Conquer MS with Self-Care! Tips and tricks for surviving these Covid Times.

Tips for Surviving 2022 and beyond with MS

For nearly 20 years now I have been battling my multiple sclerosis (MS).  Good days, bad days, every which way days.  I’ve had them all.      I could not walk or see unassisted when the MS struck me.  Now I’m thriving in my own MS way.  It’s not the life I was used to or expected for me, but you know what happens when we have too many “plans”.  Time to let go and let life plan itself. Time to move forward with MS.  My success has been based on a natural, holistic approach to living with a lot of monitoring and help from my doctors. Life skills and stress management have played major rolls in my success. Times like these we can benefit from learning to move forward...read more

TiPS and TRiCKS to stay healthy and cool this Summer: Importance of Making a Plan B Escaping the Red Zone of MS Cooling and Healing Tips for MS Join GWMS on youtube  Radio Show - Tips and Tricks for living better with MS "I'm newly diagnosed with MS - now what?"    MS Living Well Podcast 9: Cognition and Multiple Sclerosis MAY 21, 2020   Barry Singer MD, Director of The MS Center for Innovations in Care interviews: Caroline Craven aka The Girl with MS is a certified life coach, writer and motivation speaker. Her writing focuses on articles in health journalism and highly rated blog. Her blog post topics range from personal experiences, research-based articles, recipes, life hacks and resources. Click For Apple Podcasts Click For MS Living Well Podcast    Dave Bexfield (ActiveMSers.org) along with Kathy Reagan Young (FUMSnow.com), Cathy Chester (anempoweredspirit.com) And many more saved this Girl with MS during some really dark times. And that was before Covid. We have so much love and support out there. Reach out and see what there is to learn. Click here to see the full list of helpers/advocates. We’ve got this!     The Rocky Ride of MS and What Helped Multiple Sclerosis is like riding a roller coaster in so many ways.  This past year has shown a lot of love for this Girl with MS.  Some symptoms subdued, others raised their voices.  But top on my list was meeting so many wonderful people living with MS across the country, in person and around the world via the internet and telephone. Despite my good year and pleasant holiday, the MS reared its ugly head with a bad case of pseudo bulbar affect or PBA.  One minute laughing, the next in tears.  I just call it the funk.  And it got a holt of me bad the other day.  The fact it's the end of the year caused a bit of the emotions. Focusing on what did not get done in 2019 led me down a path of quick depression.  Even healthy people have to give themselves a break, but the pressure and disappointment that one can put on themselves can be debilitating.  And that's where I found myself.   You know what helped?  All of these MS advocates and friends Read more... Football season is a coming, not sure what it will look like but I’m getting ready.  Love my Oregon Ducks and Puddles!  #takeTHATms! Take the Self-Care Challenge!  Self-Care is vital in our fight against MS.  What can we do for ourselves?  Life skills lead to better health. One of these skills is to learn to quiet the mind... read more Potential natural treatments for MS  Alternative Therapies for MS   Why me?  managing anger in MS   Surviving the Covid Quarantine Life as an MS patient brings enough uncertainty and stress.  These last five months have created challenges upon challenges. But it’s also provided opportunities.  I started a sourdough starter as did many people. I can’t eat a lot of gluten as it affects my MS in a bad way but it’s been fun making stuff for the family.  More importantly is that I posted two great resources to learn more about living with MS during Covid.  One is by the awesome @CathyChes at The Empowered Spirt and the other by Dr. Terry Wahls and the Wahls Group.  Did you know that elderberry during this time may not be a good thing?  So much to learn....read more...   Take action to potentiate your wellness.  Other natural treatments for MS symptoms.   Keep on Moving if and when you can! It took me awhile to build up my strength after some time off. And this heat will have me down for awhile, but enjoy the little moments and all achievements.   10 Ways you Can Prepare to Age Well with MS by guest writer Anita Fernandes

Conquer MS with Self-Care:  GUT HEALTH Much research has been done regarding gut health and MS.  And let’s face it – our guts are not healthy!  When we take pills by swallowing they have to compete with every other bacteria in your stomach and gut.  This can be a detriment for folks living with MS.      I wrote this article, “How gut bacteria eases autoimmune diseases” as well as this important piece about Probiotics and gut health.