Digest Number 1364

August 22, 2005

Question....but 1st just a little background. I've

always been EXTREMELY healthy...the only time I ever

went to any doctor was to an OB for my (3 wonderful)

pregnancies... that is until March 2004...that is when

my life (kind of) 'changed'...my airbag in my 2003

venture mini van deployed for no reason...and since

then I have had TERRIBLE (life threatenig) breathing

problems...I had no idea of the highly toxic poison

that is in those airbags...I've been taken to the

hospital 3 times...this last time (on 3/11/05), my

lungs COMPLETELY shut down...

I lost approximately 17 hours of my life...911 was

called and I was brought to the ER...a tube was stuck

down my throat...I spent 5 days in ICU...they did

heart cath and there was damage to the front part of

my heart, from lack of oxygen...thank goodness that

has repaired itself...

they now have me on ADVAIR twice a day (they say for

the rest of my life)...they wanted to me take

Singulair, but I stopped taking that...I've been

trying to go raw...some days I succeed...some

days...well, some days I weaken...

my question...do you think that going 100% raw can

correct the damamge that the airbag chemicals did? I

don't want to be on any medication...I've never been a

medication kind of person...I want my pre airbag

health back.

Thank you all

And I do so enjoy the information and inspiration you

all offer!

Deb Percival

August 22, 2005

Hi Deb!

---snip----

> my question...do you think that going 100% raw can

> correct the damamge that the airbag chemicals did? I

> don't want to be on any medication...

--snip----

So sorry to hear about your airbag incident.

Health can only be regained by Healthy Living. Even Natural Hygiene

is not " therapeutic " in that sense. We want to provide the body all

of what it needs, so that it, in its infinite wisdom, can take the

best care that it can of itself. Food is one of the body's needs: some

other major ones are water, air, physical activity, rest, sleep, light

and sunshine,emotional well-being, temperature, clothing, posture and

zest for living. Only the body has any chance of repairing itself:

*anything* that we do to attempt to " help " , other than supply what it

needs, can only make things worse.

That said, *if* something has not been irrepairably damaged, then yes,

the body, given sufficient energy will be able to heal itself. How and

when it may choose to work on the damage caused by the airbag

chemicals is up to the body. Despite what we may think/feel, that may

not be what the body sees as its highest need. And, I find it helpful

to remind myself, that all " toxins " are cumulative - they just

increase the load on the body. For example, while you'd stated that

you were in great health before this event, the body may have seen it

differently. My experience is that most of us have spents years, if

not decades, putting things into our bodies, that it is just not

designed to handle: chief amongst these are: animal products, meat,

dairy, alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, lack of sunshine, lack of rest,

etc..etc.. To the extent that we've ingested any of these substances,

or engaged in any of the others, we're already operating with a

weakened system - the body is already overloaded, and the airbag

chemicals may have pushed the " toxic " load over the top, so to speak.

Since Advair doesn't sound like air, water, sunshine or food, the body

will end up treating it like a toxin - it'll have to expend energy,

either getting rid of it, or if it can't do that, " storing " it

somewhere to protect the rest of the body.

Here's what I quickly found on Advair: " The Advair Diskus inhaler

contains a combination of fluticasone and salmeterol and is used to

treat asthma. Fluticasone and salmeterol shrink the swelling in the

airways and relax and open air passages in the lungs. Advair was

approved in 2000, by the FDA and is made by GlaxoSmithKline.

In August 2003, the FDA announced the addition of new safety

information and warnings to the labeling for drug products that

contain salmeterol. The new labeling includes a boxed warning about a

small, but significant, increased risk of life-threatening asthma

episodes or asthma-related deaths observed in patients taking

salmeterol in a recently completed large U.S. safety study.

Side effects of Advair may consist of the following: bronchitis,

cough, vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty speaking, fungal infection of

the mouth, headaches, stomach pain, hoarseness, muscle and bone pain,

nausea, sore throat and sinus pain. "

Looks and sounds like whatever happened in the airbag incident may

have " inflammed " the airways/lungs. and,not surprisingly, note that

some of the side effects of Advair indicate that the body is not real

happy about ingesting it! I dont' think you said what you're

experiencing with the Advair, and whatever it is, we know that it is

just one more toxin/poison that the body has to deal with, since the

drug is targeted at relieving the symptom/s, and cannot do anything to

assist in creating health.

In general, giving the body what it needs to allow it to create

optimal Health is how it is designed to function.

I'd suggest locating a Natural Hygiene practioner with significant

experience supervising fasts. That might be someting that would be

good for you.

Please contact me off list if you'd like some assistance in this

regard. (and, no, I don't have significan experience in this regard,

and I may be able to point you toward some who do...)

all the best,

Bob Farrell

Personal Health Creation Coach

August 23, 2005

Aren't water and air food, Bob?

tev

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