Re: Long intro from the new mod

[Guest guest]

Thank You Yvette. I made the right choice assigning this job to you. I hope

that you can inspire others and be inspired by them as well.

Yvette Deluca wrote: has

generously asked me to take over as moderator for her. Since

I'm usually quiet here unless I have a question, I thought I should post

a new intro so everyone knows who I am and what I'm about. I know I

promised this intro a couple days ago but I've had a couple sick kids

and my husband's had to work late --like midnight or later- since Wed.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Yvette,

I want to give you a warm welcome as our new Moderator!

And I also want to thanks for the good work she has done!

Im very curious about the things you've done to reverse the symptoms.

Im using LDN (for MS).

With best wishes,

Belinda from the Netherlands

> I've use things I've learned here, and things my husband and I have

> researched to halt the progression and reverse the symptoms. I've

> regained the all the feeling in my foot and hand, the stuttering,

> weakness and dizziness are all gone, and my vision has returned to

> almost 20/20. My husband and I continue to research and learn more

about

> treating ms and other illnesses with alternative and natural medicine.

>

> If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

>

>

> Yvette

> (moderator)

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you and welcome Yvette. T

Thank you for sharing your story as well - it was impowering to read

it. We all have such different stories...

I have a feeling you will make a great moderator here

>

> has generously asked me to take over as moderator for her.

Since

> I'm usually quiet here unless I have a question, I thought I should

post

> a new intro so everyone knows who I am and what I'm about. I know I

> promised this intro a couple days ago but I've had a couple sick

kids

> and my husband's had to work late --like midnight or later- since

Wed.

>

> Anyway.. about me.

>

> I've been a member of mscured for roughly a year and a half now. I

> joined shortly after I started having ms symptoms again. My first

MS

> symptom was burning, tingling and numbness in my left foot when I

was 15

> or 16. My dr did tests for diabetes because Type 1 runs in my

family,

> when all came back normal, he dismissed the whole thing. At 18 I

started

> experiencing the 'ms hug', although then I had no clue what it was.

> Again, drs passed it off... they assumed the pain was related to

asthma.

> From then on I had various, seemingly unconnected symptoms that

nobody

> could explain. My parents wrote me off as nuts and my drs weren't

far

> behind.

>

> Six weeks after my oldest daughter was born I had an asthma attack

that

> almost killed me. My pulmo told me " I have you on the highest

amount of

> meds I can give you. If the asthma doesn't kill you, the meds will. "

>

> I went home and learned everything I could about treating asthma

with

> herbs, supplements, diet, meditation, and creative visualization. 2

> months later I was off most of the asthma meds. One year later I

was off

> everything except what they now call a " rescue inhaler " and I was

only

> using that once a month or so.My lung function tests were equal to

> someone without asthma.My Pulmo was awesome and followed me through

the

> process. At the end of that year, he asked me to write out exactly

what

> I had done because his wife had asthma also, and he wanted to use

my

> methods on her.

>

> After my 2nd child was born the pain returned. Some days I was

unable to

> even hold a fork because it hurt so severely. My kids' dad and I

> divorced because he didn't believe there was anything wrong. He

thought

> I was faking. So I became a single mom of 2.

> Through the years, I still had various and odd symptoms, numbness,

brain

> fog, exhaustion, weakness, severe pain, etc.. never at the same

time,

> and never longer than a month. None of my drs took me seriously

>

> Then, 8 years ago, my left leg went completely numb from the knee

down.

> I was scared and went to the ER. The ER doc blindfolded me and

stuck my

> leg with a needle 30+ times. I felt 2 minor pokes. They admitted

me and

> ran a slew of tests... (can you say pin cushion anyone?) After

about a

> week of poking and prodding, someone did an MRI. It came back

> 'abnormal'. A neurologist came in and asked me a slew of questions

and

> did a 2nd MRI. The next day she told me " I think you have multiple

> sclerosis, but I can't give you a definite dx until you have

another

> attack. " She sent me home with a quad cane and no real info. When I

got

> home, I did a lot of research and basically saw my life flash

before my

> eyes.

>

> The numbness went away, and so did my fears. Life was

normal..well..

> except that I had no feeling in 2 of my toes.

> 2 years later, I was over come by joint pain. Horrible pain. I was

> unable to hold a fork. My kids and I lived in a 2nd floor apartment

and

> I literally had to have someone help me get up the stairs to my

> apartment after work each day. I landed back in the hospital.. more

> tests. Everything came back normal. No one did an MRI and so it was

> ruled as stress. I told the new docs what the first neuro had said

and

> they all dismissed it.

>

> 2 or 3 yrs later, it was stuttering and hearing loss that landed me

back

> in the hospital. Same thing.. except this time they did the MRI. Of

> course, It came back 'abnormal'. But that neuro told me that the

> abnormality was inconsistent with MS. It's stress. Go home.

>

> Intermittent symptoms continued, and I started referring to them as

> " that weird neuro thing. " When I was dating my now husband he was

> holding my hand one day and looked at me funny. " you didn't feel

that? " ,

> he asked me. My response was " feel what? " He had squeezed my hand

and

> I felt nothing. My left hand was completely numb. I reminded him of

the

> odd symptoms I'd had and that I told him they thought I might have

ms.

> The next day, he started researching ms and alternative methods to

treat

> it. The first thing we did was cut out any and all packaged and

> processed foods. We stopped eating out. He had discovered an MSG

link to

> ms. I went back into remission and almost all my symptoms went away.

>

> When our daughter was born, about 2 years ago, I started having

symptoms

> again. This time more serious symptoms, like memory loss and

dizziness.

> My vision went and I had to stop driving. I joined this list.

Again, we

> did the round of doctors and pin cushion tests, and MRI's .. and

again I

> was told " yes, your MRI is abnormal. But I don't know that it's

ms. " Of

> course, this is after he offered me neurontin for pain and copaxone

and

> I refused, because my youngest was only 6 months old and I was

still

> breastfeeding her. During that visit, he left the room and while he

was

> gone, I went through his notes on my case... sure enough. he had

written

> that I most definitely had MS.

>

> I've use things I've learned here, and things my husband and I have

> researched to halt the progression and reverse the symptoms. I've

> regained the all the feeling in my foot and hand, the stuttering,

> weakness and dizziness are all gone, and my vision has returned to

> almost 20/20. My husband and I continue to research and learn more

about

> treating ms and other illnesses with alternative and natural

medicine.

> Most days I feel better than I ever have. ... which is good because

we

> have 6 kids I have to keep up with and homeschool. I also run my

own

> business.

>

> I've taken over as moderator as my way of saying thank you to those

of

> you on this list from whom I have learned so much. I hope that my

> knowledge and research can benefit everyone here in some way.

>

> If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

>

>

> Yvette

> (moderator)

>