Today, I feel more hopeful than usual about my future living with Multiple Sclerosis. I also believe in miracles. Whatever way that miracle comes, whether in how I eat, supplements I take, or the touch from the Masters hand, it must come. After living with this illness for 22 years since being diagnosed, and the more than 24 years of not having a name for the symptoms, I deserve relief. It is unconscionable that people in my situation who have not done well with Disease Modifying Drugs, must continue on living in a space between remaining hopeful and at times on the brink of despair. I took four of the DMD's and the effects of one of them, the first one I took effected my thyroid. Now I have had to take medicine for the last 20 years to regulate its function. That will most likely be for the rest of my life.
I pray for relief from the symptoms of MS, and my need to be independent again. In my research over so many years, there was only one other therapy that I felt was useful to fight for, get and possibly be the relief and maybe cure I needed. There was a treatment that gave limited temporary relief. In the back of my mind, in keeping a vision of where I felt I was going and continuing on a journey to make this life better, I'm willing to try almost anything. This life journey has been nothing but a crash course with many struggles to overcome. To continue striving to keep in a balance is one thing. Remaining at peace is made so complex to stay somewhat normal. Being chronically sick is not normal. Sometime ago, there was an article that was quite alarming, but the conclusion is believable. It stated that by 2050, almost everyone that exists on earth will be living with some type of illness.
The human body can only take but so much with bombardments of chemicals, toxins, pollutants, disease and everything we come in contact with daily. From the time we awaken each day, everything we put in and on our bodies begins our toxic intake. Water has fluoride and other chemicals we put on our largest organ, our skin. Then, we brush our teeth with fluoride toothpaste. Then we eat food with who knows what's in it or on it. Contact with toxicity continues during the day. Just think about it!
Stem cell transplantation is a concept whose time has come. America has the best healthcare system in the world. In dealing with Multiple Sclerosis, the costs associated with just trying to stay "well" with a disease that has no cure and so hard to manage is astronomical. Costs can be up to $69,000 and more per year. If restrictions were removed for stem cell transplants, Americans with MS wouldn't have to go to foreign countries to have the procedure done. It just doesn't that make sense. My prayers and focus remain in place as the anchor to keeping the purpose of my journey for a better outcome in sight. Still, this is the closest to a "cure" I'll probably see in my lifetime. Although being 57 is somewhat old to some, there could still be about 15 years or more I can still enjoy somewhat symptom free and continue on a more progressive course absent of Multiple Sclerosis.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11442985/Miracle-stem-cell-therapy-reverses-multiple-sclerosis.html
Until next time, may GOD bless you. TBC - To Be Continued...........Soon!
