That is quite some opportunity before you Penny.
Herculean strength be yours.
Don't underrate some of that weird fringe stuff like diet, meditation, and visualization.
If you ever feel inclined, I'd be interested in hearing about your past, purely out of professional curiosity.
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Hi Winston,
I've been using forms of meditation and visualisation, and we are just trying to work on diet now.
In terms of the other areas...
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hx of respiratory illness? tuberculosis, asthma, bronchiectasis, copd, pneumonia.
Was immunised against TB before uni, occassional asthma if I get bad cold, had pleurisy earlier in the year. tend to get bad cough/ bronchitis and have a "smokers cough"
- passive smoker due to smoking parent or partner.
No, not even going to clubs and pubs that much
- time living in inner city or industrial or mining town.
never
- dietary preference through the years.
have struggled with weight, insulin resistance, but have generally fairly healthy diet with lots of veges, maybe too much meat (tend to get anaemic if I dont), not much junk food, except chocolate. can't eat much bread unless sourdough. haven't drunk alcohol since Feb, and drank 1-2 glasses 1-2 times a week before that, except on business trips, where I'd have 1-2 glasses every day... one of the reasons I stopped drinking in Feb - just got too much for me.
- general health and activity levels.
health generally good, but overweight, and have insulin resistance and had High Blood pressure, but went on meds and it went very low, after I lost some weight, so just came off meds a few weeks ago, and it seems stable . Was exercising regularly until I got pleurisy, and then found it hard to breathe... just getting started again now, but much slower than before
- renovations and contact with asbestos
we did a bathroom reno a few years ago ( i didn't do any of the work myself
), but don't think there was asbestos. had house painted last year, but we moved out when it was done.
- quantity of commercial flying
LOTS! I go on 5-7 overseas business trips per year. flying business class. travelling mainly to asia and europe. plus less regular domestic trips. Food and drink is always in huge supply on business trips, but generally still try to eat healthily and have stopped drinking.
- marijuana use
never tried
- exposure to industrial chemicals, petroleum, pesticides.
the only thing we could think of was that I used to work a reasonable amount with foam (already formed - ie not liquid foam) and glue. But even then, I didn't do that much of the work myself, and didn't work in the workshop where the foams were being cut. I'm really sensitive to things like paint, petrol, chemicals - can't stand smell and fumes. So, I tend to avoid them as much as possible
- periods of stress
I have a reasonably high pressure job, but I don't really feel stressed... its a very well suited job for me, theres just a bit too much of it. I'm not a very highly strung person, and I'm really good at delegating authority as well as tasks.
Must be the business trips!!
We're open to suggestions, particularly on diet and immune system. the Dr's discourage take vitamin tablets when I'm on chemo, so we need to look at getting the immune system up through food. I'm going to try to make fresh vege/fruit juice for breakfast, which is one of my favourite things.. just a struggle with time.
cheers
Pen