Just summoning up the energy to read and focus on this letter can be a huge challenge to anyone with MS: the fatigue, the memory issues and coordination troubles can make it seem like fighting through a fog. But I want you to please bear with me, because the information in this letter is crucial to your health.
I want to give you all the information you need to come to a full understanding of just why you are having these problems, and what can be done about them.
Like you, I know what it is like to be given a diagnosis like multiple sclerosis. My journey with MS started back in 2006 when I developed Lhermitte’s sign — painful, lightning-like sensations down the back, caused by the flexing of the neck.
At the time I didn’t think much of it, I saw my osteopath and she treated it and the symptoms eventually went away. But as time went on I suffered bone aching fatigue, loss of memory, depression coupled with anxiety and eventually, after a migraine that lasted four days, I lost the vision out of my right eye.
I was told by everyone that it was nothing serious — just a lingering after-effect from the migraine. But I am a naturopath and I had been treating an increased number of clients with Multiple Sclerosis, and I was beginning to think that maybe I too had this disease…
I had to insist on an MRI (the doctors thought it was “unnecessary” but did perform the procedure once I asked) and eventually the diagnosis was finally made. The news couldn’t have arrived in a worse way — a specialist informed me over the phone, at 8am one Friday morning while I was plaiting my horse up for a competition.
For one horrible moment, it felt like my life was crashing down around me. I was all alone, with no support and with way more questions than answers.
And what could I do stop those symptoms of fatigue, the tingling and numbness, the loss of my eyesight, and the poor memory and coordination that I knew were the hallmarks of this disease…?
It all seemed so overwhelming at first, that I was tempted to give up. But my experience as a naturopath had taught me never to turn away from a difficult problem. After all, I had other patients who were suffering from MS as well, and for their sakes (and mine!) I couldn’t afford to just “give up”.
So, I got to work. I did my own research and didn’t just stop at what the doctors said or what “everyone” thinks is true. I needed to find answers, and I… Read more…
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