Germ Free Habits or How To Stay Healthy

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I am replying to all those who might like to add other habits to staying healthy with this disease. Since I am on a high dosage of Imuran (200mg) & have been for NINE years now, I have to be careful not to pick up anything!

I will NOT shake hands with anyone - sorry about that Bruce - but when you end up getting sick from doing that habit, you may change your mind also. Dr. Milstone at Vanderbilt shook his finger at me & told me NOT to shake hands with people. I've followed that advice ever since. My Pastor at church started bumping elbows with me, & others have followed. It works! As for hugs, well that isn't the best thing to do either - too close of contact for me at this stage of my disease. I didn't get this far along - ten years now - from taking chances after I learned better.

Also, , do NOT take anything like herbal medications. You do not know what is in those medications as they are not FDA approved. A pulmonogist at Univ of TN told me not to take anything like that - some things have been found in those medications that would literally kill you & have done so to others. So I am very careful about that too - afterall a Chiropractor is not a medical doctor.

I certainly would've loved to have been along on that lunch Bruce, Elisa, & Gynne had in Arlington, TX. I lived in Colleyville, TX, from 1999 until 2003, so I know the area fairly well. Also, I think Gynne still goes to my former pulmonary dr, Dr. Rosenblatt, at UT Southwestern in Dallas. I still haven't met anyone up close & personal who has this disease. Perhaps now that I am being listed for a lung transplant at Vanderbilt, I will at sometime meet others with this disease

[Guest guest]

Sherry, Thanks for the advice. My

pulmonologist agreed with the chiropractor about the

COQ10. They both thought it might keep me stronger heartwise.

Z fibriotic NSIP/05

Z 64,

fibriotic NSIP/o5/PA

And “mild”

PH/10/07 and Reynaud’s too!!

No, NSIP was not

self-inflicted…I never smoked!

Potter,

reader,carousel lover and MomMom to

Darah

and Sara

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be iron like a lion in Zion” Bob Marley

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Sherry wrote:

I am replying to all those who might like to add other habits to

staying healthy with this disease. Since I am on a high dosage of

Imuran (200mg) & have been for NINE years now, I have to be careful

not to pick up anything!

I will NOT shake hands with anyone - sorry about that Bruce -

but when you end up getting sick from doing that habit, you may change

your mind also. Dr. Milstone at Vanderbilt shook his finger at me

& told me NOT to shake hands with people. I've followed that

advice ever since. My Pastor at church started bumping elbows with me,

& others have followed. It works! As for hugs, well that isn't

the best thing to do either - too close of contact for me at this stage

of my disease. I didn't get this far along - ten years now - from

taking chances after I learned better.

Also, , do NOT take anything like herbal medications. You

do not know what is in those medications as they are not FDA approved.

A pulmonogist at Univ of TN told me not to take anything like that -

some things have been found in those medications that would literally

kill you & have done so to others. So I am very careful about that

too - afterall a Chiropractor is not a medical doctor.

I certainly would've loved to have been along on that lunch

Bruce, Elisa, & Gynne had in Arlington, TX. I lived in

Colleyville, TX, from 1999 until 2003, so I know the area fairly well.

Also, I think Gynne still goes to my former pulmonary dr, Dr.

Rosenblatt, at UT Southwestern in Dallas. I still haven't met anyone

up close & personal who has this disease. Perhaps now that I am

being listed for a lung transplant at Vanderbilt, I will at sometime

meet others with this disease.

Hope these couple of suggestions help others to maintain their

fragile health. It only takes one bad episode of an illness to take

you down a notch to where you may need a transplant. That is what

happened to me, so be very careful. You can't prevent all illness, but

you certainly don't want to invite them!

Sherry , Age 64

NSIP, PH, PBS, Bronchiectasis

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