My mother suffers from severe pulmonary hypertension along with a sluggish thyroid and water retention. they just took her off of prednisone that nearly killed her 1 year ago. She got pneumonia and her dr. said no you cant have pneumonia you don't have a fever. Made her feel like she was a hypochondriac. Well.. needless to say 3 months later they did an exray and found her lungs full!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....They did a lung flush procedure where she stopped breathing and they put her on a respirator to get her out of surgery. They gave her a poor prognosis. 6 months at best. Now they have done an ekg with dye as well as some other serious procedure into her groin artery and found that her pulmonary artery as well as 3 other arteries nearly shut down. One in her groin another in her right arm as well as one in her heart. The right side of her heart continues to swell from over exertion As far as I am concerned these people should be tried and found guilty of neglect and so much more! They have a fortress surrounding them. They seem so nice. Like they care.. I just spoke with my mother and told her they care about the residual income that they get from your ins. company from the drugs they have you on. Think about each dr. visit. to test your blood levels! ADD it up! I spoke with VCF earlier and they said you might be-able to help me help her.
I have purchased an ultrasonic cleaner and plan to start the vitamin C therapy this week. To give my mother any quality of life back would be a blessing. She can't raise her arms to comb her hair without her lips turning blue. That's where we are at. If you have any suggestions please.. These are the meds. she is currently taking:
Revatio 20 mg. 3x daily dialate arteries
tenolol 50 mg.for blood pressure
Furosemide 20 mg.for water retention
Levothyroxine100 mg. for thyroid
mepazole 20 mg.for heart burn
Thank You for all that you do!
Sincerely, Sandy
p.s.
Hello again Owen, I wrote you yesterday about my mother. I needed to add that she also suffers from diverticulitis and polymyalgia rhumatica..also symptoms i realize. but she bleeds when her digestive tract becomes irritated. I made some of the vitamin C liposomal last night and started her today on 1 tsp. 2 x's until I hear from you about what else you suggest. If you feel she should not start the vit. C without the lycine/proline please let meknow. We will hold off. She is raring to go.. Thank You Again,
Very sorry about your mother. There is a lot to respond to.
First, what was the dosage of the prednizone? Very important, as prednizone is an orthomolecular substance, a form of cortisol, and without it, her pain should have sky rocketed. (Likely the fluid buildup was after they stopped the cortisol?!) If they were giving her too much, they should have reduced it, not eliminated it.
Vitamin C is a good idea, yes start now, as much as she can tolerate. And unless $$$$ is a big issue, I would order some livonlabs.com Lypo-C and advise her to take the 5 packets at a time dosage, perhaps twice a day (or 10 packets daily). Lypo-C are true limposomes and I have personally experience miraculous results. (The homemade lipo can be more effective than ordinary C, but it does not reach the therapeutic levels of a true liposomal vitamin C, and you Mom needs that right now.) If you cannot afford that much, try to give her at least some Lypo-C.
The other nutrients for pulmonary/adrenal function are all Pauling's recommendations in HOW TO LIVE LONGER AND FEEL BETTER (Book, 1986). Such as high vitamin A, vitamin E, B complex. These nutrients are all that are required or good for pulmunary function.
But the best/quickest road to normal health, after the high vitamin C, is cortisol replacement - prednizone. So again, please, what was the dosage?