on this)

Absolutely, I know exactly the root cause of my asthma: I got my first crisis a week after my father left my mother when I was 10. The doctors said that it was caused by an emotional shock. Triggers would be allergies (cat hair, dust, pollens, cigarettes, etc.), intense exercicing. But never stress. And ever since controlling and then stopping dairy, I had no crises, even when in contact with these allergens (and I corrected a lot of them with kinesiology anyway).

Have you looked into colloidal silver? Hope you're feeling stronger

No, I still need to buy some. Thank you for your suggestion and encouragement.

Okay, does your daughter also suffer from asthma? If not, this may be the reason that you are having more difficulty with it.

No, she does not. She still coughs while I have the 'rolling'. We each react differently, as you said. But what fascinates me (so to speak), is that, before last year's swine flu, when I got a cold or even a bronchitis, I would not get asthmatic again.

 

[Bo]

hi tigersoap,

if this going on for a week now, is the vit c and your supplements reducing the symptoms?

EDIT: how much vit c are you taking in daily

 

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

how much vit c are you taking in daily

During the first few days, 3 x 500 mg daily. But now only 500 mg. Do you think it's not enough?


I want to say that since applying comfrey this morning (thanks again Redfox for pointing it out), I've been feeling much better and breathing is definitely easier.

 

[RedFox]

how much vit c are you taking in daily

During the first few days, 3 x 500 mg daily. But now only 500 mg. Do you think it's not enough?

fwiw if its something serious (and this sure sounds it!) I'd take 1g-2g every hour all day until my stomach started gurgling (bowel tolerance). Then I'd back it off for an hour and try 500mg every hour. If my bowels became loose I'd back off the vitamin C for 3hours, make sure I had a good meal of meat with lots of extra fat and try again.

At the moment I'm taking 1g of vitamin C 2 to 5 times a day based on what my body can tolerate. But each person is different.

Glad the comfrey is working, perhaps that's something you can do for you're daughter too?

 

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

fwiw if its something serious (and this sure sounds it!) I'd take 1g-2g every hour all day until my stomach started gurgling (bowel tolerance). Then I'd back it off for an hour and try 500mg every hour.

That is indeed way more than I'm taking. I've never dared to take that much because I have a low tolerance to citrus fruit and was concerned that it might be in fact a low tolerance to ascorbic acid. It could be to something else in the fruit, though.
I'll up my intake but thanks to the comfrey I feel 80 % better already (that's a good thing because I could not find the tulsi in my local health food store). This thing works like a charm, I'm going to report this in the proper thread.

Thanks Redfox!

 

[anart]

Mrs. Tigersoap, I strongly recommend increasing your daily vitamin C dosage. I routinely take 4 to 5 grams of vitamin C every single day. I have been sick only once in the past five years and that was following an extreme emotional trauma, so my immune system crashed at that time due to stress. If you get 'gurgling' in your stomach, stop taking it because you've reached tolerance - but until that point, there is no harm in taking as much as you can. I also cannot eat citrus fruits, by the way, but it doesn't interfere with my taking vitamin C.