The MS Recovery Diet by Ann Sawyer and Judi Bachrach

Hi all!
I have been for a few years on the diet and have recovered completely from all MS symptoms. So everything in my life was going just great, as healthy as can be and strong as ever.

Last week I went and got myself a Hepatitis B vaccine to complete my travel vaccines package (they do A and B and now it was B's turn).
A few hours after the vaccine I felt incredibly tired and went to sleep early that day. Next day I woke up with vision problems and mood swings (crying spells). My vision wasn't blurry but everything looked too bright with some kind of aura around everything. This was not a migraine, but it took a few days before I ruled the possibility out.
I believe the damage from the chemicals or virus in the vaccine kept happening over 2 days, I was crying 2 days straight and my vision did not improve but thankfully it didn't get worse. On the third day the mood swings stopped, I started to smile and had lots of energy despite the vision problems. However I still needed more sleep than usual.
It was clearly the vaccine because I hadn't strayed off the diet at all so there was no reason to get sick. All these days my body felt like it was going through some kind of detox, excessive thirst for water, runny nose, muscle aches, upset stomach. (I've done detox before and I know the symptoms pretty well)
After day 3 I started seeing clearly for a few minutes per day before the brightness came back again. Yesterday I managed to read for half an hour even because my vision cleared up. Today is day 5 and it is still not normal but getting less and less bright by the minute. I hope tomorrow it is even better, time to stop being sick and go back to school. Only today can I write on the computer, before I couldnt read or write anything on it!

I must say that the rate of recovery is unbelievably fast, I attribute it to the fact that this was not a natural worsening but induced by chemicals/viruses (vaccination). Therefore my body had all the strength to detox from the attack and start healing. I must thank the founders of the diet because I would be in a much worse place without them.

I will share my list of supplements I eat everyday to keep healthy and must mention here that I haven't taken any medication whatsoever for the past half year and use only organic products on my body, I am almost chemical free!
I take: multivitamins, extra vitamin D3, ginkgo, fish oil, chlorophyll and ginseng.
I have added ashwagandha and colloidal sylver to combat the vaccination effects for a while.

If anyone has questions please feel free to ask, I am more than ready to help and share my story!

My wife has been following the MS Recovery Diet since she was dx’d with a mild case of MS about 3 years ago. We found it to be a wonderful resource. On the diet, several small improvements were seen, and her 6 month MRI's have been stable.
I am commenting on Ann’s CCSVI blog:
I've been researching CCSVI for quite a while (I alerted Ashton Embry to it), and my wife had the procedure done 5 weeks ago. CCSVI promises to be an exciting new way to treat ms, and in my opinion, makes a perfect compliment to the diet.
The CCSVI procedure (aka as the 'liberation procedure') is extremely safe particularly when no stents are involved. Over 80% of MS patients examined have had jugular and or azygous blockages (my wife included). The procedure to do this - angioplasty - is very common, and done every day for various health problems. Some patients do report minor discomfort during the actual ballooning, but it‘s brief. A few of the very first Stanford patients who received stents did have lingering pain in their neck. There was one incident early on at Stanford where a stent came loose from the jugular and migrated into the heart, and surgery was required, and he‘s now recovering. This is the ONLY complication found in hundreds of procedures. If only ballooning is done, a migrating stent is a non-issue. As an aside, in Poland, Dr. Simka and his crew have done hundreds of procedures, many with stents, with no problems. The only fatality that is often mentioned was another early patient at Stanford who suffered a stroke while on the flight home after the procedure. It was agreed by all doctors involved that the stroke was NOT caused by the procedure, but perhaps the blood thinning medication exacerbated the stroke.
As for my wife - it was found that both jugulars were blocked, and ballooning was done. She did experience pain during the few minutes the balloon was inflated, but no other pain or complications. She was sent home 3 hours after the procedure. Her cold right hand immediately became warmer. Five weeks out, there have been some small changes - her L'Hermettes is less, and her morning spasticity is also less. She is still dedicated to the diet, and her outlook is now more hopeful. I strongly feel that everyone with MS should investigate CCSVI. As Ann mentioned, the DIRECT-MS website is a great resource, as is the thisisms.com website.

Hi everyone! I'm interested to find out how many MSers out there are following just the diet or the diet while still on MS medication.
Hopefully I get some replies.

For starters, I am following the diet and also participating in the trial for oral MS medicine. Have started the diet at the same time as the medicine and had only one relapse after 2 years (real mild, only sensory symptoms) which lasted 2 months. I had strayed off the diet for a while prior to the relapse so it's no surprise, I paid the price.
Apart from that I have no symptoms whatsoever.
So is it the diet.... or the medicine.... or a combination of both???

Any users or any thoughts?? I've been on the diet for 5 months and doing very well, but i've also been on Tysabri for 5 months also.

Hi folks,

I was told that I have MS by a neuro a little more than a year ago. I sought a second opinion, one of the best in the area, and he has been wonderful. He hasn't been quick to prescribe drugs, and has gone along with me with the diet. I KNOW that the diet makes a difference in how I feel. I can usually tell within minutes if I've eaten something I shouldn't have. My MRIs have been stable-improving, with the last done in May. However, I have been experiencing weakness/decreased ability since about Easter. It has increased in frequency and duration, as well as recovery time. I went for a walk with my five-year old and 16-month old a few days ago... it was only a quarter of a mile, and I needed to have my five-year old come back so I could lean on him to make it back home. I was hoping to just go through this entirely med-free, but I said last year that when it starts affecting my children, I would need to reconsider. I am now at that point. Instead of these episodes happening twice a month, it is now a daily occurrence. I am weakened by just the morning routine, or ordinary chores around the house. Would you go on the meds? A friend who is a nurse, and husband is a doctor with MS, said I should immediately seek steroid treatment. What would you do?

Rebecca