IronTina: Fear NO Lesion

The beginning of this journey starts October 6, 2015. Fairly long backstory here but have to pick a starting point. So anyway, 10/6/15, 7am,   I have an appointment to discuss recent MRIs with a neurologist. The doctor comes in the room, sits down next to me and says, "Well, it looks like you have MS".   Two things happened in my brain at the same moment and I can't really remember which came first, but I'm going with "Well THAT explains it! I'm not a crazy person/hypochondriac!" and then "F. Wait, what did you say? MS? That's no good".   He showed me the "lesions" in my brain, cervical and thoracic spine on the MRIs. We chatted about his recommendations to start a daily injectable medication, he gave me some information about MS and the medication and said I should follow-up soon. I got into my car and called my husband and said, "well, you're not going to believe this. The Neurologist said I have

October 6th, marked 3 years since I was told I have Multiple Sclerosis. More emotional than I thought I'd be. Probably because this whole "flare/new lesions" thing happened. It has resurfaced a lot of feelings/decisions about starting medication. Back to 2016...... (enter Wayne's World music to go back in time)..... When I saw  Dr. Parke  for the first time, she talked with me about  Dr. Terry Wahls , gave me her  book (The Wahls Protocol)  (click links to check out both doctors and the book) and was the FIRST doctor I'd seen who was even the slightest bit optimistic about the diagnosis. Seriously, people, go see her (even if you don't live in AZ)! I watched  Dr. Wahls TedX video  and finally felt like a weight had been lifted off me. That there was some hope (likely to discuss this more in future blog posts). I am not going to lie and say I was able to change overnight. I did follow through with Dr. Parke's exclusion diet and start the  Wahls