Every question & every answer in this group is a learning for lot.
What food & habits did you have to give up to fight MS & has it helped ?
Does giving up Smoking & stopping consumption of alcohol help? Is that a list of things one should give up ? If so please could you share it
alcohol (i have failed many times) but it's MS 101, booze is bad mmmmmkkkkkay? South Park anyone?
I say everything in moderation,,,,,,I did stop smoking cigarettes but enjoy cannabis .
I do have a beer sometimes ....so surprised when I get popped after 1 beer , then I''m done.
I stopped smoking years ago ( before MS diagnosis) .
I have followed a decent diet for decades but will have things not in the plan on occasion.
Everything in moderation works well for me.
Daily exercise (about 27 years now ) is a very helpful thing to do and any activity, no matter what your situation, is a good idea.
Same here.
I have not given up cursing when I fall.
MS takes some things away but I have gained an near operatic level of cursing that rivals Pavorotti's best.
Ever hear Nessun Dammit?
It'll bring a tear to yer eye!
😂 funny...
Me too! Never was a “cusser “ before!
Falling and dropping anything on the floor...
I cuss like a sailor...
I've always had that habit but now, it's much more professional sounding.
Practice does indeed make perfect! 
I took my all-time worst fall last month in supermarket lot. On my left hip, what a bruise and what pain. No one saw me even though people were everywhere. I yelled 'F*CK!' then "I'm FINE I'm FINE". Got up. Drove away. I was spared the embarrassment which i hate worse than pain.
Too funny! That’s called falling with style.
Yep MS can bring out the "best" in us!
Ohhhh yeahhhhhh, 2 years off butts on 1/1/2021. That was huge Good work falalala!
Thanks, you too!
I still smoked for 5 years after diagnosis. It's so hard to quit those evil f-ing things.
I don't think that I gave up anything FindingAnswersMaccy However, I am more mindful of my diet and exercise. I never smoked, partied, or drank to excess. I am pretty much a square. My motto is 'Everything in moderation'. Keep Smiling 
well gooooood for YOUUUUUUUUU! lol ;), I have lived like there is no tomorrow most of my days lol
No, not really, Hidden One day, I will just let loose, and when that happens, watch out!
Squares are good, unless trying to put in a round hole
The need to be in charge...
No....I am a Type A personality. Always in charge.
TB, struggling with watching my wife and my 18 and 16 year old sons do yeomen's work around our home and I cannot help anymore. Thankful for them though. I go to the store for anything we need and I try to stay out of their way. It is humbling as all hell.
Toxic people and situations.
I’m right there with you.
I don't smoke or consume alcohol and MS got me. I think my MS is genetic.
I do not think you get it from those things....one theory is it starts as Lyme's? i got ticks a ton as a kid. It's genetic for me (aunts on both sides) but if I lived on the equator i probably would not have it bc there are environmental factors too, as far as I have read.
Thanks to a new friend on here, I now realize I have had Lhermitte's sign since I was in grade school. I guess the way i explained it to my mom when i was young, she made it seem normal and I just try not to make it happen. Describing an MS symptom can be very hard. It happens infrequently, i swear i went a decade without them then felt them again recently. I am no doctor but I think I got Lyme's when I was like 5 and I've been sick ever since?? I grew up in SE Massachusetts, climbed trees, built forts, rolled in leaves and grass and my mom picked ticks off my head all the time. Always had pine sap in my hair lol. Fun times but that brings the Lymes :/
I gave up SO very many things because of MS!!
Gumdrops and gluten
And jeans that I fit in
Hot couple cuddles and reading what’s written
Late party promises, trampoline springs
These were a few of my favorite things
Clean satin chonies and walking my poodle
Dumbbells and saunas
And pretzels and noodles
Road bikes that fly, looking good in the buff
This was just some of my favorite stuff
Heels and tight dresses and 50-yard dashes
Snowskiing, pantyhose, flan, and fake lashes
Fatty white frosting and claiming top bunk
That was a bunch of my favorite junk
When my chest’s tight
When I drop things
When I'm falling bad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so sad
Loved it, will be singing it all day! Great job! Yes let’s form a choir, go on the road with canes, walkers, wheelchairs! But I must be the director, as you would all beg me to stop caterwauling! 😂🤣
I love that! I will be singing it till I go to sleep tonight!
I gained some humility and some self-kindness and ability to laugh at myself. I guess that means I gave up a little of my perfectionist drive.
i gave up the smoking and my wine before I was diagnosed after 27 years of smoking.i am very glad i did,but every now and then still want a cig.if you do some research on these 2 and ms. it does a body no favors and they are studying the effects if they are part troublemakers in the years before ms and how if effects whether we get it or not.that being said, i try eating healthy but i obviously have an addictive personality so bring on ANYTHING chocolate
I too crave chocolate. I wonder if its a symptom of MS?
I didn't give up anything! MS, and age, took a few things along the way, but I didn't give them up willingly!
I gave up smoking around 5 years before my diagnosis, quite happily; I didn't enjoy getting bronchitis and I was able to be more active without being out of breath. Recently I learned that smoking is thought to cause worsening of MS symptoms, so I was really pleased that I had made that choice earlier. Alcohol and me don't seem to ever have mixed well. I seem to be extra sensitive to it. I get a hangover the same night - no fun, so I have quite easily been able to give that a miss too. I don't think there's a list of things to avoid - if so, I haven't found it. I think the advice is to have a healthy diet, try to avoid too much stress etc as most people without this would be advised. Also, as lots of others have said everything in moderation.🙂
Never smoked and only have 1 frozen margarita on my birthday, if I'm lucky. I don't know that I stopped anything. Started art again and it's even different than anything I'd tried before!
Besides giving up all the good stuff, like balance, a 12 hour bladder..., all it really took was eliminating processed food. Really, that's it. No meds, just vitamins. Real food,
I gave up smoking. I really didn't need MS to stop but it helped.
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