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my doctor visit today

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Diane

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I went for my doctor visit today and i said in an earlier post (about glutathione )that i would post how it went. and here are my last three doctor visits results

february 2004......... fev1 - 43 %.....fcv - 64% 113 pounds
may 2004................fev1 - 44%........fvc - 65% 115 pounds
today sept. 2004.....fev1 - 45%........fvc - 67% 117 pounds

Do i contribute this to gsh ? yes i do , it isnt easy for me to go up in my pfts . I have been using the gsh steadily for over a year now and it is slowly helping me to regain some of what i have lost. I know i cant regain the high numbers i have had in the past ( before b.cepacia came into the picture) but ill take whatever i can get <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I thank God for helping me to get back to feeling better . <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">
~Diane 39 / cf / diabetes / b.cepacia
 
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anonymous

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Diane,
What is your Dr's response to the success w/ gsh? Is he just OK with it, or encouraged & wants others to try it?
 
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Diane

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HI Caitlin , Dave, and anonymous,
I am taking only oral glutathione. I take 1500 mg. a day ( 500 mg 3 times a day) I take 500 mg. vitamin C with each dose which helps with the uptake of the gsh. The back of the bottle says to take 1 - 3 capsules per day so i chose to take 3. I used to take what Dr. Bishop recommended, but i cut down on it when i realized that ( after missing many doses) that the 3 per day does exactly the same good as when i was taking 6 per day. To be honset i dont really know how my doctor feels about my taking gsh. He isnt opposed to it, since i know he can see it is helping me. When i wanted to start using it i was only warned about one thing.... Not to inhale it. I have b.cepacia and hemoptysis problems and my doctor told me it would be way to irritating for my lungs to inhale it and may cause more bleeding ( i dont need any help in that area after what i had been thru). I am using the Jarrow brand that i get from iherb.com . I am happy with this brand and only once have i switched brands and it was not half as good (prism brand). I got congested after starting it and after being on it a few weeks, i a switched back to the jarrow brand and the congestion went away fairly quickly.
~Diane 39 / cf / diabetes / b.cepacia
 
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