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Thank you for telling your story. Mine is similar to yours. I also used a diet (from the Edgar Caye Remedies book), affirmations, and a sunny outlook. No negative gossip, magazine articles, or people. I focused all my energy on getting better. That was in 1983. I am still doing well after all these years. Each day is a gift.
Knowing that there re others out there like me is very comforting. Again, thank you.
Hi Elizabeth! I know it’s been years since you wrote about your struggles with PM, but I truly appreciate you taking the time to put this all into writing. My very dear friend was diagnosed with PM this week and she’s really struggling with the best way to deal with it. Of course her doc wants her to go on prednisone. Like you, she’d love to avoid taking it for very long–or not take it at all if that’s even possible. She’s a very healthy and active person, so this type of diagnosis has hit her HARD. I’d like to try and help be as supportive as possible, and I feel like one of the ways that I can do that is to provide her helpful information on nutrition. I’m a firm believer in using food to help heal the body and avoiding foods that can worsen health conditions. My instincts tell me that she needs to find a good nutritionist that can help her with detoxing and developing a diet plan (anti inflammatory) that’s best for her condition. Since she’s in the very early stages of the diagnosis and still dealing with the emotional side effects, finding another doctor right now might seem overwhelming. Do you happen to have any information about nutrition as it’s related to treating PM? Whatever you can share would be most appreciated. She’s such a wonderful person and I hate to see her struggle with this.
Thank you. I really needed this.