Hi Ginagirl,

Thanks for the info, but my mom is already taking borax 1/8 tsp per gallon of water and has been for weeks.

She also, takes 2-5 gm of C per day.

I know the iodine is keeping the mucus from getting thick, but she is really struggling to breath.

The coq10 seems to work, but I don't understand why.

 

Paraboy,

Thanks for the link to that interview. That interview sent me off to Google and here is an excellent link to explore:
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"I remembered from pathology class that all pathogens have Sugar as their food supply. That makes sense right? When we eat foods that are high in Sugar content or foods that are broken down to Sugar in only a few biochemical steps, we overload our body with systemic sugar. Biochemically, sugar must be “actively transported” across the cell membrane by insulin which is produced by the beta cells of the pancreas. The beta cells of the pancreas can only produce a set amount of insulin in a given amount of time. Therefore, when we overload out system with sugary foods we have sugar travelling through our bloodstream providing food for any and all pathogens that are present.

My idea was eliminating all sugar from my mother’s diet. Not just the foods that were obviously high in sugar content but also foods like potatoes and foods produced from grains like bread, pasta and cereal that would metabolize into sugar very rapidly once eaten. Either one of these groups would provide food for the pathogen. Logically, I thought taking these foods out of my mother’s diet would begin starving the pathogen and stop its proliferation, essentially stopping the progress of the disease.

I realized my mother would die very soon anyway and eliminating all these sugary foods would not hurt her. She had deteriorated down to only 77 pounds and required 4 liters of continuous supplemental oxygen. She could only eat tiny amounts of food or it would negatively affect her breathing and could only sleep for an hour at a time and even then only if she was propped up on 4 pillows.

Emphysema Treatment Begins Working

My mother September 2007. Early stages of recovery from emphysema.

Amazingly, after only two weeks my mother was showing signs of improvement. She had been gasping for air most of the time on 4 liters of oxygen only two weeks earlier and now she was not showing any signs of distress. These were not huge improvements but they were extremely significant since they were the only lasting improvements she had shown since her diagnosis. During the entire time since her diagnosis she had taken all the prescribed medications, used her nebulizer four times a day with albuterol sulfate, went to Pulmonary Rehab twice a week and had deteriorated down to End Stage Emphysema. No lasting improvement only the temporary masking of symptoms by the drugs and emphysema treatments.

I realized these small improvements were not enough for complete recovery but it did show me that the doctors were not doing all that could be done. In their defense however, doctors are only as good as their training. Changing the diet would not earn them or the pharmaceutical industry any money. I can only assume this is why they knew nothing about the benefits brought on by this simple diet change.
[Grizz- Strict Paleo Diet is essential ]- see this link:
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/


Want to learn more about how my mother recovered completely from emphysema? Click the link below. Thanks for visiting and God bless you and your family.
http://emphysematreatment.wordpress.com/

Slide Show:
http://vimeo.com/25065091

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Paraboy,

Your interview link that you provided and this link has given me enough information to start up a new section in my files dedicated to asthma + emphysema. If I find anything worthwhile, I'll send you my findings.

PS) The High Sugar-High Carb diet is what also feeds cancer & contributes to our nationwide obesity epidemic.

Watch this video - I think this woman's diet that cured her MS might also do wonders for your mother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Lastly here is the Curezone Link with all of the research into emphysema:
//www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=356


Grizz

I gave my mom a 2 day break from the 16 drops of lugols and seemed to be getting better on the ubiquinol / vitamin E combo.

Last night I gave her the 16 drops again and she seems to be getting worse again. The burning in the chest is back very mildly and she doesn't feel well.

Will keep u posted.