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I guess that was my main concern, symptom relief, and now that I think about it, starting my day off with a cold shower does seem to keep me more awake throughout the day, I'm just going to stop torturing myself with the freezing cold water, I'll keep it on the cool side LOL.

interesting, I definitely have to research that and make any changes to my blog article that may be necessary. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if you were right, I rarely trust my doctors to know what they are talking about LOL I research everything they tell me because doctors are people too,...

Hmm, maybe I won't push my limits with the cold unless some kind of research pops up that supports a reason to do so lol...

Food seems to definitely play a role when it comes to MS, certain foods are known to cause inflammation which is believed to be one of the root causes of MS symptoms. I wrote an article on my blog today about the anti-inflammatory diet and how certain foods can cause inflammation and make symptoms w...

Soy is a legume and as such considered bad. I've followed BBD since 2004 and did not eliminate legumes in the first year. Improvement only came after I got rid of the legumes. hi, could you possibly explain this to me really quick? I am interested, I read on several sources online, in books, and my...

Just finished writing an article on my blog about the anti-inflammatory diet, that's what I'm about to try, I tried to organize all my research the best I could, I may continue to update this article as I experiment with the diet and after I talk to a dietitian but my article answers pretty much eve...

So obviously heat is bad for MS, cool environments are good so my question is this, does the cold temperature actually benefit MS patients or are those of us with MS simply trying to avoid heat? I've been trying to take cool showers and in the last few days I have been slowly reducing the temperatur...

Firstly, nicotine is the world's most powerful natural insecticide. Imagine living next door to a farm that sprayed insecticide daily and that although you did not inhale the stuff directly, you breathed in quite a bit of the residue all day long. It may not kill you but I doubt it would do you or ...

well, it definitely seems that based on everyone's personal experience, that smoking does not seem to hazardous to multiple sclerosis as far as symptoms/ exacerbations are concerned. I beg to differ with that generalization. Cigarettes are highly addictive poison. Moreover, the National MS Society ...

Sorry for the late reply, but I suppose I will just see what my neurologists says tomorrow, it seems like there are just so many different factors that can affect symptoms and their progress, but I appreciate you sharing your story with me, thanks!

well, it definitely seems that based on everyone's personal experience, that smoking does not seem to hazardous to multiple sclerosis as far as symptoms/ exacerbations are concerned. I appreciate everyone's input! I'm less worried about the after smell of smoking now however I think I will still avo...

How long have you been off the Prednisone? I find that while I do retain some of the benefits of my high dose steroids, once I am finished taking them many old the old complaints start creeping back. I hope you find that things improve soon, and there is an excellent diet related forum here that sh...

So this seems like a stupid question, the answer seems so obvious, but I'm wondering, how much of a health risk is it to spend time in a car or household that smells like smoke even if no one is actually smoking? I don't have too much of a knowledge on the smoking thing but I would imagine the reaso...

First of all, I'm not sure if this is where I should be posting, please let me know if there is a better place to post my health/ medical questions. So, I am still fighting my first exacerbation which started on August 1 give or take. since then I've done five days of IV steroids and about a week or...

Hi Matt, first let me say, I really do understand you wanting the tat.. but my daughter got one at 18. She had our blessings She never had a bit of trouble and went to a reputable place to get it. Then one winter her back started to hurt ( she does not have ms) She went to the dr and the lymph node...