In 1999 I had a series of pulmonary function studies done at a prominent hospital in Toronto to determine the extent of damage caused by "lupus shrinking lung". This is a relatively rare manifestation of lupus - think of a wet cashmere sweater mistakenly put in the dryer, and you get the idea. I was then assessed by the head of the respirology. His diagnosis: "There is noone in the world who can help you with this condition. Not me, not your NIH (I had discussed some studies the NIH was allegedly doing with some supplements I was taking), Noone!"

I subsequently nicknamed him "Dr. Positive".

When I first heard of QT in October 2002 I was intrigued by the "give a healing/get a healing" concept. That, plus the importance of breath work, appealed to my German heritage - namely the efficiency aspect. Last month I was reassessed to see what condition my lungs are in now. Their capacity nearly doubled - from 1.4 cubic "whatevers" to 2.6. Normal is 2.75. The strength of my respiratory muscles were at the high end of normal and off the chart. The amount of lung utilized when breathing was remarkable, according to the technician, who actually felt compelled to call a co-worker over and see the graph. The only thing I did that I can attribute such fantastic results to is the QT - both as a practitioner and as a client. My rheumatologist is extremely pleased and intrigued by QT now that we have hard evidence of what it has done for me - especially in light of the respirologist's bleak prognosis of my condition.

I'm not sure what "Dr. Positive", has to say about all this. I told to my rheumatologist after my first meeting with him that the next time I see him would be at my autopsy.


Namaste

Tammy

Cool!

Hi Tammy,

Just checking in here. Is your doctor a rheumatologist? Don't they work with joints, etc.? What would you call a lung doctor? I know it is not a respirologist. Just curious.

Also, what did you mean in the last sentence, "Dr. Positive" at your autopsy?

Thank you.

Richard

Richard

A lung doctor is a pulmonologist.

Often times rheumenologists and pulmonologists work together for diseases (particularly auto immune disorders) that affect both body systems, such as sarcoidosis, which I happen to have. Basically, they both prescribe the same type of (horrible) drugs, such as prednisone.

Your recovery is absolutely marvelous! Good for you!

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the questions. Having been immersed in the chronic world for a number of years, I tend to make general assumptions that everyone knows about this stuff. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is lumped in with rheumatology, probably because about 90% of lupus patients also have arthritis and often fibromyalgia. Often there is other organ or system involvement as well, and the rheumatologist then works with the appropriate specialist(s) to help the patient as best they can, given their toolset.

I believe a lung doctor may also be referred to as a pulmonologist. The one I saw was extremely negative. Although my lungs had shrunk quite a bit - and the doctor pointed that out several times to me during my appointment - scarring which had been evident in earlier x-rays had mysteriously disappeared, which is supposedly impossible. I feel this was related to supplements I was taking. The doctor was unable to accept this, saying the other x-rays were done incorrectly. My point - any attempts I made to suggest other ways of helping my situation were met with a resounding "there is nothing you can do."

I suspect one reason for his negativity is that many of the patients seeing him are the difficult cases - often terminal lung diseases. While it is possible this negative attitude was as much a protection mechanism for himself ("nothing I can do about it, so brace them for the worst"), it really illustrated to me how powerful the negative thoughts of "experts" can be, especially to those who rely on them. My condition did worsen for a while, and here I knew better! My comment to my rheumatologist about seeing Dr. Positive at my autopsy was my way of saying I had no intention of seeing the pulmonologist in a professional capacity again. At least not in this lifetime. (Unless, of course, he'd like me to do a QT session on him - like that's gonna happen...)

I have been talking to my rheumatologist for a little while now about energy medicine and QT - albeit superficially. The only effective treatment traditional medicine had to offer me is prednisone, which is also the leading cause of death for lupus patients. My rheumatologist is an excellent doctor and wonderful human being, and at least acknowledges and records the work I am doing outside of the traditional worldview. Now we have some actual results of what QT is capable of helping chronic patients achieve - in a clinical setting. Not only are my lungs much better, but I am off all medication. In view of the pulmonologist's negative prognosis, I don't feel these results are trivial - regardless of my attachment to the situation.

Since we know no limits with QT, I strongly feel that there is no reason why "chronic incurable" cannot become an obsolete phrase. I am looking forward to continue proving this, and sinicerely hope I can help others do so, too.

Best wishes,
Tammy

What an inspiring story! How wonderful for u, for all of us here, for ur rheumatologist and perhaps for his patients. I feel that just the fact that he is not dismissing ur healing and listening to u talk of energy healing is wondorous. Perhaps it will be the start of a bridge between his traditional medicine and energy medicine. Every story like yours is a snowflake added to the snowball. Power to All

What a great story! Did you just work on yourself over those two years, or with someone else?

What a great post Tammy. QT continues to amaze me. I don't think that we have even begun to approach the limits of where it can go. In fact, I believe that there are no limits.

Thanks! I worked on myself, as well as worked with others. I had also facilitated a number of video workshops, and so was able to weasel in some group healings. Just doing the breathing was a great start from the physio aspect. I know the breath combined with the body sweep helped make the rest of the magic happen.