Contents of this book (unfortunately not available in English)
Her own MS-story, What can "normal" medicine do? Second part: Natural MS-therapies with chapters about alternative medicine, nutritional medicine (Evers-diet, Kousmine-diet etc.,) Chapters about homeopathy, Kneipp-therapy etc., Asian medicine with chapters about ayurved and TCM etc., 3rd Part: To get healthy again with chapters about sealf-healing- power, nutrition, positive ways of living, healing nature etc. Following some quotations from that book.Summary of the most important tips for nutrition with MS
All therapies recommend to reduce nerval poisons like alcohol, cigarettes and coffee.
The large amount of animal fats in our nutrition damage the body cells. They fat them,
rise the cholesterine, produce heart diseases and damage the nerval system.
People with MS take profits from a mostly meat- and fat-reduced nutrition with many
wholemeal products as well as fresh fruit, raw diet, salads and vegetables.
For cell protection and regeneration of nerves oils like olive and sunflower help.
Fresh fish has Omega-3-Fat and therefor is important for nutrition of MS-patients.
Many MS-diets recommend in addition good, high-dosed vitamines and minerals. Products
which also include vitamine A, C and E as well as magnisium, calcium, selenium and zinc.
Some diets recommend the additional input of fish-oil or oil of the "night-candle-flower".
Almost all therapies recommend in addition to the diet lots of fresh air, relaxation, peace,
water therapy and well-dosed sunlight.
Development of healthy life-style, the way towards more happiness and well-being.
Damaging life-style: fear and rigidity
wish for control, order, planning and over-seeing; fear of change and unpredictable events;
little self-confidence; fear of the future
very ambitious, perfectionism, career-ambitious in the job; rigorism und intolerance ("My opinion
is the only right one!")
Fear of contact to other people; fear of love, trust and letting-go; problems to admit weakness or
to ask for help and comfort; disability to talk about feelings; problems with openess and closeness
Living according to the demands of the environment or of familiy members; trying to fulfil the demands
of others; neglect of the own wishes in life; dependend and resourceless; the feeling that this is
not yet the real life and that the real life will be coming later.
beneficial life-style: calmness and flexibility
self-confidence and trust in the own future: "I will make it!" and "I will get through anything!";
flexibility and calmness; optimism and curiousity; to realise that changes are chances.
to look for peace and relaxation; to develop calmness; to practise tolerance, to accept other points of views
To take and give love and support; to end straining friendships/partnerships or keep them at distance;
to ask for help and comfort, to trust in others; to be able to talk about feelings and fears; to be able
to accept closeness and indulge it
Learning to live the own life; to live according to the own wishes and targets; to say NO to the demands
of others; self-independance; to do nice things and indulge it; to live every day conciously; to give
a sense into one´s life
How to gain more self-confidence
Take 10 minutes every day for yourself. Meditate, breathe deeply, think about your strong courageous essence,
which has fun in life and which does not want to suffer. Keep in mind if your life goes "towards health" and
"towards joy".
Get rid of sentences like "I can´t do that!" or "This is incurable" or "This will stay forever".
When you get into a situation where you´re loosing courage, tell yourself consiously: "I will make it!" -
"Things will get better again!"
From time to time to things which you wish to do: talking a stroll in the city without the family,
a few holidays on your own, stay in bed once as long as you wish... For once don´t think about your kids,
your family, your job. Be an egoist. At least sometimes.
When an unconvenient situation in your life comes up, try to resolve it as fast as possible.
You have to work overtime constantly? Your mother-in-law interferes in your household! Be courageous!
Organise things the way you want them! Draw lines! You´re a grown-up. There´s no reason to
silently suffer. There are solutions for everything.
Get in touch with people who live completely different from the way that you do; with different jobs,
from different countries, with other religions, people with unusual, courageous point of views.
Such contacts are a big expansion of the own horizon because then we can see: "It´s possible to
live completely different from the way than I do now!"
Stop worrying about the future. Take things step by step. Trust: "Everything will turn out alright.
I will make it - whatever may come." Believe in your power and support your well-being - today.
Our future is the result of what we do today.
How to find more peace and relaxation
No matter if you´re working or if you´re raising kids - sleep enough. It´s difficult when having little
children. Anyway! Find a solution. Your MS-symptoms will not vanish, when you´re body needs all its power
for you to stay awake.
Get "courage for incompleteness" and "courage for laziness"! Say good-bye to perfectionism.
Be relaxed and calm by spending a calm day in the garden or with a book on the sofa. Be kind to yourself.
Stay come and relaxed. Don´t get infected by restless nervous people.
Don´t get into endless discussions. Much and loud talking is extremely exhausting for the nerves.
Keep your calmness and your power.
Take care of planning your work well and vermeiden mess. Jobs in the last minute cost a lot of nerves
and out of the chaos never something good results. Mess, no matter if in the kitchen, in the flat
or in the office, costs you a lot of power and precious time which gets wasted with searching and clearing up.
When enduring stress-times lie ahead (tests, baby, moving etc.) think of your health-balance and plan
beforehead according possibilities for relaxation (holiday, long weekend, household-help). Thinking ahead
is better than useless bravery, over-strain or an MS-attack. Don´t work much but clever.
When you have MS and little children you need support - especially when you´re a single parent.
Look for a good Kindergarten, a day-care-center or a day-school. You can only be there for your kids
in the long run, when you keep your health up!
Learn to be calm. Do we really always need to do all the things that we do? Do we necessarily have to catch
the bus which is just leaving the station before our eyes? Or do we need to drive to the store to buy
this special thing? Always choose the simplest solution.
Learn to set priorities. Say "No" and stick to it when others want something which gets too much for you.
Resist, friendly but firmly. There are some things that are really important but many aren´t. You will
find out astonished how well a clear point of view is accepted. A "No" to others will be a new "Yes" to yourself.
When you´re in the middle of bustle and realise that you´re going to lose your nerves "stop". Stop doing what
you´re doing. Right now. Go into another room, make a cup of tea. Breathe deeply into your belly - the
point of quietness in the body. This will help you to concentrate (= collect yourself in the middle).
After a break you can go on with new courage.
How to get the love and support you need
Get in close contact with people who can give you love, power and optimism. And be a resource of
love for others too. Sharing live means taking and giving.
Learn to say clearly and on time your wish for help. For the other people it´s rather difficult
to imagine the problems with MS and they also cannot read minds. Say nice and clear what you need -
and you will get it.
Get most of the support from outside the family. Your partner is no cleaning-help and your
kids are no Laufburschen. When you´re working or raising kids, you will probably need a cleaning-help
as well as a day-care-center or school. Avoid too much help from parents and parents-in-law
so that you can keep up your own way.
Look for a support-group to talk about your MS, your feelings and your fears.
As important as it may be to sometimes talk about the MS with your partner - it shouldn´t be too often.
The MS shouldn´t be the centre of your marriage or of your family.
Learn to view life with joy and optimism. That´s not so easy with an illness like MS. Anyhow! We´re living
only once. Every life has its own special tasks and challanges. Lets make the best of it!
How you will live your own life more and more
Realise that you´re grown-up and that your childhood, your parents or your partner is no longer
an excuse for un-lived wishes or even for the MS. Your in charge for everything you do with your life
all alone - also with the MS.
It´s important to have your own, personal life. Keep your targets in mind.
When there are family-members that are over-caring and controlling, find a solution,
even if you have to find another flat or another city to live at.
Don´t be scared of changes in life, of new experiences and of making your dreams come true.
Even with MS it´s possible to study, to find a good job, to change a job, to find a new flat,
to find a partner, to marry, to have kids. MS is not a obstacle, no excuse and no pretext.
Go for it!
Get positive targets which can be reached, believe strongly in them and work towards them.
An own room, an own flat or a new job can be successful ways towards freedom. Every little
step towards your own life is a step towards your health