Monthly Archive for May, 2008

MS and chemo

As many of you know, I have been having MS for 28 years. It’s only now that I’m in a place of acceptance and talking about it and know deeply in my heart that I will find a way, but it’s not on my own. I have made due with herbs, accupuncture and functional integration. Though it seems still to work, I know that it’s only band-aids, and not the deep internal work and process that I need to do.

One day ago, I met my acupuncturist and it was the first time that he suggested, for my last exacerbation, chemotherapy. I had heard about it before, from my doctor from Evanston Hospital, but I always thought there was no way I was ever going to do aything like that. Because the acupuncturist is a friend of mine, and has helped me a lot, I could not only listen, I could filter it from my head into my heart, and I am certain if Dr. Sung Beck (MD and acupuncturist, and my acupuncture’s teacher) from Seattle supervises the treatment, I need to do it.

I foresee a letting go, and a welcoming of something new. Perhaps you have yourself, or family or friends, who went through things like this in their life, or are going through things like this. I appreciate any communication.

I feel so lucky that I’m not alone. For the first time in my life, I have somebody with me (Ted) whom you perhaps know, who is there for me, helps me a lot, and is involved in all that is happening. I have other friends who I am not shy to talk to, to communicate, which is quite new for me.

Love,
Regula