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“I Need You to Pinch Me” (Sensory Symptoms)


“I need you to pinch me. But I need you to pinch me hard” The sun was already reaching through the blinds when I opened my eyes. It seemed like a normal day, it felt like a normal day. I lingered in bed for a few more moments, wishing I didn’t have to leave it’s […]

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Vision Issues and Treatments


Problems with vision are a common first symptom of MS and can appear quite suddenly. Thankfully, vision issues will usually resolve with proper treatment and time. Proper treatment will often consist of a round of IV steroids, and possibly oral steroids as well. Optic Neuritis is the most well known vision issue in the MS community, […]

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Sleep! The Necessary Ingredient for Better Health


The topic of ‘sleep’ is all the rage lately. I’ve seen many headlines on the topic lately ‘Yes, you still need 8 hours!‘ or ‘6 is just not enough!‘ But when our lives are busier than ever, how on earth are we supposed to dedicate 7-9 hours a night to sleep?? I don’t know about you, but […]

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I’ll Keep the Invisibility of My Illness, Thank You.


The obvious thing about having an invisible illness is that it is invisible. No one can see it, no one knows what is going on with you or how you feel. No one knows if you are having a good day or bad day just by looking at you, usually. No one knows if you […]

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Exercise


When you Google Multiple Sclerosis and Exercise, not too many options appear in the search results. What does come up in the results are usually one page of information about taking it easy, not exerting yourself and watching out for overheating. The recommendations are usually aqua-aerobics, yoga or tai-chi. I’m not saying that swimming or […]

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Gut Healing


Last week I went into detail regarding ‘Leaky Gut’, how it originates and how it affects autoimmunity. I also mention that this week I would go into detail about what to do when you have leaky gut and how to go about Gut Healing. Fixing leaky gut Usually involves a long process that unfortunately can take […]

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Leaky Gut


I’ve been using that wonderful term leaky gut in almost every MSMonday post for the past several weeks. Since leaky gut is at the bottom of pretty much every reason why we cut out certain foods, I figured it was about time to devote an entire post to those two cute little words. So let’s dig a little […]

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Nightshades


Nightshades, something that sounds like it should be found in a home decor store, but in reality it is a category of food that is often a staple of everyday cooking. It certainly was of mine pre AIP days! I remember the first time I went shopping after making the AIP leap, wandering around the […]

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Dairy


Dairy, it includes all things good in the world, like ice cream. But it is also unfortunately incredibly allergenic among other issues. So what are individuals with autoimmune disease and Multiple Sclerosis to do about dairy? As with many things, the consumption of dairy is a hotly debated topic in the autoimmune world. This is due […]

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Gluten


Gluten has certainly got itself quite the negative reputation lately hasn’t it. Everyone seems to be trying to avoid it these days, and probably for good reason. Gluten can definitely do a number on your system, celiac or not. But let’s dive into the issue a bit further and look at the link between gluten […]

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