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just seeing these posts now; glad you are feeling better. sorry did you mean your kids lost smell and taste?

good to hear; hope it continues to go well still weeks away from the first shot of two over here, and the second one will be delayed by months. so be it!

how did it go @sanabo ?

Autonomic Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis: Implications for Exercise (2014) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852554/ "... Conclusion Compounding evidence now indicates that regular exercise without a critical attendant heat strain is beneficial to individuals with MS, and should be i...

Blood Trace Element Status in Multiple Sclerosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2021) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12011-021-02621-5 "This meta-analysis revealed that the circulating levels of Zn and Fe were significantly lower in MS patients and that Mn level was significant...

ok so your b12 is definitely not in the questionable section of the normal range. fish oil and vitamin C, also good. i don't know enough about ala to comment. vitamin d3 status would be the next one to test, for which you could expect to have ready buy in from the doc. as with b12, you don't want to...

things about which i know nothing: Whole transcriptome analysis of multiple Sclerosis patients reveals active inflammatory profile in relapsing patients and downregulation of neurological repair pathways in secondary progressive cases https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211034820...

hi sanabo and welcome to TiMS. understandably a very very scary time. sadly, there are no super quick answers but what you can do is continue as you have started and work on getting answers. keep working on getting the tests, dig in on understanding the results. could we inquire what the 'normal' b1...

hi DIM i did well for over a decade after a single diagnostic episode in 2006. dropped the ball in the work life balance deparment between about 2015 and 2018. self care suffered. in the same period, my doctor retired and it was tough to get monitoring back on track. when i finally got some numbers,...

COVID-19: Poor outcomes in patients with zinc deficiency (Nov 2020)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 122030730X

Effects of dietary restriction on neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases (2021) https://rupress.org/jem/article-abstract/218/2/e20190086/211666/Effects-of-dietary-restriction-on?redirectedFrom=fulltext "... Interactions among calorie intake, meal frequency, diet quality, and the gut microb...

i have been helping a connection who is dealing with age related vascular cognitive impairment, exploring various rehab options, and have been researching within the last week re fluid and crystalline intelligence etc. i had to dig in on this study's results and discussion to see how it addressed ce...

no doubt. as might terry wahls and a litany of others patients and caregivers have certainly found and later shared individualized dietary routes from their own pre dx status quo, towards existing public health recommendations post dx. Diet and Multiple Sclerosis: Scoping Review of Web-Based Recomme...

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Nutritional Status: The Missing Link? (sep 25) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543263/ "...Host nutritional status plays a pivotal role in the outcome of a variety of different infectious diseases. It is known that the immune system is highly af...

An overview of the current state of evidence for the role of specific diets in multiple sclerosis (2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211034819303736 "Highlights •Many people are interested in using dietary manipulations to manage their MS. •Many diets have been explored ...