Shilly
New member
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2010
- Messages
- 9
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 10/2007
- Country
- US
- State
- West Virginia
- City
- Inwood
Here I come to weigh in on the EricEdney-footbath discussion. I read the book upon getting my diagnosis in 2008. I never believed in that business about footbaths but did read with interest his advice on diets and supplements. I went on an additive-free diet. It wasn't hard because that's the diet I raised my son on to cure his ADHD..they called it hyperactivity back then. It is called the Feingold Diet and it worked for him so decided to go back on it for myself. I did that and took supplemernts. I did not notice any decrease in functioning for about a year and a half. Then last winter the ALS seemed to be progressing faster despite the diet. I asked my neurologist if increasingly rapid deterioration was the norm. He gave me a common sense answer: everyone is born with X amount of nerve cells and when they're gone, they're gone. I still eat a balanced meal but not an additive-free one and have continued on with the vitamins. Things seem to be stabilizing for the moment. I can walk and talk with difficulty, can still breathe ok and can swallow, can drive and use my left hand. But when the neurons controlling those activities are gone....
I'm with everyone else: accept what you can't change and live every day to the fullest...and forget those footbaths.
Shilly
I'm with everyone else: accept what you can't change and live every day to the fullest...and forget those footbaths.
Shilly