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Patience or Action

I was reading last night on the website ThisisMS. Incredibly informative and up to date with a wide variety of information and "cutting-edge" theories. MS truly is a condition that is receiving strong attention from every direction. While I believe I have been part of the "new truth" of MS, there are many other views and people who believe in their approach/path with every bit as much passion and belief as I do about my healing road.

There is a vaccine made from an ingredient of goat's milk, low dose Naltrexone, the new drug which aids walking by a unique mechanism. There is still strong belief in anti-inflammatory drugs like interferon, Tysabri and newer creations which can be taken orally. There is truly a lot out there and patients are getting benefit. The CCSVI theory is still in its infancy and far from accepted by the medical community. Yesterday, I spoke with a very kind woman with MS who tried to get the MRV done and instead had an MRA(magnetic resonance angiogram) done and it was read by a radiologist who had never heard of the CCSVI theory and did not look at her veins when reading the study. How utterly disappointing.

Where do we go from here?? Time is definitely needed to allow the new discoveries like CCSVI be studied, contemplated, and incorporated into the world view of the medical establishment. However, time is not a friend of someone who is living in a declining body. Tomorrow feels like an eternity to someone who is struggling. A clean formulated plan is needed now/today for individuals who feel stuck in an unfaithful body. The paradigm shift that I believe is happening needs time and strong spokespeople to bring it to fruition.

I feel excited when I sit back and ponder new roads to healing but at the same time I feel handcuffed and limited when I attempt to guide my fellow MS travellers on their road back to health and healing. I guess this is the paradox of living in the modern world which is exploding with potential but simultaneously landlocked by old views and slow progress.

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