I dedicate my story especially to multiple sclerosis sufferers, their families and friends, and to all people looking for information on how to live in spite of the burden of the MS.
I have been trying to provide all important facts in relation to this incurable illness, in which too few things are reliable enough to understand its development and recognise the symptoms.
My attitude towards the MS is a description of my own experiences and an expression of the personal philosophy which I have developed in the course of my illness.
The idea of writing this book was born as an attempt to help others. It came to me when I noticed the beneficial influence of my conversations with other MS sufferers. For me, the diagnosis was not a life sentence, but an opening to new possibilities and to a new, interesting life.
I hope that my story will also inspire people professionally dealing with this illness towards more fruitful search for its causes, maybe also triggering an idea for effective treatment.
I would like to describe how it came to this.
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Over ten years ago, when – in a physically unpleasant state – I went to the doctor, I was given a diagnosis which sounded like a sentence – sclerosis multiplex, multiple sclerosis (MS). In a blink my world fell apart. I was not given the tiniest bit of hope for a successful fight against the disease. What seemed the most crushing to me then was the thought that I would never dance again, I would not travel the world and my husband will surely abandon my at the fist severe bout. The most terrifying was the thought that I wouldn’t have time to raise my beloved children. Considering that a miraculous cure for the MS hasn’t yet been found, I felt doubly in danger.
I fell into a state similar to depression. I could feel my will of life fading, but I had to deal with it somehow. Still, while the illness remained hidden, with no unpleasant symptoms, I recovered from the initial shock and started looking in various publications for information about „my enemy”. I didn’t want to be helpless against it. I read every description of the successive phases of MS development. In spite of my efforts, however, I did not find a single piece of information that would offer MS sufferers a glimmer of hope. I dreamt of finding something that would let me remain positive, even for a while. I read psychological self-help books advising on ways to deal with one’s own emotions. I discovered the joy of reading the Holy Bible. In this and other religious texts I kept searching for an answer to my question: why did it happen to me? I clutched to each text, hoping it would provide me with the mythical cure and heal me instantly.
The doctors prescribed steroids; friends and acquaintances recommended various (and reportedly miraculous) diets; and my close ones kept lying to me and themselves that everything would be fine. Despite my belief in conventional medicine, I turned towards alternative healing methods – unfortunately, none of the bioenergy therapists, herbalists and other „miracle makers” made much difference. The first glimmer of light in the tunnel I saw when I met Mina Fan, a Vietnamese man who offered acupuncture healing. I accepted the offer – and rightly so! It wonderfully eased the pain. He brought me back from consequent bouts of illness. Later on, when he was gone, I came up with my own philosophy of resistance against the MS, a philosophy which turned out to be life-saving. Today I know that acupuncture stands against the teaching of my Church. Well, what happened – happened.