Kathy - was the method easy to learn? I work with a great many kids with asthma. I often use breathing techniques for anxiety calming/regulation. If I could also incorporate some techniques that would help with the asthma too that would be amazing.
Jaxi On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Kathy Tankersley <[email protected]>wrote: > Some of you may remember when I got out of the hospital last March and > was very fustrated with being sick with asthma, getting over loaded with > steroids and with the whole thing of not being able to breathe. Some of you > wonderful people sent me ideas, suggestions, etc. One of the suggestions > (although I tried alot of them) was the Buteyko Breathing Method. Out of > desperation, about a month ago, I ordered the book off ebay and began the > breathing techniques. I've been doing the breathing techniques about 3 > weeks now, and I'm much better! I could tell a big difference in just a > week! Since Nov of 2010, till three weeks ago, I had shortness of breath > so bad, I couldn't function, I was on prednisone, nebulizer 4 times a day > along with the 'rescue' inhaler. My Dr. told me that I am taking all they > have to offer. The Buteyko Method has cut my Nebulizer down to 1 time a day > with half the solution, rescue inhaler, maybe once a day, and I'm off > predisone! I'm thrilled with the results. (I can't run a race) but I'm > back to cleaning my house and doing my house work. > Anyway, I wanted to say ''thank you' to all of the ones that offered their > imput, I always go to the silver list to see what regular people are saying > about disease, etc. Thanks again.......Kathy >
