Chain Reaction: Health

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

DMD's, Swank Diet, Yoga, Chiropractic...What Else?

Hey Everyone:

Since I am in the middle of a Flare I am thinking of everything I can do to get through it and not have any lasting side effects (like keeping my ability to walk without a cane). I have to decide by next week what DMD to start upon again. And here's my thing...I don't have a preference, I don't care if I have to shoot myself daily, weekly, if I have flu like symptoms or something else from the shots. I just want the drug that will best fight my MS and I have no way of knowing what that is...

So I ask you...what DMD do you use and What makes it the BEST?

And I also wonder if anyone can speak to diet changes, exercise, yoga and chiropractic or other lifestyle changes to get healthy. I am open to all suggestions and opinions here...please comment away!

Thanks ~ Lanette

For those who don't know MS first hand - An Important Excerpt from Wikipedia on MS:

The person with MS can suffer almost any neurological symptom or sign, including changes in sensation (hypoesthesias and paraesthesias), muscle weakness, muscle spasms, or difficulty in moving;^[15] difficulties with coordination and balance (ataxia);^[15] problems in speech (dysarthria) or swallowing (dysphagia),^[16] visual problems (nystagmus, optic neuritis, or diplopia),^[17] fatigue, acute or chronic pain,^[18]^[19] and bladder and bowel difficulties.^[19]^[20] Cognitive impairment of varying degrees and emotional symptoms of depression or unstable mood are also common.^[21]^[22] The main clinical measure of disability progression and symptom severity is the Expanded Disability Status Scale or EDSS.^[23]

Multiple sclerosis relapses are often unpredictable, occurring without warning and without obvious inciting factors. Some attacks, however, are preceded by common triggers. Relapses occur more frequently during spring and summer.^[24] Infections such as the common cold, influenza, or gastroenteritis increase the risk of relapse.^[25]^[26] Stress may also trigger an attack.