Why? Part II

When God asked me to go on a journey to help others with MS, I started with the first thing I knew.  Maybe God wanted me to start a support group through the MS Society.  A support group like the Cancer Care ministry at the Rock Church, http://therocksandiego.org/ministries/cancercare/ .  So I called a contact at the MS Society and told her what I wanted to do.  She referred me to their support group coordinator and I left a message.  While I was waiting for a phone call back, I began speaking to friends and family including a few others with MS.  And then I was out to lunch with my intern and one of our volunteers.  I shared what I was thinking about and she (unbeknowest to me was diagnosed with MS) responded with, "There is another way.  I have been MS free for 10 years."  Really?  I couldn't believe it.  But I knew she was telling the truth, everything was adding up.  She referred me to the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM), http://solvingtherootcause.com/  around Thanksgiving. 

The day before Thanksgiving, I went for an appointment.  How could I help others with their MS if I had not looked into all the options? Right? Right. 

I learned a lot that day.  I had a problem with dairy, soy, corn, peanuts (no more Snickers), and gluten with some other items thrown in.  No diary?? No more pasta, bread? Then they explained that what they find in most patients given a MS diagnosis is that they aren't getting the right nutrients.  And therefore their body responds with MS.  Hmmmm . . . . But first I needed to go on this detox diet and chronicle everything including my PH.

With the holidays starting I decided to take the next month getting prepared to detox but I still wanted to eat my Grandma's Christmas chocolate turtles with homemade caramel, yum!  I wanted to do this right-- no cheating.  My Doctor at CAM tells me, because Jesus said it, to "let my yes be yes and my no be no."  Therefore, no cheating!

So I started by cutting most diary and sugar out of my diet and experimenting with the gluten thing.  A crazy thing happened, I started having more energy.  (Just to give an example of what my energy had been like, when I was with my little one during his short wake periods I would find a strong desire to take a nap . . . just close my eyes a little and I had to fight this with all I had until he went down for his nap and I could finally close my eyes.)

With this happening, I could not wait till the day after Christmas.  I was excited about the challenge and what God had in store for me to learn about being healthy.

By the way, the MS Society had not called back.  I took it as God making sure my Journey did not go down that path.