Re: Montel pushes for 'living well'

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Hello,

I was rather taken aback by the following question and answer from the Montel interview. Do you think (like I do) that Montel is exaggerating about what the doctors told him on diagnosing him with MS? Did any of you receive such fatalistic advice from your PCP or neuro? When I received my diagnosis the neuro wasn't negative and recommending I prepare for death. I think Montel and the interviewer are exaggerating to make Montel's story more compelling.

Q.In the book, you discuss your diagnosis with MS. The doctors told you to prepare to die. You went through depressive episodes. Other than changing your diet, what helped you get through those tough times?A. My initial reaction with MS was just as devastating as anybody, a death sentence. We know a little more now — that it will decrease my life span and it's a progressive disease. There is no cure for it, and there's nothing that can slow it down. The truth is I'm like a ticking time bomb, and I dealt with that for a minute. Then I had to put that into perspective. I had to deal with the fact that the disease and medication causes depression. But what I've been so hopeful about is that I wasn't on a journey for naught. I was reaching for things that could make a difference, and every time I made a little difference, I realized it made a bigger difference. So I just kept making little differences at a time and, collectively, I've reduced

the impact of my symptoms directly through diet. Now rather than look at my disease as "Oh, woe is me" I look at it with hope knowing "Oh well. I can impact this no matter what."

--Mr. Dana F. Utz utzdana@... https://home.comcast.net/~utzdana/

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Hi Dana:I'm glad you spotted that. I just read the first part and skimmed the rest. I think it's a bunch of baloney! I have never had a doctor say anything like that to me. Besides that I educated myself on MS before I ever saw a neuro for the first time. I know some forms of MS can much harder and can actually end in death but that is really way in the minority and those folks have a rapidly progressing Primary Progressive. The only time I've heard something that negative from my neuro was after my big car wreck. The first time I saw him after I got out of the hospital he told me he was surprised the wreck "didn't throw you into an MS attack you would never recover from." But I did recover--it just took some time. Now do we believe the REST of

what Montel writes or says?????Sharon This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. Re: Montel pushes for 'living well' Hello, I was rather taken aback by the following question and answer from the Montel interview. Do you think (like I do) that Montel is exaggerating about what the doctors told him on diagnosing him with MS? Did any of you receive such fatalistic advice from your PCP or neuro? When I received my diagnosis the neuro wasn't negative and recommending I prepare for death. I think Montel and the interviewer are exaggerating to make Montel's story more compelling. Q.In the book, you discuss your diagnosis with MS. The doctors told you to prepare to die. You went through depressive episodes. Other than changing your diet, what helped you get through those tough times?A. My initial reaction with MS was just as devastating as anybody, a death sentence. We know a little more now — that it will decrease my life span and it's a progressive disease. There is no cure for it, and there's nothing that can slow it down. The truth is I'm like a ticking time bomb, and I dealt with that for a minute. Then I had to put that into perspective. I had to deal with the fact that the disease and medication causes depression. But what I've been so hopeful about is that I wasn't on a journey for naught. I was reaching for things that could make a difference, and every time I made a little difference, I realized it made a bigger difference. So I just kept

making little differences at a time and, collectively, I've reduced the impact of my symptoms directly through diet. Now rather than look at my disease as "Oh, woe is me" I look at it with hope knowing "Oh well. I can impact this no matter what." --Mr. Dana F. Utz utzdanacomcast (DOT) net https://home. comcast.net/ ~utzdana/

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Hi, I read that book too, after my PCP told me he was afraid it was MS...After reading that book, I cried...I was scared that it really was that bad...But both my Neuro and PCP are very positive...They keep reinterating that this is not the end...Not to let MS rule my life, for me to be in the drivers' seat...utzdana@... wrote: Hello, I was rather taken aback by the following question and answer from the Montel interview. Do you think (like I do) that

Montel is exaggerating about what the doctors told him on diagnosing him with MS? Did any of you receive such fatalistic advice from your PCP or neuro? When I received my diagnosis the neuro wasn't negative and recommending I prepare for death. I think Montel and the interviewer are exaggerating to make Montel's story more compelling. Q.In the book, you discuss your diagnosis with MS. The doctors told you to prepare to die. You went through depressive episodes. Other than changing your diet, what helped you get through those tough times?A. My initial reaction with MS was just as devastating as anybody, a death sentence. We know a little more now — that it will decrease my life span and it's a progressive disease. There is no cure for it, and there's nothing that can slow it down. The truth is I'm like a ticking time bomb, and I dealt with that for a minute. Then I had

to put that into perspective. I had to deal with the fact that the disease and medication causes depression. But what I've been so hopeful about is that I wasn't on a journey for naught. I was reaching for things that could make a difference, and every time I made a little difference, I realized it made a bigger difference. So I just kept making little differences at a time and, collectively, I've reduced the impact of my symptoms directly through diet. Now rather than look at my disease as "Oh, woe is me" I look at it with hope knowing "Oh well. I can impact this no matter what." --Mr. Dana F. Utz utzdanacomcast (DOT) net https://home.comcast.net/~utzdana/

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