It never hurts to dream. Dream BIG!
Take care!

yeah, running is out for me. can't plan trips like I used to. The worst days are still better than the alternatives

I totally agree with you, each loss is very very personal and even though you try to explain to others (to someone that doesn't have this disease) they try to understand but really can't, until they experience it.
My theory, which helps me get through somethings is that maybe that was MY dream, but that was not the path that I was suppose to go down in my life, that maybe God is just trying to show me something else, that I'd never pay attention to, & sometimes it takes a good knock alongside the head. (but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt) Hang in there, you sound like a neat guy, that's not ready to give up :) Julie

Larry, Yeah, I can't run either, boy but can I walk fast!

Larry
PS sure seems like people here on DS don't pay much attention to what you (and I) have said about LDN. Too Bad, although I haven't had some of the miraculous effects that some have had, it has meant no exacerbations for over 3 years.

LDN will be the way I will most likley be going in the near future and it is because of guys like you. But you must know that the world of MS is one of the best snake oil saleman places in the world. So I take the drugs that my Dr tells me too and then try my best to sort out all the crap out there and find real help, like the kind I believe LDN can be. I can find many people out there that will tell me that bee stings save there live or oxygen chambers are the way so when I found LDN, I promised my family that I would do looks of home work before I jumped in. So what I am saying here in my long drawn out post, keep up the good work and I will be talking to my neruo soon and taking the leap of faith

Even though you might not be able to accomplish some dreams you may have had in the past you give of yourself and your wisdom to others and this is worth so much. I feel the way you do sometimes, however, I have always prided myself on being a very intelligent and wise person. As I get older I find that people are interested in what I have to say about my former career and what I have learned, it feels great to be able to share this with others and it is a way to give back. Larry, I read the passion that you have for telling people about LDN and all that you have learned through having MS, don't ever underestimate yourself.

I have taken all your information on LDN and read all the posts on it. I am very interested just don't comment in alot of the posts because of the arguments but thanks to you Larry I will be doing my best to try and get a dr. to prescribe it for me.

Oh and you seem to be a very intelligent man I know you will come up with dreams that you can accomplish. Good luck Lots of love kim

Larry, thank you for bringing this up. It is an issue that I think about also. For the past 2 years (since an attach that forced me to retire from my job) I have been grieving the loss of what I thought was a dream. Then one day I began to reflect on why my dreams were my dreams. It too me through a serious of heart felt situation to identifying what my values and beliefs are in life .. this then led me to understand the origination of my dreams. Let me explain with specifics. WHen I was first diagnosed I was an officer in the Navy and I lost that, then about 2 years later I was able to return to work and was a Director of Nursing until two years ago. In addition I wanted to complete my Ph.d ..and was working on it full time as well as working full time as a DON. THen I had an attach and it all changed. Now I am retired and well I thought all my dreams were gone. However, when I sat down and reviewed my values in life and my beliefs, I found the reason I did what I did. Often people believe that they are what they do. I am beginning to realize that we are who we are inside and that what we do is just an expression of what we are inside meaning what values and belief's we hold dear. THat being said, I realized the reasons behind what I did as a nurse and why I wanted to complete my education. Mostly it came down to my values about teaching, loving, caring, and assisting people to have a great a life as possible. So then I began to realize that if what I want to do is teach support and love etc, really I only have to change not my dream, but the road to the dream. THe road changes because I am now on a different path toward a whole new way of looking at my dream. I am on a road of sharing what knowledge I have gained, volunteering with support groups, and just doing a lot of teaching on line. While what I did changed, my dreams never really did, just my path. I hope this makes sense and thank you for this post..it is an awesome and very inspiring post... Carol

i miss the old me

Ah, yes. Loss. I am intimately acquainted with it. Don't care for it much.

TexasMS: I don't know if it ever seemed like it, but I'm the biggest Sagittarian Skeptic there is. Few things impress me and it takes a lot of convincing some time.

Hence My MS Bag of Tricks message. I have 4 things that I swear by, the rest I swear at.

1989 I started chiropractic, probably just in time, too. I was getting right side inner ear infections 2-3 times a year and my fair share of antibiotics to kill the infection: nobody ever looked at what was Causing them, or even suggested to Look for a cause.

I won't describe the day after my first chiropractic adjustment, but it was gross, I was so totally impressed, and I haven't had an inner ear infection since November 1989! My chiro team are my primary care and they guide me through all processes, we work on all issues together.

1993 I found Wayne Dyer, haven't been depressed much since then. Became a Mr. Mom the next year. My absorption of this words and wisdom is a winning combo for me.

1995 I was taken to a Franklin Time Management seminar. I used it for a month like they suggested and am still using it. Who knew MS messed with short term, well, FTM surely has become a reliable one, as long as I write it down, it gets done.

And finally, 2003 I found LDN. Too bad I couldn't have found it in 1998, I may not have lost what I lost in the 2000 and 2002 attacks. But it's all slowly coming back and the rest is surely livable.

LDN isn't For MS. It's for AI diseases and it's creating quite a grass roots stir around the world, especially in the Crohn's and Autism circles, it's curing Crohn's and it's bringing kids out of their little worlds.

My dad is on it since March 28 for Stomach Cancer. They put in kidney stents and did some chemo on Tuesday's. Last month he went in for a CT scan, they took out the stents and told him the mass was HALF what it was the last time. They were very impressed, they knew the chemo results from others, they never saw this reaction, and in an 83 yr old man who they probably gave 6 months to live. Well, surprise surprise.

My brother is on it for sarcoidosis. I thought I had a good story to tell, in the last 3 LDN conferences I heard of some stories that make mine look like nothing.

http://www.larrygc.com/mystory is still my journal thread from Day 1 :)

ms means the journey isnt over but you need to find a new route.
jav

Yes I grieve for all the time I used working,working working. But I am determined to find a way to have some fun/accomplish dreams... I know we all can find it.

Carol1030,
Great note! I thought my life was an adventure, your's has it beat hands down, I guess I've really never understood the question they ask here about so and so's post being inspirational, yours is!