In this testimonial video, patient Anita recounts her experience with a 22‑day Lung Fitness Challenge (LFC) designed for interstitial lung disease (ILD) – specifically hypersensitivity pneumonitis. She describes how, after completing the challenge, the persistent crackles (wheezing) in her lungs ceased, prompting her physician to be "speechless" and confirm the improvement. Anita notes a concurrent reduction in her steroid regimen (from three to two weekly doses) and expresses confidence that continued cycles of the LFC will allow her to stop steroids entirely. She shares her renewed motivation, framing the LFC as the catalyst for a New Year resolution to become medication‑free after three years of intermittent steroid use. Anita also mentions her husband’s sleep apnea, encouraging him to try the program, and reflects on the emotional journey from questioning why she suffers to feeling empowered and larger than her disease. The conversation is supportive and grateful, with Badrinath Gella affirming her progress and emphasizing personal agency over the illness.
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anything. So I asked him, you're not hearing sounds in the lungs? So he said no. I said, is there some improvement? So he's saying yes. So I was so happy that just in 22 days, the crepes in the lungs, every time, that has stopped. And he was so stunned, he didn't know what to say. Sir, I wanted to tell this in live. Last time also I had raised hand, but last time, time neitha. I have taken your lung fitness challenge and I could do it only for 22 days because my mother-in-law expired, so I stopped. So I wanted to start again, but we had gone to see doctor. So doctor was speechless. He didn't say anything. So I asked him, you're not hearing sounds in the lungs? So he said no. I said, is there some improvement? So he's saying, "Yes." So I was so happy that just in 22 days, the crepes in the lungs, which used to happen every time, that has stopped. And he was so stunned, he didn't know what to say. I told him that I'm learning from Sir and all, but he was just so shocked. So he wanted to do PFT test, so I told him that I want to do one more month of LFC and I will come and do whatever test you say. CT scan and EFT, whatever you want to do, you do. After 1 month, I will be back with 1 more cycle of lung fitness challenge. So hearing all this, my husband also was shocked. Then he was asking me, what do you do? Then what is there? Then what is in the video? Because he has sleep apnea. So I have been telling him from beginning, you also do, your sleep apnea will reduce. So I've shared it with him now, all the videos. He said, I will do at my time. I said, very good, you do at your time, I will do at my time.
Yes.
So thank you, gratitude, sir. I, I could not contain this in my stomach. I wanted to tell you, when I stopped the drug, like he has given steroid, no, he's given it first, it was thrice a week, now he's made it 2 times. So I am sure after lung fitness, one more cycle, he will stop the steroids.
Awesome.
So I'm very happy because of, because of you. I got a new lookout to life. I mean, I got that motivation, you know, I have to fight it on my own. Nobody is going to have like ready-made things. I have to work for it. So I'm also thankful, gratitude to you, sir.
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Anita ji, for sharing this. And, uh, See, this is what, like, so today you have become bigger than your problem. And you understand, previously your problem was bigger, that is dealing you, rather than you are dealing your problem. Today you have become bigger than your problem.
Actually, I used to feel, why has God given me this? Why am I suffering? Then when this New Year started, I was— I had taken your LF that program. And I was thinking, 3 years have passed, I'm taking medicines. Now 4th year, my new resolution, new year is I'm not going to take any medicines. I'm going to work to stop all of them. And your lung fitness challenge was the beginning of it. So I said, yes, I have to fight. So I was really happy. So thank you so much.
You're welcome, you're welcome.
Since people don't know, this is ILD hypersensitive pneumonitis, which I have been taking medicines for 3— this is the 4th year now. So in between steroids had stopped, but again they started. So it is like on-off, on-off types going on. So now we are waiting, it should stop, it should stop. So this is my— yeah, I'm going to stop it this year.
