Important enough…
Just over two years ago I faced everyday with determination but no real confidence or optimism about my future, there was bravado obviously stemming from my upbringing, I’m from Liverpool, born in the 50’s from a mother originally from Berlin. So a “Scouser” dad and a German mum and one of 7 kids always having to fight for anything I wanted made me a tough character…mentally of course.
I’ve written about my active sporting life, the skydiving, hang gliding, scuba diving, mountain biking, rock climbing and being a pilot. Did doing all those things make it easier for me to fight against multiple sclerosis? I don’t think so..
I’m some ways it was detrimental, having great memories and experiences to a certain extent made me feel “hard done by”… Y’know what I mean, “I’ve done all these things and been so physically active but now I’m useless”…
So regardless of my upbringing and “tough mentality” it was forcing me closer to acceptance of the inevitable defeat to what the medical profession deem to be an incurable disease.
But in August of 2017 I read about a woman called Ann Boroch who had apparently beaten multiple sclerosis, reading her book “Healing multiple sclerosis” changed my thinking and attitude, I now felt optimistic and had genuine hope.
The Ann Boroch protocol isn’t an easy thing to do, at least not during the first 6 or 8 months, after that it isn’t hard to stick to the dietary requirements. Over time I personally have found numerous compliant food’s which I find to be perfectly acceptable.
I’m just starting my 26th month and to a certain extent I take the improvements I now feel for granted, what I mean by that is sometimes feel a little sad, momentarily, when I’m not leaping forward, I’m not walking unaided, but then I give myself a good slapping, mentally of course. I tell myself I’m so much better than the doctors and medical professionals expected me to be, and this is a 4 year plan, so if I haven’t got worse, as was their prognosis, then two and a bit years on I must be so much better.
I considered myself a reasonably physical man, a bit of a adrenaline junkie, but in all honesty those things haven’t helped me in succeeding on this journey, I’ve still a long way to go, being who I am and having done what I’ve done actually made me feel sorry for myself initially.
What has and “is” helping me is the fact that in my opinion, being healthy again and ridding my body of this hideous disease is…
Important enough, to do what’s necessary