#wahls protocol

Made eggplant fries for dinner (in the air fryer). Kind of like a blooming onion, without the onion taste. Yum. Also made some "Easy Pizza Sauce" to dip them in.

Carrot chips (and a few cherry tomatoes that were laying around) are in the dehydrator.

Think I'll be having a lot of the veg I'm supposed to be eating in the form of chips, fries, and crackers.

(Note: skipped the dip in this recipe):

Breakfast was 2 boiled eggs, a Kashi bar and a banana with peanut butter.

Lunch was spinach salad with cilantro, canned salmon, picked, red onion, and mayo.

Physically feeling pretty good. I was amazed how well my lungs held up to the cold run I went on last night. I was expecting to be doubled over and out of breath (although I did take it very easy). It was more my legs that I felt during and after, which is surprising because I’ve still been walking a lot. My hips are definitely adjusting to baby, I can only imagine that will get worse as squishy gets bigger.

Here’s a survey by Terry Wahls, M.D. Thought I’d tag some of the lovely people I follow. Feel free to share and don’t feel obligated lol @mauveina @whatcanieat1 @thepianopilot @owldreams @brahmacharyaishard

Made the healthy foods last night.

Not bad but took a lot of motivating to actually get up and cook. I’m getting way too used to the convenience of unhealthy foods.

I’m planning my first grocery shop with a priority of vegetables and fruit in many months for tonight.

I didn’t have to work out tonight but I wanted to get on the treadmill, even after doing a 3km walk. I danced and smiled the whole run and did a core workout afterward

-Because I WANTED to!

Oatmeal with honey 🍯 & cinnamon, mangos 🥭 and strawberries 🍓

😊👏

I took some time to journal this morning 📓

Did my eye brows & painted my nails 💅

Lit some candles🕯

Watered and dusted my house plant 🌱

But my guts are a DISASTER thanks to Vega One protein. Decided to give her another shot since I seemed to be doing better. NEVER AGAIN.

The world gives MS a lot of power.

Power due to fear.

Fear of the unknown.

The world’s perception of it leaks into my bones. As much as I am trying not to be afraid, the reactions of people I tell for the first time about my diagnosis is some serious fear. The “wow that really sucks” and the “I’m so sorry” and the way their face drops and they look at me with this deep sadness, sympathy, and dread.

It’s hard not to feel that.

To try to convince them that really, REALLY, I am ok. Like I’m trying to convince myself to believe it as well.

So as much as neither of us may be convinced that having MS is “ok”, I can choose not to give that thought power. I choose weather or not to allow that fear to be a focus in my consciousness.

At the same time I can redirect my focus to a more productive feeling. To give power to a more beneficial thought. That thought is gratitude. To appreciate my accomplishments throughout the day. To appreciate all parts of my life. To flow with it.

So I got my MRI results back today.

The largest of my lesions was on my occipital lobe (controls vision). It has shrunk “considerably”. Shrinkage of lesions, I found out, can be a marker of future disability if the shrinkage leaves a deposit of spinal fluid in its place. I re-read the results and it expressly states there are no deposits of fluid found on my brain. This, I assume, means there has been regeneration!

THIS IS AMAZING NEWS!!!

Unfortunately, another of the lesions on my corpus Callosum (the connector between either side of my brain) has grown to 8mm. This could be just due to the relapse back in the spring and that the inflammation continued for a bit after the mri was taken.

Finally,

THERE ARE NO NEW LESIONS!!!