{"id":6098,"date":"2023-07-29T20:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T13:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2023-07-29T20:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T13:16:44","slug":"my-ms-diagnosis-was-devastating-how-i-found-a-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6098","title":{"rendered":"My MS Diagnosis Was Devastating \u2014 How I Found A New Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/4fsssq092l4z3gs9h.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From there, I knew I had to get on the ball, and get my proper care team together. That included a good neurologist, a therapist, and a supportive community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Truly, I can\u2019t emphasize enough how important it is to surround yourself with a circle of friends and family who can be there through every step. When I was first diagnosed, my husband told me this isn\u2019t just your disease, it\u2019s our disease. This type of caring and compassion is how I&#8217;m able to get through the really tough times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I also began incorporating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/nutrients-for-people-struggling-with-autoimmune-disease\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/nutrients-for-people-struggling-with-autoimmune-disease\" rel=\"noopener\">healthy lifestyle practices<\/a> into my routine, which I\u2019ve kept up to this day. First and foremost, moving my body regularly is key\u2014if I don\u2019t, I feel like I get super stiff and my mental health isn\u2019t where it should be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As I progressed on this journey, I also discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/sound-healing\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/sound-healing\" rel=\"noopener\">music therapy<\/a>\u2014which has been around for an extremely long time. I began doing this type of work through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msinharmony.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.msinharmony.com\/\">MS in Harmony<\/a>. They have different educational modules on their website led by board-certified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/sound-technology-discoveries\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/sound-technology-discoveries\" rel=\"noopener\">music therapists<\/a>. These exercises are designed to help people with MS support brain function, and potentially mitigate physical and mental symptoms. I\u2019ve found this type of therapy to be so powerful.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing I\u2019ve had to learn is how important it is to be realistic about my bandwidth, and preserve my energy accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From there, I knew I had to get on the ball, and get my proper care team together. That included a good neurologist, a therapist, and a supportive community.\u00a0 Truly, I can\u2019t emphasize enough how important it is to surround yourself with a circle of friends and family who can be there through every step. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[227,123],"class_list":["post-6098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-autoimmune","tag-invisible-illness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}