Quote from achilles28:
Thanks Jack 
Tai Chi and acupuncture is something I've investigated, but have yet to go ahead with. Will definitely give it a shot. The books look good, too.
Regarding the "weight and nose and lung" sentence. Was it the acupuncture that led to weight loss? I'm a bit overweight, and recall a breathing coach mention excessive weight impedes full, diaphragmatic breathing.
It sounds like we share something similar - chronic mouth breathers. Was your sinus congestion related to allergies? Did steroids help? Ever consider turbinate reduction surgery?
I was saddened to hear about the cancer and glad you're recovering. My step-father was diagnosed with late stage prostate cancer at 64, had it removed, went on a full herbal/organic diet + exercise, and for all intents and purposes, has "beaten" the disease. He's now a limber 75. God Bless.
I had a good life for the most part. Asthma nad heyfever were always with me. I stayed in Great places for that: Grennwich on the water; Zurich near the mountaion and now Arizona and pools time and mountain hiking and glider flights.
I had a cardia event a few years back so I cyhehvked into the resources, their they found out I also had a pulomary problem; each has become a catalyst for the other.
Heart centers on 5 things: social support, diet, exercise, meditation and stress reduction. My diet took my haert blockage up to 9 areas totally over 3000 units; but I have an enlarged heart and my waveform doesn't suffer. I am eroding that slowly after a 12 weekly meeting (3 hour meetings including heart health dinners made by classmates); Liz attended too and took all the testing. We now have monthly followup.
We each made "hert Healthy three ring binders. Mine id five parts and on three levels. It is also on CD and is a total of 450 pages including the files I have as electronic references on the thrird level.
So I am at or under the 25 BMI requirement, My good and bad chloresterol is under the stringent limits, we eat heart smart and I keep getting back to exercising between bouts in the OR. 4 weeks of dressing changes per lap is an inconventience but they overlapped for a while until we got caught up, I had regular inspections and it just took off at some point.
The nose improvement was a direct consequence of staying ahead of the asthma and paying attention to lectures and books Etv. Presently steriods is my backup when other items fail. My primary was doing the accupuncture and Tia Chi which oriented me for my walking efficiency I have attained.
The book "The carbon Dioxide Syndrome" by Stark and Stark is terrific and the best US speaker, who tours, is Robert Litman.
Attached is some info. And I'll do two more attachments.
