Prayer needed

[VictoryinJesus]

I’m struggling and asking for prayer please. I’m struggling with MS …not just the symptoms of having MS but with the immune suppression drug. I’ve caught, and keep catching a respiratory virus. My immunity is not what it once was. No matter what medicine I take from steroids, to steroid inhalers, to allergy medication and mucinex…to lots of water; I have never had so much congestion and a cough like this. I think I have pulled several muscles from coughing sometimes non-stop. I’ve gone to the doctor three times and no medicines seem to help.

But I’m also slipping back into depression. Mentally and Spiritually fighting for survival as well. I’m paralyzed and can’t make any decisions. I don’t trust my own ability to make the right choices. I’ve been in difficult places before as I’m sure every one has been there…later looking back at how dark a time it was but on the other side of it. It doesn’t feel like I will ever get on the other side of this dark time, but instead as if this has become my new normal.

 

[bbyrd009]

I’m struggling and asking for prayer please. I’m struggling with MS …not just the symptoms of having MS but with the immune suppression drug. I’ve caught, and keep catching a respiratory virus. My immunity is not what it once was. No matter what medicine I take from steroids, to steroid inhalers, to allergy medication and mucinex…to lots of water; I have never had so much congestion and a cough like this. I think I have pulled several muscles from coughing sometimes non-stop. I’ve gone to the doctor three times and no medicines seem to help.

But I’m also slipping back into depression. Mentally and Spiritually fighting for survival as well. I’m paralyzed and can’t make any decisions. I don’t trust my own ability to make the right choices. I’ve been in difficult places before as I’m sure every one has been there…later looking back at how dark a time it was but on the other side of it. It doesn’t feel like I will ever get on the other side of this dark time, but instead as if this has become my new normal.

my heart hurts for you vij, especially since i know the cure, and you wont do it

 

[VictoryinJesus]

@Nancy don’t be sad. I would rather make you joyful instead of sad.

my heart hurts for you vij, especially since i know the cure, and you wont do it

What is the cure again @bbyrd009?

 

[Nancy]

I’m struggling and asking for prayer please. I’m struggling with MS …not just the symptoms of having MS but with the immune suppression drug. I’ve caught, and keep catching a respiratory virus. My immunity is not what it once was. No matter what medicine I take from steroids, to steroid inhalers, to allergy medication and mucinex…to lots of water; I have never had so much congestion and a cough like this. I think I have pulled several muscles from coughing sometimes non-stop. I’ve gone to the doctor three times and no medicines seem to help.

But I’m also slipping back into depression. Mentally and Spiritually fighting for survival as well. I’m paralyzed and can’t make any decisions. I don’t trust my own ability to make the right choices. I’ve been in difficult places before as I’m sure every one has been there…later looking back at how dark a time it was but on the other side of it. It doesn’t feel like I will ever get on the other side of this dark time, but instead as if this has become my new normal.

You surely have my prayers sister. The "new normal" is quite the test. I pray for you to be strengthened and that God would give you peace and remove your indecisiveness. And also that you not be overwhelmed.
Is the virus a side effect of the immune suppressant?
Depression, horrible as it can and does lead to despair. I so wish we were nearer one another sister, we would have much to share, and lift one another up!
Life can be draining when there is a constant cloud over head...God understands and He will and does somehow, get us through the days. We cannot give up...when down as deep as we can get, there is only one option and that is to reach up. We love you and pray for you as you are our sister on here. Either way, time is short and I for one say it can't be soon enough!
Take heart!

 

[Nancy]

@Nancy don’t be sad. I would rather make you joyful instead of sad.

What is the cure again @bbyrd009?

Yes @bbyrd009 , what is the cure???!! I'd give just about anything to be able to smile and laugh again.
To be someone who people want to "know the reason..." That does not happen if we cannot grasp onto the happiness we once knew. So yes, please let us know this "cure"?

 

[VictoryinJesus]

my heart hurts for you vij, especially since i know the cure, and you wont do it

Don’t give up on me yet saying “you won’t do it.”
Do you mean raw garlic or omega or lemons?
I have been taking high dosages of vitamin D3. Every day for over two months. My D in the low thirties. My goal is to get it closer to the nineties. And I take magnesium. The only reason I’m not on omega is finding one my stomach can tolerate. I eat flax seed and sesame seed on salads. Is this what you mean or something regarding emotional mental wellness?

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Is the virus a side effect of the immune suppressant?

My immune response has always been overactive. Meaning I seldom caught anything and if I did it was not for long. But my over active immune system also attacks my brain and spinal cord. You asked is the virus a side-effect? I don’t know. It is only now my immunity is different having gone through being modulated…others around me caught the same virus and it was short lived for them. I was already fighting to get over a cough before this virus stacked on top of it. It is not Covid. Not the flu because those were negative.

 

[Nancy]

Don’t give up on me yet saying “you won’t do it.”
Do you mean raw garlic or omega or lemons?
I have been taking high dosages of vitamin D3. Every day for over two months. My D in the low thirties. My goal is to get it closer to the nineties. And I take magnesium. The only reason I’m not on omega is finding one my stomach can tolerate. I eat flax seed and sesame seed on salads. Is this what you mean or something regarding emotional mental wellness?

@bbyrd009 is big on gut health, fermentation and such. He is correct in that, it's just, how many foods contain fermentation other than like, sauerkraut? Well, this is one list:

What are the top 10 fermented foods?

Top fermented foods you can add to your diet

• Kefir.
• Kimchi.
• Kombucha.
• Sauerkraut.
• Yogurt.
• Miso.
• Cheese.
• Sourdough.

So bbyrd, is this what you were going to say?? Don't keep us in suspense!

 

[Space_Karen]

Most doctors are not specialists. They do not specialize in single branches of research like MS or auto immune disorder.

Auto immune based arthritis used to affect older age demographics. Today its common for young people to get it. Why are younger and younger people getting auto immune based arthritis?

Can doctors or patients explain why this is happening?

I think it could be important. Just a hunch.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Most doctors are not specialists. They do not specialize in single branches of research like MS or auto immune disorder.

Auto immune based arthritis used to affect older age demographics. Today its common for young people to get it. Why are younger and younger people getting auto immune based arthritis?

Can doctors or patients explain why this is happening?

I think it could be important. Just a hunch.

You make good points. My thoughts are there must be something foreign my body sees as a threat. Why the body chooses to attack joints though in some case, or other areas in other cases makes no sense to me. In the beginning I thought I had Lyme disease. After multiple negative test though I don’t know why or what caused my body to change. I’ve heard foods altered into an unnatural state “processed” could be foreign enough for the body to turn on itself? I don’t know.

 

[bbyrd009]

@Nancy don’t be sad. I would rather make you joyful instead of sad.

What is the cure again @bbyrd009?

ok well my prayer is that you would start with a three day fast, and then get back to me

 

[bbyrd009]

@bbyrd009 is big on gut health, fermentation and such. He is correct in that, it's just, how many foods contain fermentation other than like, sauerkraut? Well, this is one list:

What are the top 10 fermented foods?

Top fermented foods you can add to your diet

• Kefir.
• Kimchi.
• Kombucha.
• Sauerkraut.
• Yogurt.
• Miso.
• Cheese.
• Sourdough.

So bbyrd, is this what you were going to say?? Don't keep us in suspense!

all that is for like the first week after the fast, ya
then after that it only takes a little bit; i do that first thing in the morning, then i pretty much eat whatever the rest of the day

 

[amadeus]

I’m struggling and asking for prayer please. I’m struggling with MS …not just the symptoms of having MS but with the immune suppression drug. I’ve caught, and keep catching a respiratory virus. My immunity is not what it once was. No matter what medicine I take from steroids, to steroid inhalers, to allergy medication and mucinex…to lots of water; I have never had so much congestion and a cough like this. I think I have pulled several muscles from coughing sometimes non-stop. I’ve gone to the doctor three times and no medicines seem to help.

But I’m also slipping back into depression. Mentally and Spiritually fighting for survival as well. I’m paralyzed and can’t make any decisions. I don’t trust my own ability to make the right choices. I’ve been in difficult places before as I’m sure every one has been there…later looking back at how dark a time it was but on the other side of it. It doesn’t feel like I will ever get on the other side of this dark time, but instead as if this has become my new normal.

Praying for you sister.

 

[Space_Karen]

You make good points. My thoughts are there must be something foreign my body sees as a threat. Why the body chooses to attack joints though in some case, or other areas in other cases makes no sense to me. In the beginning I thought I had Lyme disease. After multiple negative test though I don’t know why or what caused my body to change. I’ve heard foods altered into an unnatural state “processed” could be foreign enough for the body to turn on itself? I don’t know.

I vaguely remember reading about california having an unusually high number of auto immune cases. There may have been a family in california that moved to another state who saw their auto immune disorder improve.

It could be something in the food, air, water or environment that is raising the probability of auto immune illness developing.

Which is why even young people today are getting it in elevated numbers.

 

[Nancy]

all that is for like the first week after the fast, ya
then after that it only takes a little bit; i do that first thing in the morning, then i pretty much eat whatever the rest of the day

What are your sources for fermented foods? All in the list I pasted?

 

[VictoryinJesus]

ok well my prayer is that you would start with a three day fast, and then get back to me

I’m not using this as an excuse but instead I am not experienced with fasting. How can I get around all the meditation I take that has to be taken with food? Primarily my MS medication:
vumerity.

Can I still take medicine during a fast?

 

[amigo de christo]

@bbyrd009 is big on gut health, fermentation and such. He is correct in that, it's just, how many foods contain fermentation other than like, sauerkraut? Well, this is one list:

What are the top 10 fermented foods?

Top fermented foods you can add to your diet

• Kefir.
• Kimchi.
• Kombucha.
• Sauerkraut.
• Yogurt.
• Miso.
• Cheese.
• Sourdough.

So bbyrd, is this what you were going to say?? Don't keep us in suspense!

Brother eats some of that . But what i say to one i will say to all . FEAST YE ON THE BREAD that GOD giveth from ABOVE
That is CHRIST JESUS . HE will be with the lambs through it all . HE IS our hope , HE alone our salvation .

 

[bbyrd009]

all that is for like the first week after the fast, ya
then after that it only takes a little bit; i do that first thing in the morning, then i pretty much eat whatever the rest of the day

which btw vij this part is not for you; you would have a more stringent protocol, prolly for the rest of your life

 

[bbyrd009]

I’m not using this as an excuse but instead I am not experienced with fasting. How can I get around all the meditation I take that has to be taken with food? Primarily my MS medication:
vumerity.

Can I still take medicine during a fast?

oh ya; no, you got to get off all that first.

My advice would be to go (prolly to the nearest city) find an old Chinese guy, herbalist, with poor bedside manner. The right guy will most likely turn you down flat for the first few visits; be persistent. He will likely call you mean names, etc, tell you to never come back, the whole bit. Then he will ask for some rather exorbitant amount of money, that trust me he prolly could not care less about.

Now, might you find some young, nice herbalist in the next burg over? Possible, but needle in a haystack. And if they are nice, beware imo. Also if the old guy in the city relents too early with a certain malice in his eye, find someone else—at the point he is willing to take the money, empathy should be displayed, even if it is only a little, being as how he is a crotchety old guy.

Might take you a month to find the right guy, and maybe another month to convince him. Dont worry about the money if you dont have it, as he is really looking for commitment.

do you have leaky gut?

 

[bbyrd009]

What are your sources for fermented foods? All in the list I pasted?

mostly, ya, i rotate many of them, get miso locally, the rest here

Fermented Vegetables – Amos Miller Organic Farm

amosmillerorganicfarm.com