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i t is morning and i made it through with no steroid. The other inhaler I cannot not go without but when I lived in Finland I was able to get away from it by using homeopathy. but here I live the number one city for allergies, literly. my city has been rated the number one for breathing problems. We hope to move within 2 years if I live that long :-). But I use this inhaler only when i just have to but it has been top allergy time here and i am struggling because I have not done the steroids. I hate them and never want to do them . but I do want to breath. My headache is getting better, also nausea better and sleeping some better.

Dear Dr. Sameer Vermani
I have had some time to reflect on my treatment since I am not feeling so well and as evening approaches i feel worse. Then i got to thinking that perhaps i feel so bad and am having so many weird things happening that it might be becaus of other remedies i had taken prior to finding you. I do not think I mentioned them and so must now tell you about them just in case. i hope you are not upset with me as i am only an ignorant lay person struggling to stay away from the medical system and their horrible drugs. so here is what I bought and took. My medical doctor had told me I had a slight bladder infection. he said i had white cells and yeast. He gave me two prescriptions, on for sulpher drug bactrim and the other diflucan for the yeast. I did not fill them and decided to go homeopathic. so i bought the Hydrastis and a friend had been wanting me to take the ferrum phos 200c because of my anemia that comes back all the time. so below is what i took and how long.
June 26th got homeopathic meds
Ferrum Phos 200c and Hydrastis Can 30x
I took 4 each of them every 4 hours at same time for 2 days. then the 28th I stopped and droped back to 2 pellets twice an day and then some days didnt take at all and by the 6th of July was not taking anything

Dear Dr Sameer, I have one day left before the 10 days are up but have symptom i thought I should report. I noticed yesterday i had this pain in the front right side not low but maybe at rib area. it is like a throb. but only once and then leaves but comes again. This morning i felt it again very strong several times and then after eating i felt nauseaus and broke out on a cold sweat. it does not hurt when i push there. 2 of my sisters and my grandmother had to have their gallbladders taken. when younger i did occasional gallbladder cleanses, fasting and colonics,then doing a proceedure that helped me to pass many gall stones. I had a catscan last year and there were no stones. but i am thinking there is a problem there, i hope it is not my liver, my grandmother died from liver /pancreatic cancer. i have my journal from the 10 days if you want me to post this. Overall i think i am doing better. Just this new thing is concerning me.

i actually feel quite well mentally. i am amazed.
juni

10 day journal:

7/11/09 -Went to sleep without aid, woke several times but did not get up except to go to bathroom.
2- noticed that a lot of pain is gone from legs and arms, Knee cap still sore. Feel okay
3. it does not hurt so much when I walk even after working in the yard a little yesterday. Usually I can hardly move after.
4 have always been scatterbrained . hope this gets better.
5 want diarrhea to be better, and stomach problems.

7/12/09. Yesterday and last night I had terrible aching in base of skull and to the left side along with ear aching. Used heat to relieve.
5- this morning when first waking, not out of bed, base of skull sore ached other side a bit but none so bad as day before.
6-asthma still quite bad. Was bad before so not so much change. Do not want to do Q-Var which is a steroid spray inhaled. Must use Albuterol every 3-4 hours-

7/13/09 felt nauseous last night a little and some today. Cried today also as well as yesterday and Saturday. Felt extremely sad.
Still had headache very bad off and on all day. it would go away then come back. It is now 1am and I am not able to sleep. Have read several articles and and studied the many problems people have on www.abchomeopathy.com I will now try to go to sleep. Body still feels very stiff when I get up after sitting for a bit. Muscles feel like boards

7/14/09 last night could not fall asleep until after 1:30 am then up at 5 with severe headache more all over from neck at base of skull all over. Had and still had earlier vague feeling of nausea. Gone some now after eating breakfast Drank a little orange juice with breakfast but it made my stomach feel distended. I think I have to quit drinking it as it is acid and not good for my h.pylori stomach. – ongoing problem especially right foot swelling it looks odd like a raised strip down the center of the top of my foot swollen. Boo. Feel rushes of adrenaline often in body or is it blood rushing. So much pain in stomach when empty and after eating
Note: I am having so many hot flashes, or I guess that is what they are. Right now I feel so thirsty. Suffocating. Knot is stomach like something hard sitting there and feel discomfort n throat like heartburn a little. Heat helps my head and back muscle paine. Took hot shower and slept on headpad

7/15/09 8am -got to sleep before midnight last night stayed in bed all night except for bathroom break and asthma inhaler at 5am. It is 8am and even though I did my inhaler at 5 am I feel a distinct improvement in my breathing this morning with my lungs. I noticed that the last 3 nights I had extreme drainage in the back of my throat. So much mucus and drainage Maybe also last night because today my throat is a little sore and I have 1 or 2 places in the roof of my mouth sore. One is really sore about the size of a nickel . my stomach was also quite bad last night when I laid down. Mentally I feel quite okay today. Emailed a card to my daughter last night that got married on Saturday. Feel heavy after eating. Am heavy.
10am- was feeling constricted with and can hear wheezing but drank hot water and it has eased a bit. I will see if I can go longer without using the albuterol.

7/16/09 8:25 woke at 6am with stiff neck and my headache is back at base of skull. And goes either to theleft ear or occasionally to right. Oh, I have a small nodule below right ear. I have had it 18 months. Initially my doctor gave antibiotic and said inside ear very red. Antibiotic never worked. Nodule still there. Sometimes it feels bigger-sometimes smaller. I really think I need chiropractic adjustment as this is an ongoing problem but just has not been so bad. Sitting here I breakout in a sweat. Maybe a hot flash. Head hurt quite bad last night in the front between and above eyes. When I move my head my neck muscles hurt and feel stiff.
I have severe burning at base of cuticle on right thumb . this happens from time to time same place. Both thumbs joints are enlarged. My asthma was very bad yesterday evening and last night. I was up two time to do inhaler.
--thoughts, I think I should tell Sameer that I have a dissociative disorder. I blocked memories as a child and for years when in therapy I would drive to doctors and have no memory of how I got there. After 10 years therapy I no longer have this but under extreme stress that is prolonged I have a little now. I will be alone driving and find myself on a road and not know where I am for a few minutes . Also if I have a problem in a relationship I shut down and feel nothing and cannot cry. It is a struggle to get past it and I obsess about the problem day and night. I have throbbing in kidneys area sometimes, on both sides.
Another hot flash 9:24
9:34 much discomfort in head and neck and feel nauseous.
10:18 feel hot all over and head hurts, asthma is bad –inhaler worn off so now wheezing so much.

10:20 asthma so bad I almost threw up just coughing trying to breath. After doing albuterol it feels better, took 10 min or so.
11:15 another hot spell

15:27 pm will lay down on heat pad. Pain in upper back feels so tight maybe from breathing problems. Must address asthma issue when I go to next homeopathic treatment.

7/17/09 feel okay but did not sleep well as before nat mur, Asthma still bad if not worsening. Should have done steroid inhaler before I began treatment. Back muscles sore and pains plenty in lungs, back and front . Worried about Asthma. Will ask Sameer to address this. Mucus and drainage so bad. Mental issues seem better much more upbeat. I am so thankful I have found a Dr. Still have sores in roof of mouth and maybe esophagus, but not as sore. Have been brushing teeth with Baking soda, so as not to use peppermint flavor and smell. Rinsing mouth with salt water to help sores. Am trying to drink more water.
Thinking that I should tell Sameer that I tried to take my life many times between 1985-1995, during time I was remembering childhood. I do not do it now. But took large amounts of Lithium once, and another drug but do not remember the name. It took a long time to regain some balance. It helped when I left and went to Finland. The Finns are a calm people and gentle- I needed this. Last night was thinking bugs and every shadow I thought it was a bug. Very jumpy about it. Have fear of spiders extremely.
16:27 - second hot flash of the day. much better than yesterday

7/18/09- 3:42 am –have been up since 2:30 awakened thinking as always, did inhaler for breathing but used only once and it seemed to help. Itching scalp very much, and where my bra touches me around the middle. Was hungry so ate one banana . have a feeling of getting better, but still have sore in mouth, and now one place on my lip more inner part feels like a sore coming. Tender.
9:22 feet swollen a little. Noticed for some time I am having problems with them swelling but usually in the morning they are not. 11:17am feel aching in lungs. Notice at breakfast had sneezing spell, then after lunch I had a lot of drainage in back of throat like post nasal. It was profuse, but went away. Later evening 20:00 had ice cream, again had a lot of drainage. Watching very funny British show and laughed so hard had severe asthma coughing spell, (always get asthma when I laugh). It is now 3:30 am( my nightly routine) and have a feeling of well being even though I had upset during afternoon and evening over a trip I need to take but it coincides with husbands trip and we cannot figure how I can make mine. Reading on homeopath forum and makes me think of things I have not told Dr Sameer Vermani. Such as I lost mom and dad within one year, dad was killed by car when I was 18 and mom died when I was 19 then I lost baby 3 months later.
7/19/09 up two hours in night or more. But slept or rested longer this morning . feel well mentally. Seem to be more in touch with my body noticing little pains and things that I have ignored or were not conscious of before. I had had a throbbing in both kidney areas. I have had numerous kidney infections when younger. And also in 2005 twice had bad kidney infections and bladder. I think I got them from swimming. But also in 1990 took overdose of lithium and it damaged kidneys. Was in intensive care for few days.
Asthma is still bad by 3-4 hours but not as intense. Wheezing still comes but maybe not quite as bad. I was very worried for a few days as the huge amount of mucus was flowing in my body and lungs it felt like. The drainage was constant. Now it is intermittent.
Ask Dr about not behind ear lobe has been there 18months
Ferrum Phos, when I took it every four hours even getting up in night. The next morning I feel so airy. Like I had so much oxygen and like breathing so clear? it lasted most of the day then felt very drained in evening. But morning was wonderful fresh feeling.
Evening-19:23- have headache after supper over eyebrows. Had skipped lunch so starved and ate small cup of macaroni salad. At supper I felt nauseous and not much appetite. I usually crave meat but the meat I felt like I could not eat it. I made myself eat a small piece as for iron. I have noticed my appetite changing. I think my stomach is doing a little better also. Actually over all I feel more mentally stable and not so depressed, like there is not a way out of my life. Nothing even when had discussion with my husband made me stay down. Usually I would feel so defeated and hopeless. I think I am definitely improved hopefully I won’t relapse? Feet still swelling. Pain in right side. Comes and goes.
Have pains on right side in ribcage , pain in right toes outer toes.
Tomorrow is last day of waiting. I guess patience is not one of my virtues, I found it very hard to wait the ten days. I guess I am a product of my culture to a degree.

Greetings Dr Sameer, I stated that i felt incredibly better mentally, at first i had days of crying for not much reason. but that seemed to clear as time went on. then i mentally have feeling of well being. last night i had one small anxiet atteck, but can identify the cause. it was milder than usual and didnt last. also didnt stay awake obsessing about it. Yeh! thank you dr Sameer for your far reaching knowlege and skill.

Well, maybe i am not doing as well on the mental plane because at this moment i am having extreme anxiety. As for the physical if the 10 day journal is too much it seems it has stirred up many pains here and there. Although i have had problems with asthma before i found you and severe digestive problems also. The digestive has not been soo bad the past few days.
it also seemed that the nat mur made me think of past things and much i had not shared with you. i did however journal many of them. thanks you so much as i know you are very busy.
j

Well yes, over all my mental being has been much improved the last days of the 10, however i did have an exreme anxiety attack yesterday only because i hadnt heard from you and i thought that you felt my problems were just too much. :-). however your short message was very helpful but it took me a while to get myself back together. My asthma is very bad still as every night i am up with it. it is 4am here and had to get up at midnight and now because my lungs are so congested. mentally i am fine. thank you for replying. :-)

I will do as you say. Thank you so much for your attention to my many problems. :-)
Juni

Dear Dr, my step-son has asked if i could present his problem to you. but I wondered if i should do it as a separate post or just continue from here on this thread. He came to live with us when his mother died and his age was 18. He was thought to have autism when school age but i believe it to be aspergers. plaese advise.

Greetings Dr Sameer,
it has been another week. Basically I have continued to have a feeling of well being and much better than before the nat mur. I traveled two days this week and only as coming home I felt a small anxiety, but it was minor and went away. Before it was always anxiety and quite bad.

I had to go ahead and use my steroid inhaler as my asthma got so acute that my husband wanted to take me to the hospital as my breath meter read only 200 where it is normally 400. If I went to the hospital they would give me steriod pills to take which i felt were worse than the small inhaled amount i have taken. I guess that means that I must start over. I am not sure where to start now. I guess i should have waited and got it under control before starting the homeopathic treatment. I have used 2 puffs twice a day for 4 days and my now my meter is almost up to 350 now.

Thanks for any advice. juniB

I feel a bit like a failure because i had to give in and use the inhaler with steroid. juni

Dear Dr Sameer,
it has been 10 days now since we last spoke. you had told me to wait 7 which I did. I do appreciate your direction and help.
Please help me to determine where to go from here. I have bought nat phos 6x for my stomach but am waiting to get your advice. I hate to move forward without your direction

thank you for getting to me as i see you stay very busy. i can order the M1 from this site so will do so and let you know when i have it. thank you very much. Junie

Still waiting for Nat Mur M1. But wanted to state that for the last two days have felt the old feeling of depression and separateness return with a vengence. Before that i had been mentally feeling so much better and able to function normally. i am anxious to get the med and will inform you when it comes. it is the gobuls?

Dear Sameer, I have finally received my Boiron 1M Nat Mur globules. Please advise as to how to proceed.
Sincere Thanks, Juni