Steps I took to remain Asthma Free

First off, let me say that it was very difficult to convince a doctor to let me try medications described in some of the medical journal entries I discovered.  It was even difficult to convince them that I needed the blood test to determine if I had been exposed to the bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae. However, please see the latest notes on the bloodtest page before being concerned about getting a bloodtest

Step 1.  I had to find a doctor with an open mind.  My family doctor at the time was one of those closed minded individuals who even when confronted with research and facts wouldn't accept the fact that there was anything more than an inhaler to help my condition.  He at least wrote me a prescription for the blood test but I had to find a lab (I found one in California) that would process the test.  When the results came back, I received a call from one of the nurses in his office who said "Good news Mr. Quinlan", your blood test came back ok and there's nothing wrong with you.

Step 2.  I had to hold my doctor accountable for his decisions.  I then requested a copy of my blood test.  After all, I paid for it, and I wanted to see for myself that the test came back negative.  After getting the test back, I was very surprised to see that the doctors office was incompetent in reading the results and I indeed was way off the scale in being exposed to Chlamydia pneumoniae.  If I had trusted my doctor completely, I would still be wheezing and miserable today.

Step 3.  I needed to start a plan of treatment.  After politely telling my doctor that he was wrong in reading the blood test, I pointed out the instructions that came with the blood test but he just shrugged it off.  I had also provided him approximately 20 pages of documentation of the medical journal studies by Dr. David Hahn detailing how patients were treated.  I  then asked him to prescribe the medications that were recommended in the studies.  

His reply was "I haven't heard about this research in my circles and can't prescribe anything for you other than normal asthma medications that I usually prescribe".   This was devastating to me as I had spent a lot of time and energy working up to this point.  Now I had to start over and find another doctor with a more open mind.  At least I had the blood test with supporting documentation about my exposure to that bacteria.

Step 4.  Start over and find a doctor with an open mind.  I started networking with people I knew and a friend of a friend had a daughter who worked for a good doctor not far from us.  She said he would be open to the research I had.   Now, I finally was working with a flexible doctor who could think for himself and examine the research to make a fair determination about my plan of treatment.  Click here to see the letter I sent to Dr. David Hahn regarding his research and my situation.

Step 5.  Determine the correct medications to take.  I was able to contact the doctor who was involved in the Chlamydia pneumoniae research and received recommendations as to the types of medications to take.  Click here to see the medications I used.  

Step 6.  I obtained a prescription and began my treatment plan.  The first treatment lasted 9 weeks.  After the treatment, I still had asthma and didn't seem to be much better.  I was very disappointed so I once again contacted a doctor involved in the research and asked if it was reasonable to take the medication more than once.  He said that it sometimes takes more than the medications I took and I received information that I passed along to my doctor as to what second round of medications I would need.  I then took the second round of medications which lasted about another 5 weeks.

Step 7.  I waited and wondered.  This was a difficult time because I hoped to be instantaneously cured.  It didn't happen overnight.  Here's my non medical assessment of what happened.  The antibiotic attacked the Chlamydia pneumoniae and just about eliminated it from my system.  It took a few months for my body to get strong enough to fight off the rest of it in my system.  Within six months, I went from being a wheeze-a-holic totally dependant on my inhalers to not even needing my inhaler.  It actually took almost a year before I felt like I did before I had asthma and feel totally back to normal.  

Step 8.  Be thankful and do what you can to help others with asthma and promote the research of Dr. Hahn and others in this area. That is why I created this web site.  I felt guilty keeping this information to myself while so many others are living their lives barely able to breathe.  Do what you can to pass the word on this method of cure to others.  It may not help all asthmatics but studies show that a high percentage could be helped.

TODAY, I AM 100% Cured. My wife and I thank God for answering our prayers to guide us in finding a cure for my severe asthma.

There actually is a cure for asthma regardless of what so many in the medical profession keep telling people.

Upcoming Book

is a book being published by Dr. David Hahn

The book is currently being edited by the publisher and is expected to be available sometime in mid to late 2012.

Recent news ..

(June 2011) Good article from The Grand Rapids Allergy Examiner:

Asthma cure found in Zithromax: hope for the future

More News ..

(July 2010) Wilmore Webley PH.D. sent us some interesting research he was a part of:

Infectious Chlamydia pneumoniae is Associated With Elevated Interleukin-8 and Airway Neutrophilia in Children With Refractory Asthma

Occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae in paediatric respiratory infections

Science Daily News
(May 25, 2010)Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed an animal model that shows how an early childhood lung infection can cause asthma later in life.

What are Biofilms?

To educate yourself more on biofilms and why vitamin "D" may be bad when trying to eradicate Chlamydia pneumoniae or Mycoplasma, read this interesting article by Dr. Randall Wolcott, bacterial biofilm wound specialist
and also
The Marshall protocol for biofilms in wound treatment. Highly technical but somewhat related in that it addresses why eradicating bacteria like Chlamydia pneumoniae and mycoplasma can be so difficult.

Clinical Trials

The University of Wisconsin, American Academy of Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP),The Dean Foundation for Health, Research and Education (Dean Foundation) and Pfizer corporationis sponsoring a study and recruiting volunteers for a study called AZMATICS to determine the effectiveness of Azithromycin as Adjunctive Treatment for Adult Asthma.

Important notice: At this time, the study is no longer recruiting subjects.

If you are interested in learning more about azithromycin treatment for asthma, you may email Dr. Hahn at:

Dean Foundation

Follow this link to learn more about Dr. David Hahn and the Dean Foundation.

If you are interested in making a donation to The Dean Foundation you can specify that it be used towards infectious asthma research

Support forum

First off, I would like to apologize for abruptly shutting down the support forum several years ago. Besides dealing with hackers, trolls and rude people, I was going through an extremely stressful time in life that resulted in the loss of our youngest son.

It got to be too much to handle so one day I flipped the switch and shut it down.

I know this upset some people so I hope they can accept this apology

Archives for the support forum can be found here. Plenty of good information to research

Old News

The St. Petersburg times ran a story about AsthmaStory just before I started my Appalachian trail journey

In the beginning

Several newspaper articles about the near fatal asthma attack.

Article 1

Article 2

Serious Stuff !

Every year thousands of people die while experiencing a severe asthma attack.

Take your Asthma or the Asthma of a loved one very seriously !