Thank you.
When I wrote yesterday about needing help finding solutions to two problems making the already painful symptoms of MS a little worse and more difficult to cope with I did get several suggestions, so thanks for them all. However, they were all ones that I already do or aren’t possible, I’m not able to stand for more that a few seconds in a shower, and getting in and out would be very dangerous in my condition. I live alone and have a carer for an hour each day at lunchtime. I wear shorts and T shirts all year round apart from a few winter months when it gets really cold, I’m 99% of the time bare footed. My hands and feet become very hot in bed so for the majority of the time they are uncovered which is strange because they feel really cold but two minutes after covering them they feel like they are wrapped in boiling hot towels, so I struggle to uncover them again. I’ve tried a multitude of variations with drinking water, I’ve had some scary times….. really scary, some nasty falls and total inability to get up which has been horrendous knowing I have a “Hummingbird bladder”… So not drinking so much is simply not an option, I have to drink around 5 litres of liquid each day, primarily water+ and three cups of red clover tea. Two of the 16 different supplements I take are Saw Palmetto and Pumpkin seed oil, both of which help with the number of bathroom visits I have which even with them is still about 25…getting to the loo is exhausting, then there’s also the self catheters so the carpet path to the loo is quite obvious..lol.
Overall…. I’m very happy about the progress I’ve made on the ABP since September last year, things are tough, painful, frustrating and at times very awkward, but…. but so much better than they used to be. When I compare how I feel and how I’m coping now to 8 1/2 months ago, everything is massively better and I consider myself very, very lucky, I feel taking the CBD oil 3 times a day (half pipette) has definitely helped. Once again thanks for the suggestions and heartfelt thanks as always to Janet and also to Jeurgen re CBD oil.
A Pig…
As you will have ascertained from reading my posts, I wear my heart on my sleeve and “tell it like it is”… nothing to hide and a 100% belief in what I’m saying and doing. As I’ve said before, my body’s inability to cope with heat and becoming extremely fatigued 4 or 5 hours after moving about is severely debilitating and a tad frustrating to say the least, Monday was one of those days, in fact it was a pig. When I say Pig….. I’m not referring to an animal of course, just the accepted description of a terrible day, I really struggled and if it wasn’t for Diane, my Monday and Thursday carer I’d have been in serious trouble.
I’ve searched and searched for hours and days in fact for a way of alleviating this problem but as yet have not found an answer, so I’m reaching out to everyone that reads this, I feel I’m quite knowledgeable when it comes to health, nutrition and the symptoms of multiple sclerosis but when it comes to this, I’m hitting a brick wall and I’m not too proud to ask for help.
My reasoning thus far has been on two areas mainly, my thyroid firstly and secondly red blood cells, the reasons being is that the thyroid is responsible for metabolism and the body’s ability to adjust to variations in temperature, then, haemoglobin, a component of red blood cells has 4 ports that carry oxygen or oxyhaemaglobin. I’ve tried to increase my RBC count to hopefully improve the oxygen levels of my organs which in my mind should help…. any suggestions?
Just a ‘t…
A TV commercial inspired this post, normally when I see commercials on TV they make me sad because they tend to be based on lies, you know the ones promoting a food that’s supposedly good for your health or will help you lose weight, when in reality they’re loaded with taste enhancers or sugar or both and are more likely to damage you.
Well in this case it’s not, it’s just about a freaking letter, a ‘t’ and the addition of which can and often does mentally prevent you from succeeding in your long term goal.
As I’ve said before ” what you believe, you make true”… if you think you can, or if you think you can’t…. you’re right… So it all comes down to a simple letter as to succeeding, the letter ‘t’…
I personally have an overwhelming desire to walk on the beach again in St Augustine, Florida and to hike in the Rocky mountains, both places I lived for a total of thirteen years, I want to run the streets again, in the rain listening to music on my iPod. Will I do them again? If I believe it, then yes I will… How… because there’s no ‘t’ in Can..