Today is a day that has become all too common over the last few years. A little over 3 years ago I would've told you that my wife's MS wasn't affecting her daily activities much. We were living in Colorado, she was walking fine, working full time, and we were trying to figure out what the next phase of our life would be. We jumped into a new business in Denton, Tx, and moved into a home less than 10 years old in a great neighborhood. Life was hard as we established a new business from the ground up, but we noticed over time that my wife's health was not cooperating. Little did we know that the next year and half would be a journey of us trying to figure out how to help my wife as she lost feeling in her left side and started having more and more issues we thought were MS related.
We tried all kinds of things while we were in Dallas/Fort Worth, but we couldn't seem to find anything that helped my wife with her numbness, fatigue, foggy brain, stomach issues or walking issues. Honestly, it was crazy frustrating because she had done so well for years and then BAM, new issues and new Multiple Sclerosis problems. That's one of the things that's so frustrating with MS, it can rear it's ugly head out of nowhere and then the next journey begins to figure out how to combat it. The shock came when we figured out that her health issues had something to do with our environment after they disappeared while on a cruise.
Why is today just another common day? Because my wife's health once again has sidelined her and neither one of us know why. Out of nowhere last night her stomach started hurting and she's had stomach pain most of the night and morning. We know that this is related to her bowel issues and lack of bowel movements, just like all of the other times issues like this have happened thru the years. Yes, we know that it's her gut that's causing this issue but it's soooo frustrating that we haven't been able to find a solution. We've tried all kinds of different things, met with experts, researched and have been told over and over that this blah, blah, blah will definitely fix the issue. If you've struggled with MS for long, my guess is you've heard the same spill too.
What I do know is we feel like we're getting closer to figuring out what has been causing the issues over the last 3 years. We do know that mold was definitely present and affecting her health while we were in Denton. What's crazy is when we moved her health didn't really get better, unlike the cruise we went on. It's like a puzzle that we only have certain pieces to but we can't see the finished puzzle. I do feel like we're getting closer with a new Dr we are seeing and some new treatment she's been receiving. One of those is Clear Mind which I'll be writing about soon. It's been amazing to see how much it's helped her with her memory and brain fog. We're also learning about some other issues that have shown themselves that I'll be sharing soon, and hopefully the solutions we've found to them.
Blogging about MS has been on the backburner for me for the last year or so, especially as our online business has exploded. So many areas of our life are better than they've ever been, but there's nothing like having your health. 2016 has been a wild year learning about proper nutrition, trying to find a Doctor that had the skills and knowledge we were looking for, struggling thru new recipes and foods we weren't used to, and trying to keep up as our business grew at a rapid pace. I really feel like 2017 is going to be a life changing year, giving us new treatments, new revelations and my hope and prayer is better health for my wife. Thank you all so much for continuing to read about our crazy life, and I'll do my best to write more as we try and experience new treatments and things that help my wife's MS! Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
New Beginnings with Multiple Sclerosis!
It's been months since I've posted about my Wife's MS and our life. I keep meaning to update and share what we've been doing so over the next months I'm wanting to share about our newest experience with a Health Coach and Multiple Sclerosis. If you've followed our MS Blog, you know that my wife has had all kinds of MS issues thru the years, and most recently we found Mold in our Home that was causing my wife to lose feeling in her whole left side. She's lived for about 2 years with limited feeling in her left side, from her left arm to her left foot. She's also struggled with stiff legs and struggles walking because of it. About 8 months ago we uprooted our whole lives and moved back Home to West Texas to figure out how to get her health back.
In June, 2015, we went on a Cruise that changed everything. When we walked onto the ship my wife had lived for a year and a half with numbness on the left side of her body. Within 3 days that feeling started coming back, and by the end of the week she had all of the feeling back in the left side of her body. That was an AHA moment for us! She was so excited and couldn't believe how great she felt when we left the boat.
Then we got home...
Within 24 hours of being Home she was numb again on her left side. That began our Journey for the last 8 months trying to figure out what caused the immediate turn around on the Cruise. Was it the Air quality? Was it the exercise walking and doing all of the activities we did? She participated in everything from swimming with Dolphins to riding Segways to flying thru the Trees in Jamaica on zip lines. She walked and did great the whole trip. Or maybe it was just getting away from the mold and getting closer to the Equator? It sure wasn't eating better because we ate horribly on the Ship! ;)
So, that's where the Journey began, with this weird Cruise Ship experience and then all the issues coming back. Since that time we moved in with my wife's Parents to give us some time to work thru her MS issues, sold 1 business, moved into a new Home, worked on a Rental property we own (which by they way she can't be in because she starts to have the same issues she had with the mold), hired a Health Coach that has had huge results with Auto Immune diseases, and started an intense eating program with supplementation.
My wife's had some success since starting with the Health Coach, and we're just getting started on cleanses the Coach recommended. It's a 12 week program and we're about 8 weeks into it, with 3 cleanses to go and we're just starting exercising. We're learning that so much of the issues my wife has had are due to Gut issues. This new eating plan has us eating foods that have natural Pro Biotics, trying to repopulate my wife's Gut with good bacteria. I'll share more later, but thank you all for continuing to follow our journey with Multiple Sclerosis!
In June, 2015, we went on a Cruise that changed everything. When we walked onto the ship my wife had lived for a year and a half with numbness on the left side of her body. Within 3 days that feeling started coming back, and by the end of the week she had all of the feeling back in the left side of her body. That was an AHA moment for us! She was so excited and couldn't believe how great she felt when we left the boat.
Then we got home...
Within 24 hours of being Home she was numb again on her left side. That began our Journey for the last 8 months trying to figure out what caused the immediate turn around on the Cruise. Was it the Air quality? Was it the exercise walking and doing all of the activities we did? She participated in everything from swimming with Dolphins to riding Segways to flying thru the Trees in Jamaica on zip lines. She walked and did great the whole trip. Or maybe it was just getting away from the mold and getting closer to the Equator? It sure wasn't eating better because we ate horribly on the Ship! ;)
So, that's where the Journey began, with this weird Cruise Ship experience and then all the issues coming back. Since that time we moved in with my wife's Parents to give us some time to work thru her MS issues, sold 1 business, moved into a new Home, worked on a Rental property we own (which by they way she can't be in because she starts to have the same issues she had with the mold), hired a Health Coach that has had huge results with Auto Immune diseases, and started an intense eating program with supplementation.
My wife's had some success since starting with the Health Coach, and we're just getting started on cleanses the Coach recommended. It's a 12 week program and we're about 8 weeks into it, with 3 cleanses to go and we're just starting exercising. We're learning that so much of the issues my wife has had are due to Gut issues. This new eating plan has us eating foods that have natural Pro Biotics, trying to repopulate my wife's Gut with good bacteria. I'll share more later, but thank you all for continuing to follow our journey with Multiple Sclerosis!
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