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Daniel Stringfellow, 74, lives next to his neighbor Rebecca Cunningham and has stage three COPD. His symptoms include laboring to breathe during even small tasks, such as walking 40 feet to his truck, getting dressed, or carrying groceries. He explains that he must stop halfway to catch his breath, which drains his motivation and leads to depression because he can’t do things he used to do. He previously used a nebulizer prescribed by his pulmonologist as a first-line treatment and was given inhalers like Trilogy and albuterol, but he says the nebulizer “doesn’t work for me” and there’s no noticeable difference after more than a year of use. He still uses Trilogy but is unsure it provided significant improvement.
Rebecca, his neighbor, has been researching DMSO and provided Daniel with a solution to put in his nebulizer. He notes that Rebecca asked for the paperwork to understand the amounts used in the nebulizer. He was ready to try anything and began using the DMSO solution about two and a half weeks ago. Within three days to two weeks, he reports a “big difference” and describes it as “unbelievable.” He says people who know him say his color was bad before, but now he can breathe better, talk without losing his breath, and perform tasks he hadn’t been able to do in a long time. He mentions carrying groceries from his Jeep to his house and RV, which he hasn’t done in a long time, and that he used to labor to get dressed in the morning.
Daniel expects a future CT scan and plans to see his pulmonologist afterward. He notes that before starting the DMSO, all CT scans had shown no improvement and that he had been stopped at stage three. With DMSO, he anticipates improvement reflected in the CT results. He emphasizes that he has nothing to gain by this and that COPD is not pretty, describing nights when he wondered why he would wake up the next morning. He urges others to “just do it” and asserts that if it doesn’t help, they have nothing to lose.
Speaker 1 (off-camera) adds that Daniel’s ability to sit and talk for length of time is miraculous compared to before, and recalls how difficult it was for Daniel to answer questions, needing rest between responses. She notes the emotional toll of the disease, the times of feeling ready to die, and her commitment to support him. She references reading Midwestern Doctor articles on DMSO and related research, and she confirms that the DMSO is working and wants viewers to witness the transformation. She says Daniel now has color in his face and credits the neighbor’s efforts and the DMSO for the improvement. The conversation ends with expressions of gratitude and a hope for continued progress.