Dawn Gusty

HAPPY NATIONAL MS DAY TO ME!

I’m celebrating National MS Day by finally updating my blog. What are we supposed to do on this National Day? Eat cake? Perhaps they could commemorate the day by making some sense of this stinkin’ condition. Here is my personal opinion:  (I’m not formally researched or medically educated but I’ve lived with it for 14 years so I get to spout off.)

I think Multiple Sclerosis is a symptom, not a disease in and of itself. It comes on because of different factors and many causes are to blame. In my case, it’s viruses, bacteria, and layers of toxins.  My theory makes sense – they can’t figure out exactly what causes it (since it’s different for all of us) and they can’t (or won’t) fix it.

Therefore, if I’m going to get better, I need to make progress in cleaning up the internal, microscopic culprits. I’ve tried so many things but haven’t made a huge dent. It’s a tricky process.

I longed to be one of the successful ones. I wanted to join the guy who cured his MS by eating 10+ servings of vegetables per day. (I’ve been doing that for a long time now.) I wanted to stand alongside the guy from The Beautiful Truth (documentary) who cured his cancer by juicing (been doing that for 4 and a half years.) That worked for them and I know it works for many others. In fact, in almost all conditions, I truly believe we’d be better off with a clean diet, loaded with veggies and superfoods, and taking as few pharmaceuticals as possible – preferably none, realistically, maybe a small amount. I believe prayer, my extreme diet, moving, and determination have kept me from being bedridden. I’m still dressing myself and driving. The way I live my life has kept me going. I’m 100% sure of that.

So what’s the next step? I’m looking into Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). I’ve read some success stories and it’s worth a try. I’ll report on the results. In the meantime, I have no choice but to continue to focus on nutrition and movement. But more than anything else, I will focus on prayer and gratitude no matter what my circumstances. As I told a friend today, healing awaits but in the meantime, there is good life to be lived.