I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2012 and I kept it a secret. I only told my mom, my sister, and my then boyfriend who was at the doctor’s office with me. I waited a long time before I shared it with a close friend. And even then I was paranoid that they would tell someone else. I was sad about it, afraid, and ashamed.
Yes, ashamed.
I was the friend who ran, did yoga, ate “mostly” healthy, did triathlons, and didn’t drink alcohol or caffeine. So how did this happen to me? I had suffered with uterine fibroids for a while at that point, and had already had one surgery to remove them a few years prior. But to my dismay they were growing back. Then I find out that I have another diagnosis – MS – that could have a very debilitating progression. I felt confused, hopeless and helpless. So I came to understand that as active as I was, there was something seriously out of balance in my body.
But I still didn’t want to talk about it anyone else. How could I promote health to my friends and have such serious health problems myself.
However, I was able to cling to a small ray of hope when the doctor said I had a very mild case of MS and labeled it as “probable” Multiple Sclerosis. He said the tests they use to determine a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis are not conclusive. Ding, ding! So it’s possible that I can reverse it or at the very least, stop it’s progression? So naturally I then started asking him a lot of questions like what causes it and what’s the best diet for it best exercise, etc.. If it was a mild case, then I felt I had a chance.
His response: No one knows and you can eat whatever you want.
He then proceeded to tell me about the latest developments in drugs to treat MS (at that time they were all injections, by the way) and suggested I get on a mild dose of a daily or weekly injection.
WAIT. HUH? How does that make sense? 1. You just told me that I have a mild case. 2. Your the doctor and you don’t even know how I developed the condition? 3. You have no research on the best diet to treat it naturally. And #4. Despite your self-admitted lack of understanding – you are perfectly ok with suggesting I take a pharmaceutical injection – indefinitely?
I didn’t blame my neurologist. Afterall, that’s how it works. Doctors listen to your symptoms, take tests, and then find a treatment plan to manage the disease that your symptoms and test results point to. Well, I politely refused the medicine right then and there and was determined to find a safer, natural alternative.
It’s been 10 years since that “diagnosis” and I can gladly say that besides higher insurance premiums, Multiple Sclerosis is not present in my life or my body. So much so that I still don’t like to talk about it. I don’t even think about it, really. And I definitely don’t want to identify as having MS, or claim it – so to speak, because that’s not true.
But I also realize that I do need to share my story more often. And louder and prouder. I am so grateful for the path that experience directed me towards. I searched and studied and found information that forever changed my health and my understanding of the body. It’s not a low point in my life. It is actually a victory and other people need to know that a diagnosis does’t have to be met with dispair and dread.
And how did I heal my MS symptoms? Through Detoxification. Removing toxins and trash out of my body on a cellular level. Rehydrating the fluids so that my body was Alkaliiine, not acidic. And one of the most overlooked factors was I removed a lot of stress in my life. These are the principles that healed my MS (even though I hate to say that I was labeled with that diagnosis).
The Health Freedom Detox Course starts January 23 and teaches you the exact skills you need to recognize imbalances and weakness within your own body, then create and follow a plan to reverse the problem.
To Your Health Freedom!