E2: What I Wish I Knew When I Was Diagnosed With MS

Recorded May 12, 2024: This episode is called "What I Wish I Knew the First Year I Had MS," but the tips I discuss can be applied to most chronic conditions. 

Even if you and everyone in your life are healthy, this episode still applies because someone will eventually get diagnosed with something, and this is good information to have. 

All chronic conditions take a while to figure out, and once you do, you will either modify or amplify much of what I'm about to tell you. But for the first year, as you build your disease-resistant foundation, here are my humble suggestions. 

Links Mentioned:
Dr Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid
MS Master Plan 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:37 If I had a do over
• 2:03 It's Not Your Fault
• 2:46 Process the Loss of Your Health
• 4:07 Embrace a General Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle
• 5:28 Figure Out How to Release Stress
• 6:01 Be Curious About Your Health, Without Being a Judgmental Asshole
• 7:10 I'm Serious About the Financial Part
• 7:51 Move as Much as Possible
• 9:31 A Chronic Condition is Just That – Chronic
• 10:11 You Have a Condition which is a State of Health that Changes
• 10:46 Be an Educated Consumer of Western Medicine
• 15:54 Be an Educated Consumer of Alternative Therapies
• 19:30 Don't Demonize Doctors and Drugs
• 21:12 Decide How You Feel about Having a Warrior Mentality
• 23:49 Bottom Line