Multiple sclerosis?

I was diagnosed with Relapsing and Remitting MS 18 months ago. In retrospect, I have had this for at least 20 years. Of course I had symptoms and exacerbations that I simply ignored (fatigue, numb hands & feet, was falling all the time, had vertigo, double vision, cognitive issues, constipation and bladder urgency) until I had a really horrific exacerbation where I had optic neuritis for 3 full months. My doctors (opthamologist and PCP) had been urging me for many years to see a neurologist but I was in SERIOUS denial. Ok, I am a busy mom, and business professional, I didn't have time to be sick! I guess I figured if I ignored it, it would go away. Wow, was I ever wrong. Of course I could no longer deny my illness when those bright spots/ lesions appeared on my MRI. I truly felt like I was dying.

I saw 3 different neurologists all who recommended I go on a medication that required daily injections. I was NOT willing to commit to that and decided to embark on fixing myself through diet, exercise and supplements. (Some of my keys to success are avoiding gluten, sugar, refined flours, I take natural vitamins from a health food store, not those nasty synthetic vitamins, I walk daily and do Yoga which is great for helping with spasticity.) I follow The Swank Diet, which has been in existence since the 1950's successfully offering an option for people with MS. http://www.swankmsdiet.com/

Today I feel better than I have in 20 years. People cannot believe how good I look and I feel even better.

I urge you to read as much as you can. There are many books on the market, there are great groups here on Yahoo with very knowledgable people, search the internet for other options. One great book I read recently was Montel Williams book "Living Well". Montel has MS and he is an inspiration to all of us with this stupid disease! http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Living-Well/Monte...

Although you can't cure yourself, you can definately and dramatically improve your health. Just remember you are what you eat.

I also urge you to read all you can on Naltrexone. Given in low dosage form, the results have been very positive.

http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/

Naltrexone is a FDA approved medication and very inexpensive however your neurologist will not tell you about it. I got my prescription from my family doctor....my PCP.

Now the decision is yours, do you completely depend on western medicine? Do you go completely holistic with diet, supplements and such? Do you use a combination of them all? What ever you do, remember that MS is individual to each person but what ever you do, I know as an educator you will definately educate yourself on your options and make an informed decision in which route to take.

If you would like to talk about this and my approach, email me here.

Oh, and I'm no victim. I am alive and kickin and feisty as ever! I will NOT go softly into the night and you don't have to either! Please note, I do not claim to be cured, I'm NOT. However, I am remarkably better and better than my friends that inject themselves with the pharmaceutical cocktail.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.........you're right! You can overcome this! It's not easy but it's better than being a victim!

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Hi ya' Kay! I have had MS for almost 18 years. Many people who have MS live very normal lives. It is not fatal, and it does not attack major organs. It is considered an immunological disease that affects the myelin which is the protective covering on the nerves. Most of us have what is called the relapsing/remitting form of the disease. which means that the symptoms come and go. Most people who have it work, raise families and maintain a social life. Unfortunately, some cases of MS become progressive and very degenerative. This usually takes years to happen if not decades....that is if it becomes degenerative at all. There are medications on the market that slow the progression of the disease and there are many, many more that are in the testing phase now. There are also medications to handle the symptoms. At one time about 75% of people who have this disease would eventually wind up in a wheel chair but now that figure is down to 25%. With the medications coming out that figure will probably continue to drop even more. Yes, this disease can be very benign. Although I have had it for almost two decades, nobody who meets me ever guesses I have it. The National MS Society has many groups that are for the mildly affected because we look fine but due to the disease we do not have the energy or the capabilities of most people BUT we LOOK like everybody else. A Neurologist would tell you that the biggest complaint of people with MS is low energy and poor short term memory. Please don't think of the worst for your Mom or for your cousin. That is the exception not the rule.

Go to the store instead of shopping on the net.

Walk your lunch outside or to another location in the office instead of sitting and eating at your desk.

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Believe throughout yourself. How often have you admired someone and their achievements and then instantly thought, ‘I’d love to do that, but I just can’t. ’ Don’t limit your achievements by your thoughts. You can do whatever you should do.

Go shopping for new clothes—wriggling directly into 10 pairs of skinny jeans could possibly get your heart rate up.

Plan active dates together with your hubby, such as bowling or perhaps golfing, instead of dinner and also a movie.

Enroll in an active skill class, such as sculpture or ceramics.

Search for a museum or art gallery.