Prednisone.....fighting with my body

These tiny, tiny pills changing me for better or for ever? Are these super powerful to make me well or so strong they will worsen any part of my being? All the things I disagree with concerning health and wellness I now find at my door. Do I do it for me or do I do it for those I love? Mixed emotions. I never was one much for being confused or having mixed emotions concerning anything in my life before. Before this. I always have been matter of fact and opinionated on my beliefs no matter what the issue. Not stubborn, just believing strongly towards some subjects. Now it is a bit different. I guess you might say I have reached a low, needed to make a decision and the one I am choosing is to at least try the tiny, tiny white pills. Yesterday my dosage was cut back only by 2 pills, from 12 per day to 10. I indeed noticed a slight difference as to the puffiness. It seems it went from bloated, puffy feeling to a lighter feel and more settled within my body. (just as long as it doesn't take up residence here). This morning I feel a bit lighter. So I really do think this is not long term weight but just swollen, tender tissue which is saying "What the _ _ _ _ are your doing to me?" All my years of healthy living and eating and now these little pills are invading my tissues inside and out. Well if they are wrecking havoc on my body and appearance I am hoping that what can't be seen with the naked eye is a war going on inside each spot in my body that needs fighters working hard for it right now. And against all prior belief in medicines which can destroy our livers I am gonna trust this little guy to help me. His stay is short. 17 more days to go and I may never let him back into my life again. I am just thinking that if every few days my dosage is cut back as instructed it may truly work and the conditions of the shell of a body I live in is just temporary. I will be in control. I am in control now, I made the choice to do the tiny white pill, because I hurt so bad and was deteriorating too quickly and possibly for the first time in 26 years with MS frightened at what I was seeing and feeling in my life. It has to be the scariest time ever in my entire life, to know that quite possibly I will not recover, stay the same or get worse. The largest concern is others, I never wish to be a burden to anyone. This will keep me going I do know.

I said to my son just the other day "maybe my dream of retiring at the beach is good for me, since if I fall so much falling in the sand would be easier on me." His response to me was " Mom, you'll just get brush burns". That's my boy! My sense of humor...keeping me laughing at the least expected time. I do love him so. I will take brush burns over broken bones and sprained body parts. So which beach do I decide on? I always wanted to be an old lady at the sea shore picking sea shells and stones the ocean gives us as gifts each day.....I have a plan!

Thanks for listening. I will be fine. No, I will be well 4 ever! Because this is what I feel.

Keep the good foods going down the hatch along with the tiny, tiny pills.

Let's see who wins! I hope it's me.

You might be asking yourself....why is she telling all this?.....well it is my thoughts (since I am having them) there might be others out there who do not express themselves such as I and sitting around wondering all these puzzlements which I am experiencing. If 1 tiny thing I might spurt out on this blog can turn a light on in someone's mind and help then I will share all I am experiencing concerning every aspect of my illness. Not just the healthy, positive ones, but also the ones that make us who we are and cause even more confusion to go on in our minds and bodies. It is my thoughts...you never really know until you wear the person's shoes. And I will write about each step of the way from my own standpoint and affect it is having on me.

VERY HELPFUL LINK

http://www.msactivesource.com/ms-progression.xml

Early Symptoms of MS

http://multiplesclerosisearlysymptoms.com/multiple-sclerosis-causes-symptoms-and-types/

I am now on a round of steroids for 25 days to try to relieve the eye problems and the falling down problems along with my muscle weakness. I must say this has been the toughest 6 months thus far with my MS in a while. My fatigue has gotten worse each and every day for the past 4-5 years and is now limiting me quite a bit in my life. This is only a season I keep telling myself. Having this disease for the past 26+ years I do know it is possible to have some good days ahead. So now I must do as the doctors say, but also keep on natural juicing & eating proper foods, and REST...this is my bodies way of saying to me "slow down" for now & heal. Positive thinking is the best medicine for me and caring loving friends & a wonderful son who cares so much for me is my strength right now. "Seasons come & Seasons go" I may have MS ...BUT....it doesn't have my permission to hang around.

I had almost forgotten!

Several years ago while working at a local health food store I read in a monthly publication that L-Carnitine is great for vegetarians or anyone who did not consume much meat proteins. So coming from a body-builder background (in my 20's & early 30's I was an avid body builder) I decided to try this amino acid to give me more energy to work the 3 jobs I was doing at the time. 1 full time job and 2 part time jobs. I also wanted to keep my MS at bay in it's remission it had been in for several years. My diet did not contain red meats as I had years before omitted them from my diet on the path to my remission of the MS. When I took this supplement, which I did for several years, I noticed a remarkable difference in my energy level. The only reason after a few years of taking it that I quit was the fact it became expensive to keep up with and over time I went to working only 1 job like normal people. The affect of the l-carnitine lasted several years. Could lack of this be a cause or 1 of the causes of my body coming out of remission? I feel that it was a combination of factors. The largest factor being that living alone & supporting myself I was no longer able to monitor my rest periods and stress from everyday living on my own. It started to take it's toll on my body. Your body gives you warning signs and if we do not obey them it will break down until we have to pay attention to it & surrender and seek a method to be well again. This is my mission in my own life now....to be well again. So while shopping with my son this past week we entered the vitamin store at the local mall and as I was purchasing my cleanse kit to do the yearly cleanse to get health back in the colon I noticed on the counter the bottle pictured above. I grabbed at it like it was liquid gold! It now sits on my shelf in the kitchen and is being added to my diet each day along with my freshly made carrot juice. On March 1 I will begin the cleanse program. I learned 37 years ago at a health expo that health begins and ends in the colon. You could also say death begins in the colon.

L-carnitine fuels the muscles. L-Carnitine is made in the body from the amino acids lysine and methionine. It increases the use of fat as an energy source by transporting fatty acids. They are then burned to release energy for body functions.It has been suggested to delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease. L-carnitine is found naturally in avocados, breast milk, dairy products, red meats (namely lamb and beef), and tempeh (fermented soybean product). A deficiency of L-Carnitine can cause muscle fatigue, cramps and low blood sugar levels.

It may also help prevent some forms of heart disease.

It may help build muscle.

It may protect against diabetes.

It may protect against liver disease.

It may protect against kidney disease.

It may be considered a diet aid.

It may increase energy and be a help for people with MS.

So I will let you know how this supplement will affect my MS along the way. It is in liquid form and will go to work quickly in the body. I have had 4 b12 shots so far from my doctor for my b12 deficiency. Some would argue against my doing this, but all I have to say to them is this..."you are not me, I am feeling at a very low point in my life physically. I have always been an active person and I can not surrender to this. My body is not assimilating the great foods I give it so I need to do steps to get it working once again, or at least get some energy back, 1 body part at a time. God can heal me in a touch of a miracle.I know this, I believe this, I have received miracles from Him. But He also can use nutrition, supplements along with prayer to make me whole and well again. The key for me is not to be healed and go on my merry way and perhaps forget momentarily where I had been, but sometimes there is a lesson to be learned and knowledge we had known for many years needs to surface in our life and put to good use and continued throughout the rest of our lives to continue to be well.

I know nutrition got my MS into remission years ago & I know it can be once again. L-carnitine is just 1 way to get me there~

ALIVE SHAKE
check out the ingredients in this fabulous shake! As soon as my b 12 deficiency is dealt with I will be starting this program again. Until my body is able to assimilate the good things I put in it I am not going to be placing supplements in it to not benefit from them. Once the b 12 shots jump start my body again to health I will start the shakes. It turned out my health is far more complicated at the present than just dealing with the MS.

Why do we need vitamins?

This is my favorite vitamin. It is not only a multi-vitamin but also a whole foods energizer! I have since being diagnosed with b12 deficiency stopped all vitamins because my body is just eliminating them and not absorbing them. I will restart my vitamins after the doc tells me what he is going to do with me.I can not see throwing my money out until we get the body to absorb what I am putting into it. Vitamins are essential to LIFE. They contribute to your good health by regulating the metabolism and releasing energy from the digested foods. The proper balance of vitamins and minerals is important to the proper functioning of all vitamins. Ideally all of us would get all the nutrients we need for optimal health from fresh, healthful foods. But in reality, this is very difficult if not impossible to do. With all the pollution and all the stress our bodies endure our requirements have increased, but the number of calories we require has been decreasing as our activities have declined over time. In order to maintain a healthy functioning body we need to take supplements. Everyone's vitamin needs are different. It sure would be nice if we all could afford to go to a health nutritionist and be tested to see what we are lacking and then take only those supplements. I did this on the onstart of my MS 26 years ago and this is how I got my body into a remission which lasted nearly 20 years. It is expensive and not covered by many health insurances so I am at a standstil to go to a nutritionist at this time. But with my knowledge and education in this field I am sure I can redo the remission. I am older now, weaker, have had numerous surgeries which have affected me...BUT....I have the faith to get my body where it belongs. Functioning to the best of its ability for me. I not only have faith in God, the Almighty, I have faith in myself to do this. I will not put a supplement or fresh juice in my body....then go eat junk....and expect it (the supplement or juice) to heal me. It is a blend of all my knowledge which will heal me...including some sort of exercise. Coming from being a body builder and in optimum shape in my 20's and 30's I know that if you do not use it you loose it. Just because I am nearing 58 years old is no reason to believe I have to just sit back and let the world go by. Also because I am not well at the time still is no reason. God gave me this wonderful body and I need to do everything in my power to keep it working to the best of IT'S ability. If someone gave you a brand new car and told you it was the last vehicle you ever would own and you had to make it last, you better believe you would give it tender loving care and oil and fuel as needed as to not put a strain on it. And proper fuel you would give it. Not anything which would gum up its system. So this is how we need to look at our bodies. There are many reasons illness sets in but there are no good reasons for us not to try to make ourselves better with proper health and nutrition.
So consider taking a supplement, going to a nutritionist if you can afford one, exercising and most of all have a good mental outlook on life. You only get one life.....make the most of it! You won't be sorry you did!

B12 Deficiency

Upon going to a doctor visit last Friday I was sent for another MRI of the head and blood work. They scheduled me for Saturday morning. Monday afternoon the nurse called me at home with the results. The MRI had no change since the last time, which was good. Nothing worse to reveal. But the blood work showed a B12 deficiency. So more paper work is being sent to me so I can undergo some more testing. They may choose to start me on B12 shots but not until they dig deeper to see the root cause of this. I take a B12 supplement and also B Complex, but after doing some research I am finding that just because we put the vitamins and good food into us if one part of our body is not manufacturing the nutrients properly then our cells are not nourished and repaired. The human body is so in depth and intricately designed. I think I really need God's help here more than I had thought. He knows what to fix. I am glad they have found an underlying cause to my inability to get out of bed each day. Could this all be going back to 2008 to when they found the cysts on my liver and the primary care physician said not to worry about them? I saw a liver specialist who also said it was not a concern at that time as I had other health issues she was dealing with. Did my health issues get swept under the rug for a while till now? I will never know and don't choose to worry about it. What I am concerned with at the moment is regaining my strength so I will have energies to fight this and my MS and also in the mean time get my hands working properly so I can be productive in society once again.
Symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency include very pale skin, shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, headache cold hands and feet, heart palpitations, and chest pain. These symptoms are due to a decreased production of red blood cells that are necessary to carry vital oxygen to the body's cells and tissues. A serious complication that can occur due to decreased red blood cell production is pernicious anemia, also called vitamin B12 deficiency anemia.

Read more at http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_b12_deficiency/symptoms.htm?ktrack=kcplink

Vitamin B12 deficiency and vitamin B12 deficiency anemia can also affect the gastrointestinal tract and result in enlarged liver (hepatomegaly), nausea, vomiting, heartburn, abdominal bloating, gas, constipation or diarrhea, loss of appetite, and weight loss.

Read more at http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_b12_deficiency/symptoms.htm?ktrack=kcplink

Symptoms can also occur in the nervous system. If left untreated, vitamin B12 deficiency can result in permanent nerve damage. Symptoms can include numbness and tingling in the hands and feet, unsteadiness, difficulty walking, confusion, depression, memory loss, and dementia.. I have all but a few of these listed symptoms.

Vitamin B12 and MS

THIS FINDING BELOW IS TREAMENDOUS NEWS TO ME! NOW TO FIX IT!

December 16, 2010

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are at higher risk of vitamin B12 deficiency. Low levels of vitamin B12 can mimic and exacerbate many MS symptoms, including fatigue, depression and memory .

All this time I had MS I had never known that I was at a higher risk for B12 deficiency!

Read more at http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_b12_deficiency/symptoms.htm?ktrack=kcplink

HEALTHY EATING FOR MS by DR ANDREW WEIL

• I believe all the following to work. I have done so, not at Dr Weil suggestion but how my nutritionist lead me 26 years ago. PLEASE consider changing your way of eating as one of the ways you fight MS in your life. Or any illness. Diet can help tremendously.
  
• Decrease protein toward 10 percent of daily caloric intake. Replace animal protein as much as possible with plant protein.
• Eliminate milk and milk products, substituting other calcium sources.
• Eat organically grown fruits and vegetables as much as possible as well as organic products made from wheat and soy.
• Eliminate polyunsaturated vegetable oils, margarine, vegetable shortening, all partially hydrogenated oils, all foods (such as deep-fried foods) that might contain trans-fatty acids. Use extra-virgin olive oil as your main fat.
• Increase intake of omega-3 fatty acids from fish, walnuts, or flax and hemp seeds.
• Eat more fruits and vegetables.
• Eat ginger and turmeric regularly.
• Take acidophilus culture and psyllium if constipation is a problem, or use the ayurvedic herbal bowel regulator, triphala.
• Take my antioxidant and daily multivitamin formula and a B-50 complex vitamin, and a multi-mineral supplement daily.
• Take 5 grams of soy lecithin granules daily (store this in the refrigerator).
• Take 30 milligrams of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) two or three times a day.
• Do some kind of light aerobic exercise on a regular basis. Choose something you enjoy but do not push your self to the point of exhaustion.
• Visualization, meditation, and hypnotherapy can redirect your mental energies in positive directions.
• Experiment with traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine from qualified practitioners.

Andrew Weil, M.D.

Please click on Dr Weil name above and read more about his all natural approach to life

Can we fix our bodies?

Yes! Yes! Yes! I do believe with timely nutrition we can! If we catch it before it has been caused too much damage. Just like your car needs to go in for tuneups and oil changes our bodies alert us when things are starting to go wrong. Of course there may be cases where people have said I am totally healthy I have nothing wrong with me, and then when out of the blue they are diagnosed in a routine checkup with a horrible health issue. No one seems to understand why. Most times if we look at those situations the person may have been without illness but their nourishment came from processed foods, too much red meats, alcohol, smoking factors added in and top that off with a bit of stress and it is a recipe for disaster. Some never touch a vegetable or piece of fruit ever! If you do not add gasoline or oil to your car...what will happen? We all know the answer to that. So why would you not fuel this marvelous engine God has designed the way he also designed it to be fueled? You may answer to me well what about the person who is a vegetarian and runs each day and does marathons and 10k's and has a heart attack? Chances are they stressed their heart to the maximum and beyond or I also know alot of vegetarians who have poor diets, Tons of cookies are consumed but meats are not.....If only people would follow the basic guidelines of what ever diet they would chose. Once again I will stress, even the doctors agreed with me that if I were not eating and living a healthy lifestyle prior to being diagnosed with MS 26 years ago chances are I would not be walking without aid today. Stress takes over our bodies over time in the form of disease and our weakest parts are victims. Poor nutrition, the environment, inactivity, smoking and alcohol are some of the ways our body gets stressed. If we do not give our bodies the proper nutrients we can cause our bodies harm. Even if no illness is shown to us that does not mean we are healthy. It might only mean that we are not at this point showing signs of an illness. Life does not go on forever.I feel it is never too late to at least try to change you habits. Eating or otherwise. There should always be a hope within us to get well or stay well.

What Really is MS?

Many ask this question...What really is MS? It is often a misunderstood disease which can not only frustrate those who have it but also those who are close to the patient. MS is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, which includes the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. It will affect numerous parts of the nervous system by destroying the myelin sheath which are the coverings of the nerves. The supplement Lecithin can help in that area as the body uses lecithin to build the myelin covering. When the myelin is destroyed it leaves scar tissue called plaques which caused the nerves to get destroyed. This process is called sclerosis.
Symptoms will vary according to which part of the nervous system is affected by this. The disease usually follow as a pattern of periodic flare-ups called exacerbation's followed hopefully by periods of disappearing. MS is different from person to person. Some only have 1 attack in a lifetime. Some may go into remission for years. Then all of a sudden a stress can cause the remission to be over. It comes and goes without warning and friends and family usually do not understand how this can be. They, along with doctors (if it is the wrong doctor) can make the patient feel they are crazy and imagining what is happening in their bodies. The cause of MS is unknown but it is believed to be an autoimmune disease in which the white blood cells begin attacking the meylin sheath. Stress and poor diet often precede the onset of the disease. Not necessarily both. My doctors told me that had I not lived such a healthy lifestyle with working out and great eating habits and supplements prior to the MS that I probably would have been hit harder with the disease. My parents would both say that it was the stress the ex hubby put me through that did this to my body. In spite of their believing this they still loved him like another son. They kept quiet because I loved him and did not blame him. I do not like to point the finger towards anyone. But I can say my living environment did not help matters at hand. By living environment I mean the yelling each day and anger shown in the house towards me. But it was my choice to stay and they honored this. I do know from attending many health seminars over the years that when going through stress that the disease comes out in your weakest part of your body. In my case, yes my life was stressful, but I believe nothing happens to me in this world that wasn't already in the plan for my life. I believe the day we are born our life is measured. Yes there are choices and if I chose to stay in a stressful situation than possibly MS is the outcome. When I think of all the diseases and tragedies in this lifetime one can go through, I will take MS...it had been very manageable for many years. Now I just need to pull out some information I had placed in the back of my mind and get active with it again. Faith is my key to life and I need to take my faith and turn it into belief that this too will pass. Time also is a key factor. Time and rest. And keeping a positive attitude during the tough times. With God, my son and all of my awesome friends I will be alright. I will not believe otherwise. This is only a season. Season's come and go in life and just like winter is upon us now, my spring is just around the corner.
Well my body is saying rest now, so sleep it will be. How can one sleep 9 hours be awake 2 hours and now lie down and fall asleep? Very easy when the MS is active. So this is my life for now....most days in a bed, but when I do get out and about I genuinely appreciate every breath I take and every step I take. Because as in anything in life....there are no guarantees...life is but a breath away from death for anyone of us and MS is not a death sentence...it is just a new way of living the life God has given you. So if you are one with MS remember it could always be worse, there are others who suffer more each day. Keep positive and keep hoping for a cure, not just medicinal ways to mask the symptoms. And if you know someone with MS or are their caretaker just know they really are weak and tired and all the other things they may seem like they say they can't do at the time are real in their life. They are not making it up. Try to be patient with them, I know it can be hard at times for the one taking care of the ill one. But just know usually the ill one does not want to be in that situation or a burden to anyone. They need your love, patience, support but most of all...ask questions, do not pretend it does not exist, go through this time in your loved ones life with them...we will never know any ones struggle in any situation unless we take a walk in their shoes. So be there beside them to help carry them through this. You will learn so much, and you may even appreciate your own health and life so much more. This does not just go for MS...this is for any illness or handicap...we all should look at life like this. Live to Love so you can Love to Live...this is how I wish my life to be.

So as time went on....

As time went on I had a list of about 30 symptoms to tell the neurologist. I will just tell you a few.
1. clouded vision (I temporarily loss the sight in my right eye)
2. loss of strength in arms and legs...my arms and legs always feel like I just got done working out.
3. painful arms and legs
4. loss of feeling in hands and feet
5. tingling
6.lack of balance & coordination
7. my speech would slur at times
8. hard time thinking or remembering
9 use of the wrong words when I knew darn well I wanted to say something else.
10. and such a fatigue that all I did was want to sleep
Well as of Oct 8 when I had surgery my MS has returned with many of the symptoms above but the worst is the fatigue which is keeping me bound to the bed most of the time. It is taking 3 hours to get ready to leave for a doctor appointment or PT. This is only my season in life it too will pass.
After I received my diagnosis years ago I went to a nutritionist for 9 months. I took a slew of supplements which he advised. I did natural juicing , eliminated all red meats and only consumed fish, vegetables, soybeans,legumes,whole grains and fruits, eggs, nuts, seeds. Wild turkey and venison were recommended and I love it so that was easy.I had already years ago eliminated soda's and had only started drinking coffee when I was 30 so coffee was easy to eliminate. I have never ate sugar prior to this so that was not a problem.
The juicing was done in intervals throughout the day in small quantities. I would drink carrot juice, apple juice and several green juices with a variety of greens in them and actually picked dandelion greens out of the yard and clean and juice them. The greener the better. I would be juicing at the present time but my juicer is a wonderful one but it is 35 years old and difficult with my weak hands to open it. So I am hoping to be able to get myself maybe a Jack Lallane juicer or the Juice Man's which I think would be so much easier.
My supplements consisted of liquid lecithin, olive oil 3x day, flax seed, B12,B6 & B complex, choline and Inositol, acidophiles, calcium & Magnesium, Ox bile a glandular therapy, selenium, Vit A, lots of Vit C and E, alfalfa, Brewers yeast powder, multi minerals.
I ate only organic foods if I could find them. Sprouts tons of dark green leafy salads. I started carrying water in a mason jar everywhere I went. Too bad 26 years ago I did not think to market bottled water.....I stayed away from all saturated fats. I was told to stay away from all stress and anxiety...chuckle...Attacks of MS are often made worse with a trauma or emotional stress or right now in my case ...surgery. Extreme heat worsens conditions. And the extreme cold does not do us well either. These could trigger a flare up or lapse in remission. When an exacerbation begins it is best to take a couple days rest in bed to maybe stop a mild attack. Well my attack right now is proving to me it is not a mild one. As in 2 months I have only left the bed temporarily 14 x.
Lastly for now......the nutritionist had me taking enemas each day. I can not right now remember how often but at times it was more than once a day. I have always been a slender built woman with a flat abdomen (blessed with great genes from Mom & Dad) so I had no idea where I even had anything left to give an enema.....but cleanse the inside of my body I did. I was in such pain and so sick and tired of being sick and tired at that point I would do whatever was told to me. Just to get well. It helped!
So now all I need to do is follow this recipe for health that I have to help me once again.My eating habits are still good, but I need to do the supplements mega dosed again.....and yes possibly the enemas or colonic. I would love to get massages regularly because this indeed stimulates the immune & lymphatic system and the toxins built up in your body will get pushed out faster. How can a person have toxins you might say if they have a healthy eating lifestyle such as I? Well with stress of the world, toxins in the air we breath and the items within the walls of our homes and yes sometimes even our walls..will pollute our bodies and rob us of energies.

Let's Start At The Beginning

There is no place like the beginning to start informing you on how nutrition and supplements helped play a role in getting my body into it's first remission. I say first remission because now that it has flared up so badly my daily functioning has been affected, I am hoping once again to get my body back to health again. BELIEVE. This will be the word for me. I will never stop believing because once I do that I allow this dreaded disease to rule my life. It may think it has hold of me now as I lie in this bed and surrender momentarily but it is just one of my secret weapons I am using towards it right now. REST. When your body is telling you to rest....you need to do just that...rest. There will be a time once again when I do not spend most of my days in this bed. Right now I do get out and about, but only when a Physical Therapy appointment calls for it or a need to go out to a store. Which since October 8 of this year has only added up to 14 times. In less than 2 months time. But the upside of that is...I can do so without any aid of any kind. With makeup on and nice clothes no one would think there is anything wrong with me and that is one of the sad things about MS. People say to you (and they mean no harm) "but you look so good"! I choose now to take it as a compliment and not take offense like I did 26 years ago when one would say those words to me. I would in the past get defensive of it. But in my maturity over the years I have grown to realize by wearing these shoes that unless they ever experience it for themselves they will never know. So the energies I put into feeling badly or trying to defend that I did indeed feel bad and I was sick and tired of being sick and tired, I finally stopped feeling I needed to defend myself and not let those words hurt. Because just like I do not know what the heart patient feels like, or the cancer patient, or the depressed patient, these people saying these words to me meant no harm. I never wish any illness on anyone. I wish health for all. We all have our crosses to bear and one of mine just happens to be MS. I am a survivor of this illness but now I am working on becoming victorious once again of it. Not mentally overcoming it, I do not struggle that way with the illness. My struggles are physically right now. And I will win again. With the Lords help and prayers of my own and my friends and family I will have my energies back. Time. Perhaps God is speaking to me to take more time for myself? I will listen to see if I can hear Him. I will learn from Him and I know that He will use me to help more people in the future. This is why I believe we go through these illnesses. To help others when they need help. So Lord use me as you see fit.I am Yours.
When I was 31 I had an accident while horse back riding. The horse I was riding decided it did not want to jump over a small gully while on the trail. It had hesitated 2x. The guide on the trail said come on so this is what I did and once on the other side my horse took off running and took me under a tree branch which knocked me straight off the horses back and down to the ground I went. I landed on my back hitting not only my back but the back of my head. Embarrassed was I, after a brief moment of being on the ground I rolled myself up, felt jolts of electricity running throughout my body, but I was embarrassed. My husband came to my aid along with the guide. I got up on my husbands horse and rode in with him. To look at me I was not injured. but there was a gash of skin taken out of my lower abdomen (in later years I had a tattoo placed over it as sort of a memory (not that I needed one) as to what has caused this disease to start in my body. The electric currents ran through my body for days on end. My hip was out of line and hurt when walking. 6 months later after I had turned 32 I went to a neurologist. I had been the most physically fit from age 29 till this time that I ever had been in my lifetime. I ran 6 miles a day, 3 in the morning and 3 in the early evening. I was a body builder and lifted weights, did Nautilus machines, did aerobics, rode a bike the same path I ran each day. I was the best I could be and I had tremendous energies. I think because of my body being in such good shape and I was such a limber, agile person that I did not get hurt more from the fall. But what people could not see was the fact that my central nervous system was damaged in the fall. Doctors will not say the fall caused or lead to my MS but they will not say that it did not either. The feelings of electric current and numbness and tingling I felt after the accident are the same feelings along with other symptoms that came back to haunt me 6 months later. Immediately after the accident when my hip was better I started running again. I would leave for my run and get a block or 2 away from home and get weak in my arms and legs and loose my balance and turn around and walk home. I would rest for a bit. Try again. Same thing kept happening. Gradually over the summer I stopped or was not able to anymore do any type of exercise. I stayed on the couch all day sleeping off & on. The heat from the summer bothered me and made me extremely weak. I went from a mom who took her 7 year old son to the pool everyday to one who would find any excuse not to leave the house because of not being able to stay in the sun. It would make me feel worse when I would go. This started to cause arguments with the husband because he still saw a wife that looked healthy and just thought I did not want to go with him and our son to the pool.

Nutrition got my MS into remission...

Back in 1975 I began changing the way I ate & lived my life. I started exercising & taking supplements. I have always wanted to own a Health Food Store...Well, to make a long story short, it took me this long to get this far. Over the last 37 years I have grown to know more about nutrition & health, especially in my own personal life when I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I went to a nutritionist 26 years ago to get my health back. It worked!!! Through changing my eating habits, nutrition, juicing & cleansing programs & most of ALL God...I was able to bring the MS into remission for over 20 years. I have recently come out of remission. For what reasons we do not know. That is what is so puzzling about the disease. I want to share my knowledge with others & help people live a full abundant life that is intended for us. I will do my best to always share my knowledge with what has worked with me. I have experience in working in a Health Food Store, Certification in Homeopathic Remedies & my best knowledge comes from my life. I know what has worked for me & my family, I can only share this with you and hope that you will gain a respect for the natural approach to illness & health and let it become a way you will want to live your life.
I have recently had surgery. The second surgery in 1 years time. This time around it has caused my MS to flare up severely. So my goal is once again to gain back my energies and strength. To do so the first time around years ago it took several years for my body to accept the foods and supplements. But along with prayer and faith my body did eventually go into remission. I invite you to follow my blog as I rekindle the ways I will be changing my supplements and seeking healing for my body. At the present time my medication from my neuroligist has been changed to a more potent med. I do not agree with taking medications but at times our bodies do need them to balance us out. We just need to discern which is for us and just what we want to put our bodies through. So right now I am on Provigil till I can get my body to the rested point it needs to respond to the natural ways I choose. During this excerbation time I have learned over the years that if your body is saying rest...you need to listen to it and surrender.