For those who need to know........
Dave's Story
"A Journey Back to Health"
On December 8th, 1991 I slipped and fell in my own backyard and ruptured the
Patella Tendon in both legs. That set in motion a sequence of events that
totally changed my life.
I had emergency surgery to reattach the tendons and 8 months of
physio-therapy to learn to walk again. After this, I began to have
increasing difficulty breathing and I was constantly getting respitatory
infections. I was diagnosed as having Asthma and C.O.P.D. (Emphysema). I
couldn't sleep lying down and so, I slept sitting up, in a chair. I had
swollen and ugly bluish-red colored legs that would become ulcerated from
time to time.
I had smoked heavily for 43 years. In April 1999 I finally quit. Still, I
had great difficulty breathing. The doctors said I only had about 1/3rd of
my lung function. The only thing I knew was that I couldn't walk more than
10 feet before I had to sit down and rest to recover my breath. I was on the
same path that my father had travelled. He relied on medical science to help
him and he lived a life of suffering as an invalid. I decided that I would
search for a different way.
I found a Wholistic Doctor who was able to show me an alternative path that
offered the hope of regaining my hwalth. She is the founder of the Advanced
Wholistic Centre whose motto is "Education, Not Medication". She has taught
me that healing can only occur from within ourselves. No medicine, herb, or
supplement can cure our ailments, but, our own immune system can heal us. We
are born with a functional immune system to protect us from disease. Over
time our immune system gets broken down by toxic air, water, foods and
medicine, and we can then get sick. By supplementing our diet with "high
quality" supplements, avoiding harmful chemicals, drinking clean water, and
exercising regularly, we can restore our immune system to do its job. Of
course, the wisest course would be to take the necessary steps to maintain
your immune system before you get sick, and avoid the diseases and
conditions together.
For many years I took numerous high quality natural supplements in an
attempt to restore my immune system. I used CellTech SBGA, NONI Juice,
USANA, Mannatech, Sportron, Strauss and others, all of which are very good
and helped keep me alive, but did not restore my lost breath. I knew that I
needed something more.
Between February 2002 and February, 2003 I had 12 severe asthma attacks that
required a 911 call to be rushed to hospital to be resusitated. In February
2003 I was admited to hospital and spent 2 weeks there under the care of a
lung specialist and a heart specialist. They released me with the following
prescriptions: Warfarin, Furosenide, Ramipril, Raninidine, Ditiazen,
Pulmicort, Oxeze, Atrovent, Nitroglycerin, Nitrodur, Cardym, Cipro. My
condition was stabilized, by a combination of the medications, supplements
and breathing therapy so that I no longer experienced these severe asthma
attacks, but my breath continued to be laboured and I still couldn't walk
more than 10 feet without having to sit down and rest. Then my wholistic
doctor was contacted by a ginseng company that had developed a method of
processing ginseng into a powerful supplement. The product is called Bing
Han Refined Ginseng Powder. After doing some investigation of this product,
my Wholistic Doctor recommended that I begin taking this product. The
ginseng was quite expensive but its contents replaced all of the supplements
that I was using and so replaced them all with this Bing Han Refined Ginseng
(Panax) Powder. I began taking this pure Panax Ginseng, in the middle of
May, this year.
Over the next 3 months the ginseng began to dramatically change things for
me. My blood pressure went from 180/105 to 120/78, my glucose level has
moved down from 200 to 160 (100 is normal). My lung function had improved
from 39% to 57% and it is apparent that it is now further improved. The only
medications that I am on now are Furosenide, Ramipril, Ditiazen and
Pulmicort. They are slowly being phased out as my immune system is being
restored. The only thing I did differently was to take the recommended dose
of this ginseng every day.
In order to clear the loosened junk out of my my lungs, I had to get some
exercise. I had never been a walker or exerciser before and I decided that
in order to get some exercise I must do something, that I enjoyed. I have
always enjoyed golf and I decided that it would be my first level of
exercise. I had been physically inactive for the previous two years and had
lost the energy to venture onto a golf course. After two or three weeks on
the ginseng my energy level was improved enough that I felt strong enough to
go and hit some golf balls. I went to a local driving range and bought 1/2
of a small bucket of balls and hit them. Hit a ball, sit down and rest. Hit
two balls, sit down and rest. So on, and so on. It must have taken 30 or 40
minutes to hit those few balls. But I did it!! I returned the next day and
repeated the exercise. And the next. and the next. By the third week in
June, I felt energetic enough to play a round of golf. I bought a membership
at a 9 hole executive golf course of a medium length and began to play. They
graciously afforded me special consideration to drive a power cart on the
fairways and near the greens. At this point I could still not walk much
farther than a trip around the golf cart. The entire staff now knows me by
name and, I think, in the beginning, were worried that I might keel over on
the course one day. Over the next 3 months, they witnessed my strength and
breath improve. I now play nine holes without any difficulty at all. I drive
the ball over 200 yards and shoot in the low 40's.
My family doctor knows that I am taking this ginseng powder. He is
witnessing the incredible results. Since I started taking this ginseng in
May my blood tests show a 40% improvement in my hyperinsulinemia, my blood
pressure has dropped to 120/78, my Pulmonary Function Test indicates that my
overall lung function is improving. But, most importantly, I can walk!!! I
have lost that terrifying fear that gripped me!!!
Our plan is to schedule another Pulmonary Function Test in December to
document the progress in the healing of my lungs. Also we are going to do a
Nuclear Medicine Imaging of my heart to determine its condition. The results
will be announced here.