THERE IS STILL LIFE
Evans Holt's Story
living with a terminal lung disease. “Everybody is different, and I know very well from social media that some people can be diagnosed and die very quickly, and others go on for years. As one of my doctors explained: “You are standing at the top of a very steep cliff — there is no doubt about that — and one day you are going to fall off. How and when it happens, nobody knows. You might fall straight to the bottom in a whoosh, or you might tumble gently down, no one knows which. But it will happen.” Until then, I was busy working to maintain my lung function and health. I still gets plenty of air into my lungs, but extensive scarring, confirmed by a relatively low DLco reading, indicates that only a small amount of the oxygen I inhale reaches my bloodstream. If the oxygen isn’t getting into my body, it doesn’t really matter how much is reaching my lungs.” And I refused to accept that nothing could be done.
Despite the limitations imposed by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the knowledge that nothing will halt its relentless progression, I remain pragmatically optimistic about the future. “I don’t have things on my ‘bucket list’, mainly because to do anything involving two people on oxygen is a military manoeuvre, but Doris (my wife) and I still have so much to look forward to.“Our goals are to see each important stage of life with our grandchildren. I could no longer manage the heavier jobs around my garden which I used to help my wife with. “I had to stop mowing the grass about 18 months ago because it’s all uphill and even with a light electric mower it was too much of an effort. In the past two months I’ve had to give in and accept that I can no longer do the vacuuming, I get too breathless getting down to do the edges.
My wife Doris would have helped me with some of all these but she was seriously battling with stroke. It was hell I must confess. I try to keep active, positive and talk about my IPF with wife and friends, this helped to a great deal. Doris and I decided to test how I could manage at elevation. In August 2011, we drove to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic Mountains at about 5,000 ft (1,520 m) elevation. I could not walk across the parking lot without stopping to catch my breath. It was horrible. By April 2012, my deterioration began to accelerate. Without oxygen, a slight grade became difficult and stairs were a killer. I put together a backpack of oxygen and continued to exercise almost daily at a cardiac rehab program. With 2 L of oxygen I was able to walk a few miles. I felt good physically. I even took a fishing trip in May with my brother-in-law. We took 42 tanks of oxygen and I used them all. cough was becoming an issue. I remember being yelled at by one at a shopping mall.
I felt like committing suicide. It was more a constant clearing of my throat, just plain irritating to me and to those around me. I always cough when speaking or out of breath. I explained all of my frustration to Michael my college mate. Exactly 2 weeks and 3 days later, he drove to my house to tell me he has found a cure to my ailment (IPF). At first I didn't believe him, he noticed it and came closer, showed me the email from the Doctor (Dr.Reign Frank), it then I started to show interest.I still was finding it difficult to believe so because of that has had to order for it with his money that I will pay double if it eventually works for me, I agreed. After about 6 business days after explaining and sending my diagnose results to him, the herbal medicine was delivered to my doorstep. I didn't go ahead to start taking it immediately. I wrote to him that I have gotten my anti-fibrosis herbal medicine. So he wrote the prescription on how I should be taking it. Low and behold, with no side effect, things began to change for good. After about 4 months, I paid my friend (Michael) triple the amount he ordered the Herbal medicine with. I appreciate Dr. Reign Frank so much through my friend Michael because if not for him, I wouldn't have the Knowledge to give herbal medicine a try that would result to my freedom from this bondage I was in for years. VITEEN anti-fibrosis is the final solution to you out there who is struggling with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).
