Hi everyone, welcome to my new MS blog. I want to start off with a quick introduction to myself and my journey. I am a 44-year-old with an awesome wife and a full house with 5 kids. I was born and raised in Toronto, Canada with our sometimes challenging and socialist medical system. Growing up I was rather healthy, other
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Hi, everyone! My name is Rabbi Zee. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease [PD] in 2015. When I asked the neurologist who proclaimed the “verdict” whether or not he could be wrong, he responded: “There are two things that you need to know about me: (1) I am never wrong, and (2) I am very humble!” Now bear in mind
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I was speaking with a dear friend today who is going through a very difficult storm. She wanted some ideas of ways to possibly fuel herself to enable her to get through a really challenging period in her life. Because we are all so different, we can never prescribe a “one size fits all” approach to charging ourselves. We also
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There is a long list of factors that increase a person’s risk of contracting chronic illness such as neurodegenerative diseases. The most critical is chronic stress. The body reacts to chronic stress by releasing stress hormones such as cortisol, adrenaline, and aldosterone, which increases inflammation and depresses the immune system. Once that happens the inflammation can occur in any organ
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