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Let’s talk about SEX and multiple sclerosis

Let’s talk about SEX and multiple sclerosis

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According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Sexual problems are often experienced by people with MS, but they are very common in the general population as well. Sexual arousal begins in the central nervous system, as the brain sends messages to the sexual organs along nerves running through the spinal cord. If MS damages these nerve pathways, sexual response — including arousal and orgasm — can be directly affected. Sexual problems also stem from MS symptoms such as fatigue or…

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Understanding the daily struggle with multiple sclerosis

Understanding the daily struggle with multiple sclerosis

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First let me start off by saying this is at my stage of the disease and my stage of the progression. It is not everybody’s MS path nor is it where you will surely be if your newly diagnosed. Everybody’s multiple sclerosis is different. On Valentine’s Day weekend in 2017 it will be 19 years I’ve had MS. It’s been a long time. I could be 1000 times worse and even though I struggle every single day, understand that I…

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The plant based diet and multiple sclerosis

The plant based diet and multiple sclerosis

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A plant based diet is a diet based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes; and it excludes or minimizes meat (including chicken and fish), dairy products, and eggs, as well as highly refined foods like bleached flour, refined sugar, and oil. A 2013 Nutritional Update for Physicians stated, “Healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet, which we define as a regimen that encourages whole, plant-based foods and discourages meats, dairy products, and eggs as well as…

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Our Chronic illness understanding

Our Chronic illness understanding

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I’m asked a lot, by my family, if I’ve learned anything since I started writing this blog. The biggest thing I’ve learned is that somehow we all understand what each other goes through. I follow a lot of people with some sort of chronic illness. I read their blogs and can totally relate to what they are saying and I get comments all the time that they relate to what I am saying. It doesn’t have to be someone just…

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MS is a tough disease

MS is a tough disease

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I don’t like to rant. I try to keep my blog in a positive state of mind but sometimes I just am exhausted. I don’t need to do much anymore without suffering the consequences.  People who haven’t seen me since the day I left my job would be amazed I would think. I have and continue to get worse. Sometimes my hands get so tired I can’t pick up my fork to eat dinner. My legs not only get tired…

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The bad mood

The bad mood

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You know those days where everything is just aggravating. One thing right after another. Then you finally get that free minute to sit down and relax, de-stress and bang dog throws up on the rug or your daughter calls asks for a favor and you just loose your sh&t. Ever have those overwhelming days that your just in a Bad mood? Of course you did we all do. We finally snap at what seems pretty petty but because everything during…

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I think I can, I think I can, I think I can….

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can….

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How many times have I said I can do it, no big deal to pay the price for it during or after. About a month ago we were with the family in the city going to have dinner. The restaurant was only 4 blocks away, no big deal, they weren’t avenues. We certainly didn’t need a cab. It wasn’t raining too badly. After block 1 that voice inside came up saying uh oh…this isn’t going to go well. The four…

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