LIFE CHANGING DISCOVERY
THIS ALL STARTED WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A COMMON COLD BUT SEEMED
TO LAST A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL IN FEBRUARY 2002. A FEW MONTHS RELIEF BETWEEN EACH EXPERIENCE INITIALLY GIVING NO INDICATION THAT THIS WAS ANTHING MORE THAN A COLD.
THIS CONTINUED FOR MANY YEARS WHERE THE PERIOD OF THE CONDITION GRADUALLY INCREASED BUT WITH NO CONSISTENCY.
APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS LATER THE CONDITION BECAME PERMANENT AND MY JOURNEY TO TRY AND FIND A CURE BEGAN, AS HIGHLIGHTED IN MY PROFILE. I SLOWLY WORKED THROUGH VARIOUS MEDICATIONS, ALBEIT INDIVIDUALLY. THIS INCLUDED A START OF A DE-SENSTISATION EXCERCISE WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF HAVING AN ALLERGY WHICH WASN'T CONCLUSIVE AND THEN TERMINATED AFTER A YEAR.
AT THE LAST OF FOUR HOSPITALS, I WAS PUT ON A SMELL RETRAINING EXCERCISE AND WAS ASKED ABOUT ALL THE MEDS I HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ON WHICH WAS DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE IT INDICATED THAT I HAD EXHAUSTED ALL POSSIBLE CURES. HOWEVER, I STARTED ON TWO OF THE PREVIOUS MEDS. WHICH I HADN'T TAKEN AS A COMBINATION BEFORE AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS MY CONDITION SUDDENLY IMPROVED AND I HAVE NOT HAD A RECURRENCE SINCE, THANKFULLY.
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