Paul met Debbie

Compliance most of all now means: don’t get infected and stay home!

I can only speak for the situation in the Netherlands now which is becoming nastier every day. It’s not as bad as in Italy, but it might get that way soon if the rate of infections and hospitalizations does not diminish quickly. IC’s are near their maximal (and extended) c…[Read more]

I did not change much to my normal winter anti-flu routine. Which can be found on this forum in answer to several other questions (click on my profile and read my other answers).

The best thing one can do when stuck at home, is “not feeling stuck at home”. It’s all in the mind of course. So, try to feel at ease at home. When this is not the case,…[Read more]

Of course there is a challenge going on now to balance business and health. Social distancing to avoid spreading covid-19 does not go well together with many of the things we have grown accustomed to in our way of living. So on that level it is not difficult to relate to Wendy’s observation.

But I don’t agree with looking only at this level. The…[Read more]

Update:

Today I received an e-mail from my cf-centre in the Netherlands, informing me and other patients that for the next month they are changing all the appointments that require no actual examinations, into phone calls with the doctor. So they think it’s better not to take any chance with the covid-19 and don’t want cf-patients unnecessarily…[Read more]

Well, I am retired now, but I used to be a teacher at the university. I never cared much about money, status etc., but learning and teaching (they are the same actually, learning is teaching yourself) always attracted me. I went to law school because I like to play with language, and even while I was still doing my university study, I was also…[Read more]

You are absolutely right. Without being arrogant, I am quite sure that regarding my own body, I am the best possible medium around. Nature made it that way. That is because I am intuitively in direct and im-mediate contact with all the nerve endings in my every cell. No western or holistic doctor can compete with that. That is not to say that…[Read more]

In addition to my previous post:

These precautions have nothing to do with fear. They are practical measures to handle a potential harmful situation, like driving slowly when the road is slippery. Not handling it well would be reason for fear – but fear is a psychological reaction consisting of thoughts and feelings that basically are never…[Read more]

It’s good that you address this subject, no need to hide from it. It is a clear and present danger especially to high risk groups like most cf-patients belong to, but there is no reason for fear if we use our brains.

I made some small stock of mouth masks (in case I have to visit a high-risk area), hand-alcohol and disinfectant hand soap a few…[Read more]

Well it proves that it is possible to sterilize a nebulizer if you follow the procedures.
The rest of the study is less clear I think. Of course if you don’t get your nebulizer clean, your bugs will be on it. But that does not prove in itself that you get (re-)infected by your nebulizer. Your bugs will be all over the place in your house too. Do…[Read more]

What would you advise any of your loved ones (e.g. your own child) that would mistreat their bodies and neglect and damage their health the way you do by mismanaging their lives so badly? You know the answers, so don’t put untrue questions on the forum. Be honest with yourself and change your ways and desires. If you love yourself and your body…[Read more]

Circumstances are neutral. They are just miraculously that what happens. Our thoughts make them difficult. Just be, and comply to how reality presents. Don’t choose or judge. Don’t compare or complain. Live life from the effortless perspective of aliveness itself, instead of through the limited interface of your thoughts, opinions and attachments.…[Read more]

I had many of these sinus surgeries, lost count but I think 10. The last 8 (for polypectomy) fortunately I found a surgeon who developped a method for local in stead of general anaesthesia which made the process considerably easier on my lungs. So it was a day procedure. But I know that many surgeons still prefer general anaesthesia unfortunately.…[Read more]

Pills go in the app. (medisafe), no special containers. So far the app is mostly backup memory, but that can change with age😏. I have to change the alarm sound from time to time, otherwise I check it without registering. Mostly it reminds me of something I already did. Appointmments in the phone agenda. Daily treatments are automated in the…[Read more]

There is a difference between complaining (about health or anything else) and genuinely asking for help with a problem. Your intuition knows the difference perfectly well.

Helping of course is fine, as long as you don’t put on the identity of the helper, because that makes the other person into a victim and this is a wrong dynamic, even (or…[Read more]

Almost all of our experience that life is (super) hard, comes from our perception in the mind that it is. And the resistance we create against that what simply happens. Question this perception and resistance. Resisting is to indulge the feeling “it should not be like this”. To resist what is, is an act of sabotage and terror. If I do this, I will…[Read more]

For me it is just the other way around: I hardly ever remember having cf.

Don’t get me wrong: my body experiences the symptoms on a regular basis. But for me that does not mean that I identify with cf. I don’t “have” it. It is not about me, who I really am. Nor is my appearance. There is no need for these identifications and they have only disad…[Read more]

To be honest, I would not even know if there is a typical cf or sick stereotype. Most people out there don’t even know about cf, let alone that they would have a standard image related to that in their minds. Which is good, because whatever image they would have, it would be wrong.

So I would not know if and how I do or don’t defy or conform to…[Read more]

Well, there is no way of knowing what to think of developments like this on a larger scope.

There is an old story of a farmer who’s only horse ran away. The neighbors came to him and told him how unlucky he was. But he said: “perhaps”. The next day, the horse came back and was followed by 4 other fine horses. The neighbors came to him and told…[Read more]

Certainly some substances change our state of consciousness. We all know alcohol, there are many medicines that effect our consciousness either on purpose (e.g. strong painkillers like oxycodon), or as a side effect. I once experienced a sort of out of body sensation following the start of an antibiotic treatment (ciprofloxacin) that lasted a…[Read more]

No, I don’t resonate with this terminology. I don’t want to fight, let alone be in war, with anything or anyone, certainly not with my own body. It sounds like a lot of effort and lost energy. Besides, how do I know which strategy to follow? When to cheer, when to attack or retreat, when to feel victorious or defeated? I really wouldn’t, it’s much…[Read more]