Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Less meds, less weight gain?




I know that there was a discussion somewhere with people talking about gaining weight with their Multiple Sclerosis.
And what I saw, since it was written was my theory was proven, but not really.
I blamed my tremendous weight gain on the medications that I have been taking for Multiple Sclerosis as well as all my other ills and of course my quitting smoking in 2006 when always previously I would go back to smoking after gaining the weight several times that is always that same fifty pounds. Since I blamed my tremendous weight gain these last few years on the medications that I have been taking and of course my quitting smoking in 2006 for the additional unheard of before amount… in the six previous times I did quit for as long as six months, one time… This last time though with a TIA on my MRI made me not go back. To lose the fifty pounds each and every time I would exercise or go to some kind of weight-loss program or both after that is how I would have to lose it once again! But I did try that in the beginning and neither worked this time. There was a period for a few years that I didn’t try to lose the weight years ago before being diagnosed with anything and gave up but did smoke, but still I was never this big, this time fifty plus weight, and so I was determined to find the cause like all other ills and yes, since now I am obese, but thank G-d I no longer smoke, WHEW! Now I will only die from obesity and of course all these other ills that have been plaguing me these last several years… but at least I don’t smoke thank heavens!
The conversation I read somewhere was that many who were on medications not unlike me, ballooned, gaining seventy pounds and some only fifty, and also the ones who did not take medications also even just using natural ways of taking care of their symptoms they also gained a lot of weight, and it appeared that some were still mobile and active.
So in conclusion, Oprah would be sooooooooo happy, since I received my AHA moment, and it appears to me the only constant was that we all have Multiple Sclerosis!
And so while other ills ravish your body and make you look as ill as you feel, we get accused of being slovenly and lazy and not ill at all and all other names due to our weight gain! NOT FAIR! WE ARE VERY SICK TOO!
Is it just me again?
Am I the only one getting what this indicates?
Perhaps some doctors might interject here?
Metabolically it appears that along with the demyelination of our spinal cord and brain, stripping them like electrical wires gone bad, we have metabolisms that turn sloth-like, thus also causing the extreme exhaustion that many of us have?
Now, if we could boost our metabolism somehow… we might get rid of one or two of the many symptoms that we own, but would prefer to rent, nah, sell off, yep, that’s the ticket!
But not to anyone we know or care about, or damn, where can we dump them?
Like a bad seed, ills are not something we would wish on our worst enemy!
Oh wait, nah… not supposed to hate.

Moving on…
Did you know that when you send a nice letter to a company that sometimes they reward you, small rewards… well they do!
I think that I have mentioned that I do enjoy spicy pickles, to the point of almost being considered an addiction.
Well, the company that makes this scrumptious delight is Mt. Olive out of North Carolina that I love and devour daily, well not daily, but as often as we have them… which is pretty regular. Any-who, I wrote to them on their site telling them how I felt and they sent me a lovely letter and three dollar off coupons, good on any of their products; I do enjoy their jalapeƱos too. I have complained to companies and notified them about damaged products and each has given exemplary responses with replacements when informed, and so when you have something nice to say it is also refreshing to get good feedback too.
No matter what, as a consumer, it is our job to let businesses know when they do right or need to improve.
Hubby received undies from Haines when we reported the elastic didn’t hold up, we received new knives from Farberware when they broke, since they are warranted for life, our kitchen faucet was replaced by American Standard, when its finish didn’t hold up.
Even the small clip on this computer desk that broke was replaced for free by the company who made it for Christopher Lowell that is the designer.
Businesses on the whole are decent and try to make us consumers happy and that is a very good thing, so don’t be shy if you believe that your product isn’t up to snuff go to the manufacturer and see if they can make good on their object of your desire and therefore their reputation and all will continue to be a wonderful thing to tell others about like I have done here…!

On that note of different tweets to all you tweeters out there, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all of your blessings and to share all of your overages with you know who and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

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