What Others Say
Health Practitioners
The book is well written.
The book is well written. Each chapter has helpful summaries of the main points in language readily understandable by lay readers. It provides important, up-to-date information about the disease, positive support, encouragement and guidance for those with MS.About the book 'Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis'
As a physician and the spouse of someone with multiple sclerosis I felt that this book contained much wisdom and guidance related to achieving one's greatest potential for healing when confronted by the reality of the disease.This is the most exciting book I have read in some time.
Everyone affected by MS, either directly or indirectly, needs to read it. All medical staff need to read it. George Jelinek, as doctor, scientist and MS survivor has written a comprehensive, definitive work that will save many lives, improve the health and well-being of many affected by MS.Dear friend with MS,
Dear medical colleague,
Dear parent/sister/brother/husband /wife,
To take control of Multiple Sclerosis and wrest your life back is every ones dream, this book gives us the Blueprint.
Through George Jelinek’s advice I have learned how to take my vulnerable nervous system and nurture it back to a life free from MS. Jelinek’s work has given me back my health and my confidence to live my life to the full again. I am a busy General practitioner, mother of four, hiker, equestrian, gardener, with a zest for life and thrilled to have it back again.
The food is great, the sunshine wonderful and the lifestyle healthy and fulfilling.
As a Doctor I am grateful to have Jelinek’s expert review of the research around MS. There is so much information and mis-information that one gets lost in the mire. To be able to say to the newly diagnosed or the gradually more debilitated,’ hey, there is an answer’, ‘yes we can help’ is medically exciting and such a relief.
The format of the book is excellent with key points highlighted in every chapter enabling a browse through with closer reading as desired. The personal account of Jelinek’s application of his diet and lifestyle makes it accessible for the day to day. The references and further reading recommendations are a generous sharing of the gems and the filtered best of the masses of literature that Jelinek has perused with his scientific expertise.
I have had MS or 10 years now, the first four in denial with episodes every one or two years, the last six years since starting the Jelinek diet and lifestyle plan have become rapidly episode free, with my health and energy restored. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone whose life is affected by Multiple Sclerosis.Professor Jelinek is inspirational...
Professor Jelinek is inspirational in his approach to empower patients to take control of their multiple sclerosis and responsibility for the management of their disease. His holistic approach encouraging patients to consider more than just a pharmaceutical approach to the disease has proven itself as the modern approach to the management of multiple sclerosis. This is a book that all patients with multiple sclerosis should read and use as a platform for discussion with their neurologist.I am so pleased to be able to endorse this book on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Auckland & the North Shore
People who have been diagnosed with MS are often vulnerable and open to ideas which offer false hope. Our Society recognises that George Jelineks’ work provides important, genuine hope. George presents the facts in a style that any reader would find easy to understand and it is obvious that his research is extensive, identifying information that is absolutely key to managing MS. It’s hard to argue with the evidence.
People diagnosed with the condition often feel stripped of control over their lives and future. This book is a wonderful resource that will help to redress the balance and give people the opportunity to thrive despite their diagnosis. It is a wonderful tool for MS societies to use as a resource and every person diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis should receive a copy as a reference work and a motivational tool, encouraging them to take sensible steps to minimise their symptoms and maximise their enjoyment of life.From one of my great mentors in medicine
By means of his sensitive and intelligent nature, and through his personal and professional experience, Professor George Jelinek emphasises, in his informative website, the need for a comprehensive approach to the management of multiple sclerosis. His broad ranging review of this serious, crippling condition incorporates not only the existing spectrum of medical treatment, it also includes and highlights many other important factors that can be involved in the management: attention to diet (especially the avoidance of animal fats); use of additives such as B vitamins and minerals; the role played by sunshine and vitamin D; and various other aspects of life-style, especially a review of the work environment and the need for regular exercise.
In emphasizing the role played by emotions and personality in the management of the disease, Professor Jelinek indicates that significant therapeutic benefits may be achieved by developing an awareness of “the self”. By embracing a holistic approach, one which incorporates the mind-body connection, he points out that an increasing awareness of the harmful effects of some emotions (like anger or anxiety), and untoward life events (like job loss, or a family illness) become obvious. Here appropriate treatment including psychological counselling or meditation may open the way to improved health outcomes, both mental and physical. A person who adopts the positive attitudes espoused by George Jelinek will undoubtedly gain increasing insight into their illness difficulties as well as the effect of life’s adversities. Indeed, other health benefits may follow including aspects that may transcend their experience, thus introducing a more spiritual attitude to their everyday existence.From fear to faith
A diagnosis of MS catapulted me into a world of fear that I could face a future of profound disability.
George Jelinek has compiled a clear set of sound evidence-based strategies, drawing from the best scientific research around the world. These practical, proven strategies can allow you to take control of your MS. You can move forward, towards a strong faith that you can indeed make a difference to what this little understood auto-immune disease could do to you and your family.
For me the choice was simple – “Taking Control Of Multiple Sclerosis” has given me the opportunity to believe that I can not only stabilise this disease but also hope for that holy grail of Multiple Sclerosis – re-myelination – true healing!
A move from fear to faith!
From a true sceptic
My journey with MS began about 12 years ago when I developed double vision on a bus trip in the wilds of Mexico with my teenage son. As I am a medical doctor, I realised that this sudden neurological abnormality could be due to many different possible diagnoses, most of them ghastly. The margaritas I had consumed the night before were unlikely to blame, although they were high on my list of possibilities for the first few hours. An urgent CAT scan and some blood tests the next day in Phoenix, Arizona excluded the most serious possibilities such as brain tumours or infections, and I was told that the double vision would likely resolve. Resolve it did over 10 days and I continued with my busy life for the next 2 years with no symptoms.
My next batch of symptoms included transverse myelitis, loss of taste in half of my tongue, weakness in left leg and feeling like I was concussed. The diagnosis of MS came quickly after an MRI, spinal tap and evoked visual response test. MS had galloped into my life and I was warned that it was not likely to be a comfortable ride. The next three years were regularly interrupted by trips to hospital for episodes which included the loss of speech, severe vertigo (dizziness), severe incoordination and inability to walk, epilepsy-like attacks where I just stopped everything i.e. walking and talking for 30 seconds and this occurred regularly every 3 minutes, jaw pain which I thought was a tooth abscess initially and a long list of symptoms that could fill a small text book. I was quite depressed by the regularity and uncontrolled rate of attacks despite the best that medicine could offer at the time.
Then I heard about George’s first book at a Christmas lunch of MS ambassadors. I managed to find the book the next day and finished a first reading of it by that evening. It all made so much sense. Being a serious sceptic (member of the Vic Sceptics Society) and one of the medical establishment, I needed to see the scientific rationale behind what George proposed.
The whole lifestyle package would take a year or two to firmly embed into my consciousness and behaviour but with an update at the Gawler Foundation and a refresher at the MS society it has given me an exciting plan to embrace. The lifestyle recommendations above all, can do no harm and the main side effect is that everyone in the family is healthier. I have remained well with no attacks for over 6 years since “Taking Control” of my MS and trust this will continue. I still inject my medications regularly and fairly rigorously follow “the plan”. Life with MS is a constant challenge, but being able to be proactive in managing it, is enormously empowering and strangely enough, much of the time, a lot of fun.My neurologist said he doesn’t need to see me anymore
I attended the Taking Control Of MS course soon after I was diagnosed with MS. It was extremely important for me as I wanted to know everything I could do to keep well. I follow the diet suggested at the centre and avoid all fats except for olive oil and essential fatty acids. Daily I take flaxseed oil, fish oil, vitamins and Copaxone. I believe in the diet and find that it suits me well. My partner also likes the diet and said that it makes him feel healthier too. I have joined a local meditation group and we follow Sogyal Rimpoche’s Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. It has given me a good grounding in meditation and relaxation. We now have a room dedicated to medication in the home and this helps.
I believe that I have not had any more episodes and the neurologist said that he doesn’t need to see me anymore unless I am worried about anything. The GP looks after me though I only see him 6 monthly to get repeat scripts. I have been physically active and go to the gym 4 days a week after work. I also go surfing one morning a week all year round. Last year I participated in the WA Big Bike ride from Albany to Perth (900km) with no difficulty and also rode the Otago Rail Trail in New Zealand. Next year we plan to go walking in the Italian Alps. I am fortunate that we have been able to put in 2 dams and now we raise trout so that we have a supply of fresh fish from unpolluted water.
I believe that the most important thing that anyone newly diagnosed with MS can do is to attend George’s MS course and inform themselves. Then it is easy to make decisions and change to a healthy lifestyle that keeps you well, happy and motivated.
A life-changing experience for an emergency nurse
I received a phone call from neurology outpatients September 2006 following an urgent MRI. The receptionist asked me to come the next day for the results and to bring my husband. I had the MRI after losing the use of my right arm and leg, my memory, my balance, bladder and bowel control and everything else it felt like at the time. I had been though a stressful time preceding my relapse and this was a terrifying experience which lasted for months, slightly relieved by a short course of intravenous steroids.I am 37 and I knew I had MS and had known for a long time. Things hadn’t been right for 10 years and after 3 attacks of optic neuritis and reassurances MS was unlikely I knew that it was something other than just neuritis. People laughed at my clumsiness and inability to even make a cup of coffee without spilling the coffee, sugar, water and then milk and then most of the time I’d knock the cup over too. Hanging out the washing after my first baby I found it impossible to hold the washing and put the peg on without dropping it. It was very frustrating. My right hand felt as if it didn’t belong to me. I have been a nurse for a long time and as a student nurse in the UK I was particularly interested in MS. I remember my first Medical ward at 18 when a young girl in her 20`s had been admitted after losing the vision in her eye and loss of feeling in her leg and everyone was devastated with her diagnosis…as if that was it, her quality of life was gone and life for her was over. But that was nearly 20 years ago and things have changed.
I really panicked about the result day. What if it wasn’t MS…I was prepared for that but not prepared for an alternative diagnosis. I felt a bit of a fraud at the appointment when my neurologist showed me the MRI films, it was a huge relief and I felt well informed. I had done my homework and a big part of that was reading George Jelinek`s book and reading about the work at the Gawler foundation. I was shown the lesions that were causing my problems and after further examination I was told I would probably qualify for Interferon treatment and an application would be made to New Zealand Pharmac. A decision would be made at the next monthly committee meeting. This was great news but I knew I could do more to help myself than just inject every week. I needed time to reflect, plan, evaluate my life and prepare for the future. I wanted to talk, share, cry, learn and meet others with this illness. My husband was very supportive but with a young family and working permanent night shifts I couldn’t seem to find the space to think or support I was craving.
The answer came from the Gawler foundation. I was looking for a week away from everyone, answers to the many questions I had about MS and inner peace. I found this and so much more at the Foundation. The surroundings and wildlife were breathtaking. The noise from the birds is therapy itself and being able to be in such idyllic tranquil surroundings with like-minded people and share experiences was marvellous. To be able to do Paul’s Qui Gong class feeling the grass under your feet and the heat of the sun on your face was so relaxing. Inner peace was gained through the meditation classes. I was given the opportunity do so many things I had always wanted to do.
It’s an intensive 5 days, not only physically but emotionally. Ruth, Ian, Paul, George, Tony and everyone else at the foundation were so informed and in touch with everyone. They were able to teach, share, counsel and bring out and discuss the hidden feared emotions that everyone was experiencing. We were all in the same boat and everyone was given the opportunity to face their fears in an open, trusting, and non-judgmental safe environment. I cried a lot and was able to face some of the things I hadn’t dare share with anyone else but I also laughed a lot too…a valuable therapy.
The week was life changing. I have taken the diet onboard and it made me address not only the way I eat but also my family. I take my supplements and ensure my children are well informed and watch what they do and eat much carefully. After all their risk of developing MS is now increased. I aim to continue the meditation and I am much more aware of how stress can impact on my life and manifest in physical symptoms and feel much less anxious about the future.
A great reward for me has come from the patients I care for. Many people with MS find themselves at some point in the Emergency Department. Medical and Nursing colleagues often find it a difficult illness to manage. A patient I cared for last week had a diagnosis of relapsing remitting MS 15 years ago. His neurologist had died 7 years ago and he had been waiting for an outpatient appointment all that time. I was able to advise him and share my experiences. His condition has now probably advanced to secondary progressive but there are still many things he can do that will improve his quality of life. Not only am I now more informed and can act as an advocate but I understand what empathy really means…. something they talk a lot about in nursing but you can’t really do unless you have truly experienced the problem yourself.
I now know and know of many people with MS. I so lucky to have been given the opportunity to have attended this course and I am very grateful to the Gawler foundation and to George, Ian and Ruth for that opportunity. For the people who I know with this illness who are not able to attend I hope I can continue to share my experiences and give hope.A view from a colleague about the holistic approach to MS
Beginning in the sixth decade of the twentieth century there was a movement, by some members of the public, towards “natural” remedies. These natural remedies were to some extent a worldwide reaction to a perceived closeness between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry with a reliance on drugs and a move away from the more traditional holistic way of practising medicine.The reaction, in general, by many within medicine was to deride and denigrate anyone who promoted such views and the label of quack was liberally applied. For the most part the promoters of natural healing methods were outside the main streams of medicine and their influence was not great.
It was against this background that a prominent member of the profession led a movement that promoted a management plan for multiple sclerosis based on diet, supplements and sunshine. It is fair to say that some other medical practitioners did not accept these ideas and actively sought to put them down. The person who offered an alternative to the orthodox methods was long time friend and colleague George Jelinek, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Medical School of the University of Western Australia.
His views and ideas have grown from solid scientific observation and their application has yielded excellent results. Because of his clinical and scientific background Professor Jelinek is able to critically assess the ideas that he advocates and removes the notion that these methods are those of a quack or a crank.
Anyone who has any interest in the disease multiple sclerosis would be well advised to become familiar with the ideas of Professor George Jelinek and this website is a good starting point.From a pioneer in holistic medicine
George Jelinek’s lifestyle-based MS program offers fresh hope, real hope to everyone affected by MS. The scientific literature supports the real life experiences gathered from conducting groups with George since 2002. This program reliably stabilizes MS and there is the real possibility of actually reversing symptoms. The main side effect is feeling a heightened sense of fitness and wellbeing. It is easy to recommend. It warrants being adopted by anyone with MS – at first diagnosis.From the book review in the Medical Journal of Australia 2001
He puts forward rational, evidence-based arguments for his opinions and his scientific conclusions are well expressed and clearly presented. I would recommend this book to anyone diagnosed with MS and to any health professional or doctor interested in being better informed about MS.
Others
Three cheers to Prof Jelinek for his books and his marvellous website
A revised diagnosis: On my birthday in 2009, I received a diagnosis and a grim prognosis in one; Primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis. By definition, I was starting badly, and could only expect to get worse.
I'd read Professor George Jelinek's first book 'Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis', and knew the
drill. Low saturated fat vegan/seafood diet, Vitamin D3 and Omega 3 fish oil supplements, diet and exercise, plus appropriate medication if available. Unfortunately, I was a bad dieter and things did get worse. Along with the wakeup call, I received a copy of Dr Jelinek's new book, 'Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis' (OMS) as a gift. An unknown benefactor made sure that every person at a MS Wellness day received a copy if they wanted one. A kindly ripple on Dr Jelinek's pond. Lifestyle changes don't necessarily come easily. It is only in the last twelve months that I would consider myself a good dieter.
So what has been the result? A year ago I could barely walk. I bought a walking cane, then a cane with a little seat on it, because I couldn't stand up at the counters in shops while I waited to get served. I was looking at wheelchairs, and wondering how I could get a wheelchair friendly vehicle. After a dose of oral steroids and 12 months on the diet I can relate that I have just finished putting a timber roof and lattice on our little outdoor tea house, and finished planting Wisteria and Chinese Star Jasmine all around it. I dug the holes with a crowbar because our soil is like concrete. It was a warm day, but I did everything I planned to do. The walking sticks lie unused in the boot of my car.
So, not only has there been no further progression, I have seen measureable improvements on the OMS protocol. I am slowly starting to feel better overall, and the bonus is that I have never enjoyed my food so much! I know that the greatest benefits accrue after three to five years, so I am optimistic that the best is yet to come. My revised diagnosis is Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, and this now means that I can add real medication options to the OMS protocol for the first time.
Three cheers to Prof Jelinek for his books and his marvellous website, and for the hope and healing he has brought to people with MS all over the world. In honour of his extraordinary contribution, I would like to propose a new form of MS, previously unknown to medical science: 'Primary Regressive Multiple Sclerosis'. That's the kind that starts out badly (as all MS does) and just gets better...5.0 out of 5 stars: An outstanding book from an outstanding scientist, professor of medicine and physician
By Lover of great books (Minnesota) - See all my reviews This review is from: Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: An Evidence-Based Guide to Recovery (Paperback). Dr. Jelinek has reviewed the extensive research relating to multiple sclerosis and used this research to develop recommendations in plain language for managing multiple sclerosis. This is why Dr. Jelinek is the leader in the world when it comes to the treatment of MS and this is why this book is the single most important book anyone with MS can buy.
If you need to learn to live successfully with MS, this is the book that will give you hope based on rigorous scientific research. Not surprisingly, many with MS have seen their MS symptoms slowly melt away after they followed Jelinek's advice.DRUG FREE - LESION FREE
I was diagnosed with MS 9 years ago when suddenly my life was turned upside down. I went from an independent, active, social, 28 year old Psychologist one day, to being unable to move off a couch or even pick up a pen for 3 months. I was incapacitated but determined. I decided not to go down the path of taking drugs but rather searched for an alternative or holistic approach.
Finding George’s book and attending his Gawler Foundation Retreat were completely life-changing. In embracing the lifestyle changes he recommends, I empowered myself to heal. I saw gradual but noticeable improvements. I learned how to listen to my own body and its needs, work through psychological and emotional dis-ease, and embraced a new diet. My journey had many challenges, but so many more rewards.
Last year I had an MRI, the first since my diagnosis. The first lesion had completely disappeared and the second was barely detectable to the naked eye. The neurologist was stunned!
I feel that I have definitely OVERCOME MS and in my case, without drugs.
I thank George Jelinek for his tireless research and his determination to make a positive contribution to all people diagnosed with MS.Awesome visit to my neurologist
I was diagnosed with MS in January 2010. Not long after that, I located your book and, working in healthcare and research, I appreciated the considered way you looked into the management of MS. So, I have been doing everything in the book, and this week (March 2011) I had an awesome visit to my neurologist. MRI showed no new or active lesions, and the existing ones have reduced in size. I'm so excited, and relieved to feel like I have some control over MS. Another lovely side effect is that I was very overweight, but have now lost 40kg and am training to compete in a half marathon in June. Thanks for all of the great work you have done. George, I hope to meet one day and thank you in person.Don't give up on this plan
I’ve just come back from my annual check up with my Neurologist and wanted to share my positive news!
I’ve been following George’s plan for the past year and a half (started mid 2009). When I had my initial meeting with my neurologist to get me on a drug, he scored me a disability score of 5. Last year, after four or five months on George’s plan, he scored me a 3 with one mild relapse during that year. I told him then that the next time he saw me I’d be a 2 with no relapses. He just gave me a sympathetic smile.
So, today I met with the nurse. We had a chat and ummmmed and ahhhhed over my slight glitch in November where I wasn’t well. She then established that it probably wasn’t a relapse, just a lot of stuff going on in my life which exasperated my symptoms for a few days. The doc came in and did all those wonderful tests and sat down. There was much muttering and discussion between the two of them and then it was established that I have in fact lowered my score to a 2! Yep, a TWO, with no relapse this year.
My balance, eye test, cognitive and those fun things like the old bladder is now fine and honky dory. Everything has improved!
After looking at their notes and my notes, it would seem that my fatigue is the bugger of all evils and their feelings are that my symptoms flaring up is more to do with the actual fatigue rather than relapses. When we discussed how I manage the fatigue, it would seem that practice of mindfulness is the best thing for me. If I don’t meditate, my fatigue creeps up and bites me. Also, I need to exercise where possible. I couldn’t walk to the end of my street in the beginning, I now walk to work which is 4 kms away.
So, really I just wanted to say that for me, things are looking up and I wholeheartedly believe that next year there will be even more of an improvement and they will score me 1 or at most a 1.5. My right side is weak (has been since the first major relapse) so I’ll focus on building up my strength on that side again.
It has not been an easy road and I’m not always up beat and positive. There are days where I just don’t even want to get out of bed, but the reality is, slowly but surely, I am improving. It’s really worth sticking with this plan.
I sincerely hope that others are doing well. Don’t give up on this plan, keep going. It will be worth it.Thank goodness for George
For a lot of years the weakness in my legs was troubling me but it was when half of my head went completely numb that I knew something was seriously wrong. The MS diagnosis came around the same time as George’s and fortunately I saw his interview on the ABC’s catalyst program. He spoke about his research into the disease and the possible “lifestyle changes” to make in healing oneself. At the time I thought there was no harm in following these recommendations because on the whole, they were simply healthier choices.
So over the next six years in conjunction with taking the conventional prescribed medication, I changed my diet to a low saturated one, took up more exercise than I was currently doing, and doubled this with being in the sun more. I also followed the format of supplementing certain vitamins and oils. Symptoms started to disappear in the course of my self-healing although the fatigue remains a constant reminder.
However I was dumbfounded when six years later I had another MRI to see if the disease was progressing. Not only were there no new lesions on the scans but the existing ones were quoted as “diminishing”! Whether this is a result of the conventional medication or George’s recommendations, I’ll never know, but I do know that my Neurologist said the medication would simply slow down the progression.
So I’m encouraging any newly diagnosed people reading this to explore your options further, do lots of reading and don’t settle for less. Thank goodness for George who decided to share his knowledge and optimism with all of us!My Life has improved
I attended the M.S retreat at the Gawler center in the early 2000s and my life has definitely improved since then. It was the beginning of a real shift in perspective. Doing some work with improving my personal strength and flexibility has also had a very positive effect. I was a Shiatsu therapist when we met and now I teach stretching to others to complement my shiatsu treatments. I really wanted to thank you and to let you know what a positive effect you had on my well being.My MS Story
2008 was the most challenging year of my 36 years. I began having blurred vision in my left eye which my ophthalmologist couldn’t find any cause for and, as he informed me, it resolved within a few weeks. Then the pins and needles started, firstly in my feet then up through my legs to the bottom half of my back. The fact that it lasted a few months and became more intense over the course of the day worried my wife enough to make an appointment for me to see my GP. An MRI, lumbar puncture and a few other tests later and it became pretty clear. Two days before my 34th birthday my neurologist informed me that I had MS.My world came crashing down around me. At that time I knew of only two people with MS, both confined to wheelchairs unable to perform even the most basic of daily functions. I wondered how long before I ended up the same, how long I had to play with my two very young children.I began Tysabri infusions a month later and given the best of hope with this medication but the odds still did not satisfy me. I was unable to accept the diagnosis and feared for my future. In November 2008 a work colleague told me about a doctor who she heard on ABC radio. This doctor had MS and was talking about the effect of diet on MS. I found the transcript of the radio program and discovered George Jelenik. This led me to the “taking control” website and the book. I began reading the book but put it down because I found the first chapter about George and his mum too confronting – it was too close to home.When I found the courage to pick it up again a short time later it I read it from cover to cover within a day and decided then and there that this was the hope I had been looking for. In early 2009 I cut dairy and meat from my diet (apart from chicken breast and kangaroo meat). My wife and I attended the MS retreat in August 2009 at the Gawler Foundation. The whole experience was amazing. We met about 30 other people struggling like I was with MS. I was worried about meeting other MS sufferers because it scared me to death but most of them were just like me, scared and angry but very positive. There was varying degrees of disability but even those few people with more severe disability, their courage and resilience was inspirational to me.As soon as I got home I decided that I needed to adopt George’s recommendations whole heartedly – and I did. Almost 12 months on and I can say that I have never felt this good in my entire life. My new diet has not been the “drastic” change that I had anticipated. I exercise regularly. Meditation has become a part of my daily routine to help me unwind and focus on staying healthy. I had my first MRI in two years recently - no new lesions and no progression of the old lesions.It is very difficult for me to say that I am grateful that I have MS because I would much rather not have it. But having MS and more importantly the diet and lifestyle changes have made me realize how quickly your life can change and helped me appreciate those things that are really important - my wonderful family and friends and my health!MS in a nutshell
I was diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) in 1998 after four years of testing and wondering. The MS was relapsing-remitting and for some years it was easy to put my head in the sand and imagine it was all a terrible mistake. The effects were minor at first – balance problems, clumsiness, pins and needles but doesn’t everyone get that?
I refused to be put on any injections and just kept living my life around the occasional (increasingly troublesome) glitches my body brought up. After a while fatigue was a regular visitor and I could easily walk shorter and shorter distances.
Finally, the day came when I couldn’t ignore it any more; my mobility was getting progressively worse. I couldn’t walk at all without great effort and a walking stick (it was purple with hot pink bubbles, so that was something). My neurologist put me on a three day steroid treatment and suggested I might have progressed to secondary-progressive MS. I was horrified and this got me on my feet.
I had to ‘come out’ to friends and reveal that I had a health problem (I had previously only told family). One friend pointed me to the Gawler Foundation which led me to George Jelinek, his first book Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis and a week long MS program at the foundation.
I was so relieved when I first read George’s book that I cried. The research was solid and the case for lifestyle change strongly argued. This was combined with George’s touching personal story.
Armed with information and inspiration from the book and the program, I went on my way.
That was in August, 2009. I’m happy to report that I’m doing very well, indeed. I no longer use the stick and I recently went for a six kilometre walk on the Mornington Peninsula.
A final note on serendipity:
The most challenging of all for me is learning about the mind and spirit and how they connect with the body; and the universe?
If I hadn’t had that terrible exacerbation where I couldn’t walk, I wouldn’t have told my friend I have MS and she wouldn’t have told me about the Gawler Foundation, who wouldn’t have led me to George’s book…
Serendipity – no such thing?
The MRI lesions have regressed to the surprise of the neurologist
On a skiing holiday in August 2007, at 30 years of age, I experienced my first devastating symptoms of the disease that took my Aunt’s life a decade ago. My diagnosing neurologist was reflective of the negative diagnosis so typical with MS, so in frustration, I continued to seek other opinions.In total, I saw four neurologists. None of them could provide the support that I was seeking and added further to my confusion with the recommendation of four different drugs, lumbar punctures and a clinical trial. Luckily, with the internet as a reference tool, I was guided to the work of Professor George Jelinek and his Gawler Foundation course here in Australia. I attended one in October 2007 – 7 weeks after my diagnosis.This will forever be the moment that changed the outlook for my future and gave both myself and my family the one thing that had been taken from us – hope. It led to a journey that has opened my eyes to the power of the mind, forced me to evaluate my priorities and empowered me with the knowledge of the body’s ability to heal if given the right tools.Personally, I have chosen not to take drugs, but have immersed myself in the lifestyle that George has recommended, along with chiropractic treatment. For me, it’s about winning the battle in my head. I’m not always perfect. I don’t meditate as often as I would like to, there are times when I cheat on ‘forbidden foods’ and sometimes I forget to take my vitamin D or flaxseed oil. Slowly, I’m learning not to see these as failures, but to add them to the challenges to overcome as I focus on the bigger picture. It’s all about staying positive and not allowing myself to feel overwhelmed.
After much deliberation, I decided to have a follow-up MRI in December 2008– 20 months after my initial one. The lesions on my spine have regressed – some completely disappearing and showing a ‘significant improvement’ – much to the surprise of the resident neurologist.As I approach my third anniversary without relapse and living a full and active life, I recognise I still have a long way to go. At least I know now that as long as I stay dedicated, my future will be everything I want it to be and that I will be appreciating every minute just that little bit more.My life is much more interesting now
I don’t expect you to remember me but I have attended two of your sessions at the Gawler Foundation, the last one being August 2008. Since then I have kept very well after changing to Copaxone. I have ended my marriage (long overdue) and now have a new special friend who has diabetes so we are a couple of crocs together. My life is much more interesting now and I am doing many many things that I had only thought of in the past. Had a trip to Fiji for two weeks in June to enhance my Vitamin D. Not much Vitamin D here in Tassie at the moment. I hope this message finds you well and that you have not had further episodes of MS. I, like you, have decided this disease will not “get us”. I am not eating meat or dairy and have lost a considerable amount of weight also. Changed my GP to someone who is very supportive of me. Good luck from here on in!Aggressive form of MS
I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of relapsing remitting MS three years ago. I have been following George’s program for a year now. I have not relapsed since starting and feel empowered by being able to do something to help myself. I know there are no absolute certainties in life but I feel more positive about the future.Primary progressive MS: wrong diagnosis or getting better?
In March 2006 I was diagnosed with primary progressive MS. The six months prior to that had seen various issues affecting up to 90% of my body. In April 2006 I was given George’s book and got started 100% with diet and supplements, but it wasn’t until I attended the Gawler Foundation in November 2006 that I commenced addressing the spiritual aspects. I think I am a huge success as a result of the program. I have had NO new MS events since I started Taking Control. I have worked hard. I eat better and am fitter than ever before in my 48 years. I have given up my great passion – dressage riding – as the feeling coming and going in my legs mixed up my signals to my horse and did my head in! I have also made changes to my personal life with family and friends. I also view myself quite differently. My health issues relate to reactions to the initial dose of MS drugs. Methylprednisolone appeared to escalate the MS, and destroyed my thyroid and digestion. These are the things I spend my time battling to get right again. The MS isn’t a problem!
I tell everyone I can about George and his book. I go to meetings of our local MS Support Group. Several wellness programs have supported many MS folk to get with the program and some have also attended the Gawler Foundation or Mana Retreats. The fact that I have put a progressive form of the disease into remission has led people to suggest that the initial diagnosis was wrong. Who knows? MRIs, two lumbar punctures and the opinions of several doctors and neurologists seemed pretty conclusive, but that was until I started getting well. Maybe I am just lucky. A terrible diagnosis gave me huge motivation to try something that made sense. And the results keep me motivated to never sway away to an inferior way of living. All thanks to George, and the support of some very special people in my life.From doubt to control
I arrived at the Gawler Foundation earlier this year in a doubtful mode, thinking that if I managed to get one thing out of the workshop it would be worthwhile. I have found that not only did I get a changed lifestyle, but a sense of control and hope for the future. I now live strictly on the suggested diet and have found that my overall health has improved as a result. Everyone keeps telling me that I look so much better so it must be making a difference! The workshop was truly a wonderful exercise and I thank you for your direction.Message from Ireland
There are a lot of people with MS who are grateful that George Jelinek is among them. George is rare, a man who contracts MS, who happens to be a highly qualified physician, a medical journal editor, and a voracious researcher.I was diagnosed with MS about 5 years ago now and was in the midst of a research PhD in psychology. I knew how to research and set about trying to find out as much as I could about this potentially devastating disease. Having a sister who has had a terrible time with the same disease did not help my frame of mind or my attitude to the long-term prognosis. She had terrible reactions to all the CRABS drugs so they were completely discounted immediately (probably a mistake in hindsight!). The alternative methods began to sound interesting although much of what I read was conflicting and bordering on quackery much of the time. Sifting the evidence without a medical background was difficult. My first breakthrough was the Swank diet which had almost 50 years of longitudinal research behind it. However my big breakthrough in research eventually came about when I discovered George’s newly published book ‘Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis’. At last a modern medical scientist with a ready made reason to research thoroughly and look at all the angles – be they ‘scientific’ or otherwise. George’s book provided me with a wonderful explanation for the why the Swank diet worked, why Swank’s research was dismissed and also, importantly, George clearly explains the differences in the CRABS and why they should not be dismissed entirely from one’s repertoire of defence. He also introduced two important extra elements to the diet, namely Omega 3 oils and Vitamin D.
George’s approach is holist in the truest since, embracing what I now believe should be the fundamental approach to sickness and disease generally, i.e., incorporate the physical, the mental and the psychological/spiritual. George suggests that any long-term approach to chronic diseases will require changes in lifestyle and attitudes and that often those who manage disease successfully will also fundamentally review spiritual/psychological issues. Indeed I am convinced that unless the mental state is healthy then long-term remission is extremely difficult – a point not lost on George, although sadly lost on most of his allopathic colleagues. George’s book literally took me to the ends of the earth! I travelled from Ireland to Australia and onto the Gawler Foundation to attend a week long seminar that George chaired along with Ian Gawler and others from the foundation. That week was 4 years ago and is still with me. It was truly inspiring to meet George and a group of fellow MSers, all searching for help and finding it in the wonderful setting of the foundation in the Yarra Valley of Victoria.
Not everybody will gain remission from MS but I truly believe that the approach taken by George represents the best hope for all with this terrible disease. I recently started Copaxone with full encouragement and lots of scientific papers provided by George (yes he still always writes back and always has an answer!). He allayed my fears about reaction to the drug and explained exactly how the drug worked and why its mechanism is quite different from the interferons and I was so convinced that I reversed my decision from 5 years ago. I am on this drug now 6 months and am totally happy with it apart, obviously, from the injection which is really a minor inconvenience. I can categorically state that George’s books and courses represent the most complete approach to the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis available today and he not only gives help to those of us diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis but, by his example, he gives us hope…..Lost in a sea of confusion and hopelessness
After being told I had Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and put on medication I was lost in a sea of confusion and hopelessness. I then heard Professor George Jelinek talk at a MS Society Conference, read his book, attended his course at the MS Nerve Centre and went to his MS Retreat at the Gawler Foundation.Now I’m off my medication, on the healthy diet, practising meditation, getting plenty of exercise, taking in Vitamin D and having a positive outlook on life. George, through his own personal and professional experience, and his thorough research, has given me hope, education, happiness and a healthy way to repair my mind and body.
His guidance has been very much appreciated and I’m sure my condition would have been a lot worse, with no hope of healing, if not for George Jelinek.An inspiration
"Isn’t Phil marvellous!”, ‘He is an inspiration.”
People make these comments to me all the time – and yet it was George Jelinek’s book, “Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis” given to Phil at his first MS Support Group meeting that put him on his chosen path of recovery.Finding Hope
2003 was a very bad year for our family. In January bushfires swept through Canberra. Thankfully our homes were spared but my parents were without power, gas or phones for three days, and the constant smoke worsened my mothers emphysema. In March the US, abetted by Australia, invaded Iraq. In April our 12 year old daughter Josie was rushed to hospital with appendicitis and had to have emergency surgery. And in August my husband, David, lost feeling in his right hand.The loss of feeling crept up David’s right hand and down into his right foot, then across to the left hand side of his body. After a battery of tests, including a lumbar puncture that resulted in another trip to the emergency department, all the doctors could tell us was that it was either transverse myelitis, a one-off attack that might (or might not) get better, or it was Multiple Sclerosis. Oral steroids seemed to do nothing to help, and David’s condition worsened until January 2004, when he was having difficulty walking.
I think what hit me hardest was the unfairness of it all. David always looked after his body so well. He was extremely fit, was a brilliant tennis player, and could run 10km with ease. Why did this have to hit him? I prayed to be allowed to take it upon myself instead.
David agonised over not being able to be a good father to our children, even though he had started working from home so was able to spend more time with them.
The first hope came when a friend put us in touch with another friend of theirs who had MS. She lent us Prof George Jelinek’s book, Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis. I bought a copy and read it avidly. Although we didn’t have a firm diagnosis we restricted our saturated fats, and David took the supplements, just in case. We were both doing a lot of research on the internet, and I noticed that Prof Jelinek ran retreats at the Gawler Foundation. We considered going, but it was difficult for us to get away as my mother was very ill (I was caring for her one day a week to give my father a break); and I think we were a little scared to meet other people with MS. We weren’t yet ready to face the future.
At last a three day course of intravenous steroids gave some improvement, and his condition seemed to stabilise. He had a range of nasty symptoms; his right hand was still very numb, he had needles pricking his feet as he walked, a burning sensation up his back, and occasional pain in his face. But he learnt to live with all of these without ever complaining. I think both of us were trying very hard to be strong for each other. We rarely let each other see our pain.
In March 2004 my mother died under circumstances that were particularly traumatic for my father and myself.
For two and a half years David endured symptoms that fluctuated from day to day but had no more major attacks. He started running again, and was able to play the occasional social game of tennis.
Then two days before Christmas 2006 it struck again. This time David developed a severe constrictive pain around his midriff, like an iron band, and more numbness from the waist down in both legs and feet. He could barely walk and was having trouble breathing. The day unit at the hospital was closed for Christmas so he had to be admitted to the ward for five days of intravenous steroids. Thankfully the staff allowed him out for Christmas lunch. The hospital was very short staffed and he only saw a doctor once for five minutes during the entire stay.
This second attack was the signal that David definitely had MS. I started carrying anger inside myself, building up like steam in a pressure cooker. Every so often it would spill over in tears I would battle hard to control. We finally joined the MS Society and the counsellor there reminded me of the Gawler Foundation MS Workshop. I was keen to meet Prof Jelinek, although also a little frightened. I had read his first book published just a few months after his initial MS attack and I was afraid of finding out that his approach hadn’t kept him well. But I also felt I needed to get away to release some of the pressure inside myself, so I persuaded David that we should go. My father agreed to stay with our kids.
We left Canberra, looking forward to a pleasant holiday in a bush setting. I certainly wasn’t expecting the intensely moving and profoundly uplifting experience we had.
George Jelinek and Ian Gawler were absolutely inspiring. They have both discovered how to heal themselves from serious (and in Ian’s case, life threatening) illnesses, and were both looking extremely well. Seeing them, and hearing their stories of previous attendees who had recovered from symptoms conventional medicine said were incurable, rekindled our hope that David could make himself well again.
George clearly described exactly what we needed to do, and also explained the scientific studies behind it. We became very close to the other attendees, particularly in the small group sessions where the men with MS, the women with MS, and the support people met separately. I found that talking about my feelings of helplessness, frustration and anger with other supporters allowed me to release a little of that built up pressure inside.
But the most beneficial aspect of the workshop for me was the stress management sessions run by Paul Bedson. Paul explained how a large part of stress is caused by excessive thinking – the little voice in your head that talks on and on about how awful things are, how bad I am, how poor you are, etc etc. I recognised straight away that this was a large part of my problem. Paul assisted us through two meditation sessions where we concentrated on releasing the ‘story’ and instead focussing on the ‘experience’; just tuning in to how we feel in our throat, heart, solar plexus and stomach. The moment I allowed myself to do this I started sobbing. I sobbed quietly through both sessions and to my surprise found that I was able to turn off the tears quite easily at the end of each one. I felt a tremendous easing of the pressure from doing this, and realised that I needed to continue with this kind of meditation until I could do it without needing to cry.
The other session that affected me profoundly was on forgiveness. For many years now I have practiced instant forgiveness of people, so at first I thought this session was not relevant to me. But the other participants helped me understand that I had a huge need to forgive the universe. I went through the forgiveness exercise and all the anger I had pent up, melted away.
Going through this experience with David also improved our communication. We had been trying for so long to ‘be strong’ for each other that we were no longer as open to each other as we had been. I had felt that a wall was being built up between us. Now though, I feel that I can be the real me and communicate honestly with him.
I came home feeling optimistic, light as a feather and determined to continue the meditation practices for my stress relief. David and I will both stick to the diet George recommends, as it has many other health benefits besides being good for MS. We have started giving our kids daily Vitamin D to help protect them against MS (it has a hereditary component). We are keeping in touch with the other participants via a group website where we can exchange recipes, photos and emails. I feel very grateful for this wonderful experience.I have stopped deteriorating
Like George, I was in my mid-forties when diagnosed with MS in 1997 by a prominent neurologist after undergoing an MRI that disclosed numerous lesions throughout my brain and CNS. Probably like most other people when first diagnosed, I was stunned, alarmed, scared and worried – but determined to stay positive. I also began to read up on and research this disease, which I had only heard of previously and knew little about. I decided not to tell anyone other than my wife (I did not want anyone’s sympathy) and to just carry on with my busy life involving a growing family, very successful business, regular travel and small family farm.In my research, I discovered the Swank Diet and in the next few months raised this idea with my neurologist. His response was basically “There is no proven relationship between diet and MS so you can do as you like, but it will make no real difference to the progress of the disease… medical research continues but the most we can do for now is manage the symptoms and try to delay the frequency of attacks through medication…” My reaction was to ignore the idea of the obviously inconvenient diet, carry on with my life as before, continue taking my Betaferon and accommodate my continuing decline as best I could.
At this stage I only had difficulty with stamina and could not walk for more than about 12 minutes. As I was still able to walk and function successfully at work there was nothing else the medical community could do for me, other than provide Betaferon and monitor my decline. More importantly, I felt there was nothing I could do for myself, other than to ‘stay positive’ and make the most of my situation. I knew that ultimately my situation was probably hopeless, as medical science was a long-way from finding a cure or effective treatment. On balance, I also felt extremely lucky that I had this terrible, unpredictable disease and yet was able to continue to function and live a rewarding, happy and productive life. For seven years, I learned to live with increasing disability and reorganized my life accordingly (I became semi-retired and used a walking-stick).
In February 2004, I saw an ABC ‘Catalyst’ TV episode “MS Doctor” about Dr George Jelinek, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth and his approach to Taking Control of MS. (The ABC’s website has the text of this story at http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1048944.htm ). I went to the internet over the next few days and found out what I could about George, ordered his book and discovered he was running a 5 day Residential Program at The Gawler Foundation in March 2004. I decided to book into the March Program. After attending The Gawler Foundation course and listening to George, I completely adopted his program. I am 100% faithful to his diet recommendations (always), do my best to exercise (sometimes), meditate (sometimes) and have found a high dose (5000 IU) Vitamin D supplement to ensure I get my Vitamin D daily, even if I don’t get my 15 minutes of sunshine.
It is over three years later and my condition has ceased to deteriorate. My only regret is that I did not discover George sooner – but I am delighted I did find him when I did! My disabilities are not getting worse and I still enjoy a busy family, social and business life- with regular domestic and international travel. I am so pleased that George has created this website to let all people with Multiple Sclerosis know that you can do something about your health – and the sooner you start the better! It is clear that there are no commercial sponsors, there are no advertising revenue streams, there is nothing being sold here and there is not a $multi-billion industry promoting this program of diet, exercise, sun and meditation. It is up to you to adopt this regime. And for your future’s sake, I sincerely hope that you do.
Everything you need to know about Taking Control of MS is contained on this website. You should also most certainly adopt the recommended medication as prescribed by your MD. Taking Control of MS is not offered as an “alternative to medicine” – rather as a supplementary active effort you can make. The recommended diet is an extremely heart (and all other organs) healthy diet, that is nutritious and can be as tasty as you like. However, do not believe medication is all you can do. Professor Jelinek has carefully reviewed thousands of research papers and publications (have a look at his bibliography) to create this program that can quite literally save your life. His recommendations are based on serious scientific research. If you ever have the pleasure of meeting George you will leave with no doubt about the man’s knowledge or sincerity. While there are no guarantees of anything, the research findings are very encouraging; sadly encouragement for the MS diagnosed is not easy to find elsewhere.
Take the time to study this site (and read his book if you like, and hopefully attend a retreat at the Gawler Foundation as well) and I hope you will be convinced to completely adopt his recommendations regarding diet (it is simply a matter of discipline about what you eat – but that is easier when your ‘life’ depends on it!). I also hope you adopt his ideas regarding sunshine, exercise and meditation. Hopefully you will do this and join many of us in being ‘one of the lucky ones’ – that is people with MS who continue to lead happy, healthy, long and productive lives. While you cannot yet be cured – there is a great deal you can do to reduce the impact of MS on you and your family. I’m sure you would like to be better, but if you can’t, then the next best thing, is to ensure you don’t get worse! For you and your family’s sake study this site and implement this program.
I’m truly thankful I am able to continue enjoying so much of life – I’m now spending more time with my family, greatly enjoying business and constantly traveling both domestically and internationally. I have donated to the Gawler Foundation in the hope that we can get George’s message to more people to minimize their loss of quality of life. I hope to help minimize the potentially devastating impact of this unpredictable and too often debilitating disease, by spreading this important message. But this is all of no use, unless you personally exercise the discipline to follow George’s recommendations. Never forget the 10 most powerful two letter words in the English language – ‘If it is to be it is up to me’. Stay positive, stay well and I wish you all the luck in the world.My neurologist is surprised
I have attended a number of your lectures here in Melbourne. I was diagnosed originally in 1971. I recovered from the temporary symptoms within a few months of the effects and was able to live a life free of MS up until 1995 when I suffered a major episode. From then until 2001 my MS progressed to the point where I became wheelchair bound. It was at this point I read your book and embraced the Lo-fat diet. As a result, in the last 6 years, I have had no progression whatsoever.My Neurologist is as surprised and delighted as am I. I am astounded that every person with MS has not embraced the diet. I am your strongest possible supporter and advocate. I beg any and all persons with MS with whom I come in contact with to read your book and adopt your recommendations. I give my phone number to those who knows anyone with MS to invite those afflicted to contact me to enable me to share the great news of the diet. I state categorically, to anyone who will listen, that had I known of and adopted the diet earlier than 2001 then I would still be walking.
The most important thing in my view is that whatever stage of MS a person may be at by adopting the diet their condition will not progress and become worse.
George, the reason for my contact with you is not only to offer my congratulations and support but also to invite you to quote my name and experience at any time you wish in support of your recommendations. Furthermore, I would be more than pleased to give a personal testimony on film or in person at a gathering or seminar.Following dreams I dared not dream
Being able to adopt a lifestyle that means you have some control over a disease that has little regard for how you think your body should behave, is power. MS took my power from me, managing my life the Jelinek way through diet, sunshine, meditation, exercise and selected vitamin supplements has given me back my power. It’s great to feel well in spirit! The body’s limitations seem less oppressive. I am following dreams I dared not dream and am having a blast.Everything to gain and nothing to lose
My sporadic loss of balance was unnerving. Before I saw my doctor I did my homework and knew some of the likely causes. MS was one of them and one of the worst, so when I was finally diagnosed with it in 2004 I knew enough to be scared.A school friend of mine had his first MS symptoms at the age of 15 and died a decade ago in his mid forties, bedridden. Our most prominent MS sufferer is also one of our most famous sporting stars, sprinter Betty Cuthbert. Cuthbert won four Olympic golds and set multiple world records; she now spends her days in a wheelchair. MS is a frightening disease. No-one beats it.
Well, almost no-one, and my neurologist had nothing to offer me but that slim straw. About one in twenty MS patients remains fully functional and experiences ‘only’ cognitive dysfunction and short-term memory problems. He said I might be one of those lucky ones. It was not reassuring news.
In my panic after diagnosis I remembered a TV show about a Western Australian medical professor who had MS and thought he could stop it progressing. I found and consumed his book. George Jelinek made a convincing case which was all the more persuasive for the lack of competing treatments. There are (very expensive) drugs out there to slow the downward spiral of MS, but nothing to stop it. His regimen of ultra-healthy diet, Vitamin D, exercise and meditation is disruptive and challenging, but the only game in town.
But does it all work? Consider that the worst that can happen from this therapy is that, MS aside, you become fit and healthy. This is no snake-oil or faith cure. No-one makes a cent, aside from your local fishmonger and greengrocer as you upgrade to a first class diet. I have met Professor Jelinek on several occasions. He is fit and well, a decade into his illness. You get the feeling he has found the true meaning of medicine as he spreads the word of his treatment amongst MS sufferers. He has reason to be passionately uncompromising: his mother took her own life after suffering years of MS disability.
Four years on from my own diagnosis, I am not symptom-free. I suffer from the most common symptom, fatigue, but I still work and I am in far better shape than I have a right to expect for a man diagnosed at the age of 51. Nothing is certain, but men and late-comers to MS generally fare worse than women and people diagnosed mid-life. I am doing very well in comparison, and better than many of my fellow sufferers.
This treatment has offered me everything to gain and nothing to lose. So far the ledger is balanced well in my favour.The most improved MRI I have seen
It was a normal Sunday when I woke and just didn’t feel right. I then noticed that my balance was getting worse and thinking that I had an inner ear infection headed off to the GP. After a few simple tests he sent me to the local hospital for an MRI. Confirmed by a neurologist I had relapsing-remitting MS, but this was only the beginning. I then spent the next two months in hospital with two more relapses in the following 4 weeks and getting rehab daily to re-learn how to do even the simplest of tasks. The specialist in the rehab program never thought I would walk without an aid again.I had more support than I ever expected from family and friends and whilst in hospital I was given 2 copies of George’s book. I had also been studying and my friends at University through generosity and determination found the time to hold a fund raiser. The money was used to send me to the retreat at the Gawler Foundation. Not only did I meet great people, but I learned strategies to help me keep my relapses at bay.
I’ve been well ever since, with nil relapses and I have started studying again and was not at all reluctant to have a second MRI a year later when my neurologist suggested it. The results were, well, fantastically awesome. We both looked over the initial MRI and then he put up the latest. He was surprised and astounded by the what he saw. The lesions were either significantly reduced or gone altogether. His quote to me was “This is the most drastically improved MRI I have ever seen”.
Sharing this story, I hope it gives others a positive attitude and maybe a little inspiration.A little help from LDN
From the time I left the Gawler Foundation and started my new lifestyle my health has been wonderful. I started on low dose naltrexone as well, first I started on a 1.5mg dose for a few days then I went up to a 3mg dose. I’ve been on that dose for 6 weeks now, I have very little pain, heaps of energy, no fatigue, no restless legs at night and the best thing is my bladder has settled down. I cant believe how well I am and the new diet and lifestyle plays a big part in that, it makes me think of all the crap I use to put in my mouth.My friends have noticed how well I look, my local Dr is very pleased with the results from LDN, I think he may have been a bit sceptical about it at first. I will be seeing my neurologist in November, will be interesting to see what he has to say. If he says anything that is negative I will give him the flick, with this chronic disease we need positive people around us and I hope you all have that to.
My Reiki is going well, I will be doing a Reflexology course at the end of this month, for 2 days. I’m really looking forward to it. I will be able to do it when I go to my volunteer work in the Aged Care Hostel, I go there twice a week, doing facials and finger nail care, they love it, even the men look forward to having a facial.