Comments on: Battling Lung Disease, Home Gyms, Workouts and Discouragement

By: webmaster

webmaster — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:47:22 +0000

This means so much! Thank you so much!

By: laura

laura — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:31:49 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this and being so honest and frank. You have helped me not only push myself but look after my clients better. I am a SW that makes home visits for very fragile people, but I have never seen a vest or liquid oxygen before. I am so amazed at your courage and your faith. So many of us others give up at the least little thing, on God and ourselves and that is wrong. If a healthy person can’t do what you do, there is absolutely no excuse and if we don’t do it for ourselves, we should do all we can in honor of fantastic folks like you. Keep posting!

By: Anat

Anat — Mon, 30 May 2011 21:46:43 +0000

Tim,

I was so glad that I found your website and that you are ok. I would like to speak with you about your expereince. Please send me an e-mail if you have the time and inclination.
Very well written story of determination.

Anat

By: webmaster

webmaster — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:05:42 +0000

Ralph, for some reason your comment was not approved after you sent it. I am sorry for the delay. I agree, I do believe the answer is in God…and the Atonement. The whole idea of miraculous healing is a mystery to me. This much I know – God heals. Keep working hard. Do not give up!!!!!

By: webmaster

webmaster — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:49:40 +0000

I am so sorry for your diagnosis. I am right there with you my friend. Do your best to keep swinging that bat every day. Some days will be harder than others, but let’s hold each other accountable, because on those hard days you will need to do SOMETHING….even if it is just a little bit, to say to yourself, “I did it!”.

Of course, on your better days you can swing that bat with a bit more enthusiasm and vigor, and that matters too! But it’s the days when you are not feeling so good that you need to try to do something, anything, to keep your spirits up. Don’t quit!

By: Sue Martin

Sue Martin — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:07:00 +0000

found your webpage and was inspired… I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and empysema Nov 30.. I just very suddenly lost my air..and every test they did was more bad news and more cancer growing.. walking up 8 stairs sometimes is a chore.. I try to stay semi-active but I know what I am doing is not enough I just have to learn to pace it and how to deal with the panic of not being able to breathe.. I am on oxy 24/7.. your story is inspiring and I am getting off my butt today to try and get back some of my life and independance..

By: webmaster

webmaster — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:47:16 +0000

Hi Ralph. I am sorry I did not get back to you right away.

I do believe our answer is in The Father, and no other. God made our bodies so incredibly resilient. I just believe that if we intensely seek His Face and look for Wisdom, God can guide us back to health. Diet, exercise and an indomitable Spirit are what is necessary to battle back. If we are not able to succeed, then that just means God has other plans for us, but as long as we are here and have one last breath in our lungs, I say NEVER give up the fight and never stop praying. Thank you for your comment! Timothy

By: ralph

ralph — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:15:48 +0000

Great Site and even greater story. I have COPD and refuse to give in. Last year I was walking and carrying 18holes of golf. This year I think I got a cold and had a set back. My blood oxygen is at about 93-94. I think we have found the answer in god.

Ralph

By: webmaster

webmaster — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:56:30 +0000

Welcome! Yeah we are all taking a journey that most Angels would be afraid to take. God bless each of us. I hold out for a better day and I bang the hell out of my body literally as much as I am able. I keep my airways as clean as I can, even though it means sacrificing most of my life to the alter of survival, all in the name if victory if it is possible. With God’s guidance and blessing I intend to find out as much as I can along the way. Keep us posted of your progress. More posts to come soon…especially on dead lifts as soon as I get a better understanding for what they may be doing for my recovery.

Cheers….and stay tuned….

Timothy

By: tsainta

tsainta — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:43:08 +0000

Tim, great inspirational thoughts. I’ve lived pretty well for 15 years with moderate to severe COPD, using the same philosophy on exercise. My thought is that I have to show my lungs what I expect of them every day so they don’t forget.

By: webmaster

webmaster — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:20:54 +0000

Terri, welcome to my site. Thank you for coming by. I will resume blogging very soon, as the Lord is motivating me to begin adding new material. I just needed to take a break for a while. Obviously I kept the blog in force just for folks like you. I would encourage you to include the Lord in your journey. God has something for each of us and I am totally convinced that healing is ours to be had. The healing journey is a mystery and so far I continue to deal with the challenges each and every day the best I can, but I have not lost hope that there is a brighter day ahead and that you and I could experience our own miracles, turn a corner, and suddenly find ourselves feeling better. Do not let this diagnosis scare you. Just scoot over as close to the Cross as you can get, commit your ways to Him and He will show you what to do. Please stay in touch and keep me posted. Timothy

By: TerriT

TerriT — Sun, 09 May 2010 10:26:22 +0000

Tim, I was really inspired by your blog. I was just diagnosed with severe COPD last week and I have run through a total spectrum of feelings this past week. The one thing that I was sure of though is that exercise would help. Your blog gives me great hope and I found it at the perfect time for me.

Thank you and I wish you all the best.

TerriT

By: webmaster

webmaster — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:59:10 +0000

Penny thanks. Yes, the docs have talked about it, but so far I have refused. If I die I die I do not wish to go through that, plus the lifetime of immunosuppressants. Nope. Its my lungs or bust

By: PennyPA

PennyPA — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:56:45 +0000

Tim, I don’t know where you are now…both physically (as in “home”) or physically (as in “copd”) but has your doctor ever spoken with you regarding either a transplant or lung volume reduction surgery? There IS hope for many of us with this disease via those two avenues and if nothing else, please get tested for the LVRS to see if you qualify.

Prayers,

PennyPA

By: webmaster

webmaster — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:47:31 +0000

Roger, if you think this post was helpful to you, just imagine what your comment did for my spirits!!! I really needed this. Your words are so encouraging to me and likewise came at a very good time.

Thank you so much!!!
Shalom

Timothy

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:35:07 +0000

Hi Tim,

I must echo Brian’s thoughts – you are a real inspiration! Your post means so much to me and has come at a very opportune time. When I was first diagnosed with COPD about 5 years ago, I attended pulmonary rehab where I learnt the importance of exercise in coping with and managing the disease. I exercised by walking for 30 minutes or longer on 4 or 5 days each week and, while hills always had their challenges for me, my exercise tolerance and hence my lifestyle improved remarkably. For several years exercise formed a large part of my daily schedule and I became accustomed to feeling fairly well in control of my COPD because of that.

Over the last 9 months or so, I found myself (like you) becoming happier sitting in front of a computer than I was exercising and, within a very short period of time, regular exercise became a thing of the past. Lately – and unsurprisingly – I found myself becoming so short of breath that I had difficulty negotiating the fourteen steps up to my front door. I was considering contacting my respiratory specialist to find out why my condition had deteriorated to such a marked degree from where I was at a mere 9 months ago; and then I came across your post!

The article has been a revelation to me, and has come at exactly the right time! I now know exactly why my condition has deteriorated to such a degree, and I thank you very sincerely for reminding me of how important exercise is in managing this disease. I’ll be making sure that from now on walking and exercise again become an integral part of my lifestyle, and I draw great support from the courage and commitment you’ve shown in facing your own demons.

Thanks once again for your inspiration. You are a true champion in every sense of the word!

Kindest regards,
Roger

By: webmaster

webmaster — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:50:11 +0000

Brian, thanks for the encouraging words, I need them. Had some setbacks this past month and need your prayers. I want to beat this thing. My doctors tell me I can’t and to accept the fact that I have no power over what is happening to me.

Cannot tell you how that made me feel to hear that.

Timothy

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:02:52 +0000

Hey Tim,
You are amazing, what courage you have. You are right though about how people out there complain when they have everything, I know, I do it as well.
Like yours, my faith is also so strong which has kept me going. I set aside 3 times a day where I sit in my special room and talk to God and meditate, this is a wonderful time for me.
I am not sick though, I have wonderful health and a strong body, which I give thanks for. I am being blessed.
Feel free to write to me if you wish or need someone to talk to. May God bless you as well in that you have a complete recovery. I will pray for you as well.
Kind regards,
Brian