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My name is Daniel Stringfellow. I’m 74, August, and I live next door to my neighbor, Rebecca Cunningham. I have stage three COPD. My symptoms are labor of breathing, doing any small task, walking to my truck, even putting my clothes on in the morning. I labor at breathing, which is like working to just breathe, and I hate it. I noted that walking to my truck 40 feet, I have to stop halfway and catch my breath. Because of that, I have no motivation to do anything, and after a while, depression sets in because you can’t do the things you used to and you get tired of trying to breathe.
At stage three they gave me a nebulizer as the first line of treatment from pulmonologists. It’s this stuff in a box that you use four times a day. I’ve tried using it for over a year and I notice no difference; I might as well be putting water in it, so I quit using it. They also gave inhalers like Trilogy and albuterol emergencies. I still use the Trilogy, but I don’t think there was a significant improvement. Rebecca mentioned DMSO and has been researching it. She asked me for the paperwork on the nebulizers to see what amount goes in.
Rebecca gave me a solution to put in my nebulizer. It’s hard to say exactly when, but I think it was yesterday, Saturday. It’s been two weeks since I started it. In three days, I noticed a big difference—unbelievable. Everyone I know says my color was bad, but now I’m breathing better and I can talk without losing my breath. I’ve been able to do things I hadn’t been able to do in a long time. I carried groceries from my Jeep to my house. I used to labor just to get dressed in the morning; now I can, and there’s life again.
I have a future CT scan coming, because all the other CT scans I had up until I started the DMSO weren’t showing any improvement, and they had stopped me at stage three. I don’t want to get any worse, but with what she gave me, I’m getting a lot better. I’ll see my pulmonologist after the CT scan, and I expect improvement when they see the CT results. I have nothing to gain by this, I just know what it’s like to have COPD, and it’s not pretty. Sometimes I wonder why I wake up in the morning, which is why I say, “You sure won’t kill you, but if you don’t…” I urge you to try it; you won’t kill you, but if you don’t, you might die.
Rebecca will share the results of my CT scan and my pulmonologist visit to prove to you and to me that this is the only thing that’s worked for me. She mixed and prepared it, and I’ve read articles by Midwestern Doctor who has researched DMSO and other medications. If I hadn’t noticed, I’d still be miserable. I would still be living in it, especially with stage three COPD.
My neighbor says, “Well anyway, you have a future CT scan and pulmonologist visit; I’ll share the results.” I’m grateful to Rebecca, and I’m getting better.
Speaker 1: I’m off camera but I want to add that just the fact you’re able to sit and talk at this length is miraculous compared to how you were. It’s amazing to see you with color in your face now. You’re a treasure, and we all have those in our lives. The DMSO is working. I wanted you to witness that.