Judy Graham

I am put off by the fact that the flu vaccine contains formaldehyde. I may be old, but I don’t want to be embalmed while I am still alive.

It is no surprise that worsening bladder and bowel symptoms correspond with worsening disability. Personally, I eat loads of veggies and fibre, which helps.

<p style=”text-align: center;”>I have found it’s all too easy to slip into negativity when MS gets worse and you don’t know what the future holds. Easy to say ‘life is full of uncertainty anyway’. It doesn’t help. If you have Progressive MS, no drugs suitable (at least not in UK), although I read that in US that Disease Modifying Drugs doled out…[Read more]

Depression and hypertension two common co-morbidities of MS worldwide. Others include low thyroid function, high cholesterol, anxiety, heart disease, urinary tract infections. Also cancer and diabetes. Doc may not link these with MS. Co-morbidities increase with age. They can appear during the prodrome period – the pre-symptom phase before MS is diagnosed.

I take 10,000 in Vitamin D 3 every day. This part of Overcoming MS program. I’m in London, so not much vitamin D coming from sunshine around here. Hard to know what benefits just from vit  D as I take a load of supplements and also on a very strict diet.