jleigh422

  • jleigh422 posted a new activity comment

    Yes. Yes. And, great idea about the naturopath. Thx!

  • jleigh422 posted a new activity comment

    My MRI showed activity. Yes, I feel like either I’m aging or symptoms are gnawing at me, so to speak. I also believe science is so near to treatment breakthroughs which don’t include the obviously harmful ones. Sigh…

    • Gracie007 replied

      That is such a difficult choice. I totally understand. I’m a breast cancer survivor and suffer with the fallout from treatment daily. Being our own educated advocate is critical. How do these drugs make you more susceptible to illness like pneumonia because it’s weakening your immune response for everything right? Does the drug lower your white…[Read more]

      • jleigh422 replied

        Yes. Yes. And, great idea about the naturopath. Thx!

  • jleigh422 posted an update in the group Multiple Sclerosis Advocate Network

    I have managed my diagnosis for twenty years with diet, exercise and avoiding toxic situations and people. I am nw told by my neurologist that since I’ve recently turned 60, I need to start the pharmaceutical medication which lowers the body’s immune response and therefore reduces nerve damage. However, as we have witnessed, the body’s ability to…[Read more]

    • Gracie007 replied

      Is their only reason to start the pharma strictly based on age or are their signs of progression of the disease?

      • jleigh422 replied

        My MRI showed activity. Yes, I feel like either I’m aging or symptoms are gnawing at me, so to speak. I also believe science is so near to treatment breakthroughs which don’t include the obviously harmful ones. Sigh…

        • Gracie007 replied

          That is such a difficult choice. I totally understand. I’m a breast cancer survivor and suffer with the fallout from treatment daily. Being our own educated advocate is critical. How do these drugs make you more susceptible to illness like pneumonia because it’s weakening your immune response for everything right? Does the drug lower your white…[Read more]

          • jleigh422 replied

            Yes. Yes. And, great idea about the naturopath. Thx!

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