tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974128647569108285.post2643988212809494778..comments2023-04-12T05:18:28.846-07:00Comments on Living! with MS: The Holistic Approach # 2Denver Refashionistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681030016057155728noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974128647569108285.post-62134838644686286902009-06-03T05:05:55.185-07:002009-06-03T05:05:55.185-07:00When I am feeling stressed or worried, I have to c...When I am feeling stressed or worried, I have to clean or weed my yard. That is my meditation. I feel like I can think again when my house is in order and when the house is in order and I feel like I still can't think, I attack the yard. When I am under a lot of stress this house is as clean as an anal old lady's. I weeded the whole backyard once when I was VERY stressed -- and we do not have a small backyard. But I felt much better.Blindbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653985941985467240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974128647569108285.post-68801164503671938822009-05-28T20:54:07.122-07:002009-05-28T20:54:07.122-07:00I agree wholeheardedly with your conclusions about...I agree wholeheardedly with your conclusions about holistic benefits. I am a firm believer in doing anything and everything that can help from spirituality, meditation, yoga, diet, and western medicine, too.I don't need to know if it was the Reiki or the solumedrol that made my numb feet go away. All I know is the numbness is gone and I am willing to use both again in the future.<br />Thanks for sharing. Blog on, sister.<br />JulieJulie M. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13202264108356942158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974128647569108285.post-42964737234542552992009-05-25T15:54:35.876-07:002009-05-25T15:54:35.876-07:00Thanks for all the thoughtful comments. They real...Thanks for all the thoughtful comments. They really resonate with me. Clearly, my thinking resonated with some of you as well. That's why I'm here.Denver Refashionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681030016057155728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974128647569108285.post-1818185143280957922009-05-25T14:05:42.967-07:002009-05-25T14:05:42.967-07:00I agree with what you are saying. Stress can be ve...I agree with what you are saying. Stress can be very difficult and also bring on symptoms. Breathing techniques work for me.Living Day to Day with Multiple Sclerosishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919357938675061411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974128647569108285.post-80294089998424542712009-05-25T01:30:58.568-07:002009-05-25T01:30:58.568-07:00When I "disconnect" my thinking from my physical b...When I "disconnect" my thinking from my physical body and allow BOTH to rest, I tend to feel so much better. Whether mind over matter or matter over mind, I agree that *minding matters*.BRAINCHEESEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478852688645497036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974128647569108285.post-37858406336968805872009-05-24T16:04:17.598-07:002009-05-24T16:04:17.598-07:00Amen and amen. Well said!
My doctor (a neurologis...Amen and amen. Well said!<br /><br />My doctor (a neurologist as well as a GP) said that in the Good Old Days before MRIs, they diagnosed MS patients by graphing their symptoms. I'm not sure exactly how that worked... but one thing he said did stick with me: "EVERY patient's graph was different." I think this is one reason MS is so resistant to the Western medical approach. The West's first teaching is that patients are the same, a given disease affects every sufferer the same way. But MS doesn't work that way--<I>every</I> patient's experience is different. <br /><br />I think we're coming to the same conclusions about how to travel the MS Journey: Respect yourself. Honor your body's (and your soul's) needs. Spend the moments you have on things that are worth spending them on.<br /><br />And really, as far as treatment regimens go... what's wrong with <I>that?</I>Robert Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861491569742630629noreply@blogger.com