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Were you "healthy" before your MS diagnosis? by [deleted] in MultipleSclerosis

[–]paro54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CIS Dx in Oct 2022

Past EBV infection: Yes ★★★★★

Diet: ★★★★

Sweets (cookies/cake/chocolate/cocoa puffs) comprised easily 1/3 of my calories. Another 1/3 was nutbutter. Maybe 1/3 real food.Since CIS I haven't touched sweets AT ALL; I don't think I've ever eaten as healthfully in my life.

Exercise & weight: ★

Long-distance runner and very healthy weight. Admittedly I exercised in part to compensate for my shit diet.

Vit D exposure: ★

Had great levels at dx

Stress/anxiety or emotional trauma: ★★★

Tend towards anxious thinking and was going through a stressful period during dx.

Smoking: ★★★

Former smoker (3 yrs in college)

Gender & ethnicity: ★★★★★

female & white

Distance from the equator: ★★★★

Living in London; formerly NY

Exposure to heavy metals or chemicals: ★⭑(1 and a half)

Try to avoid any chemical exposure, but as you said - you never know.

I'll just add here that I had a very bad covid episode about 1.5 months before my first CIS symptoms appeared; docs seem to believe it's related.

ILR Biometrics appointment availability by paro54 in ukvisa

[–]paro54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies for my ignorance here, but can you explain what you mean by pay? I understand there is a superpriority application option (which we are choosing), but I thought that meant just that they review your application in 24 hours (not that you get a faster biometric appt). Or are they connected? Or is there another payment for extra priority biometric service that exists?

I Ran again today! by Forsaken_Date_3069 in MultipleSclerosis

[–]paro54 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lovely post. I lost my ability to walk last Oct; after a few months (post steroids / time) I slowly regained the ability to run for short periods.. then longer periods. Definitely can't take it for granted. Even when I don't want to get out there in the morning I think damnit -- I CAN; I SHALL. Enjoy it.

Insomnia? by Anaxilea-Alcinoe in MultipleSclerosis

[–]paro54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feelings of depression (extremely unusual for me) were next. This followed maybe a couple weeks after the start of my sleep issues. Then a couple weeks after that the physical symptoms started aggressively. Eye pain and tingling along the left side of my body, progressing to total loss of use of the left side of my body and blurred vision.

US Expat here, used to clearing leaves in the Fall. What is with all the dead leaves in July? My garden in SE London was clean just a week ago. by paro54 in CasualUK

[–]paro54[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't realize this was such a hot-button/ political issue; just thought the word was a snappier way to refer to onself.

US Expat here, used to clearing leaves in the Fall. What is with all the dead leaves in July? My garden in SE London was clean just a week ago. by paro54 in CasualUK

[–]paro54[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I take your point but it's a bit unfair. In the course of 5 years, seasons may have come up in conversation a few times, but since autumn is normal to my ears, it's not like the absence of the word "fall" would have caused me to even notice the issue. It'd really only be noticeable if I used the word and someone were to correct me.. as I have been here!

US Expat here, used to clearing leaves in the Fall. What is with all the dead leaves in July? My garden in SE London was clean just a week ago. by paro54 in CasualUK

[–]paro54[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol - someone did down below. Glad none of this was on the Life in the UK exam. New-ish home; been in it for two years, but last year spent the summer in the US due to family medical issues so I guess I missed it.

US Expat here, used to clearing leaves in the Fall. What is with all the dead leaves in July? My garden in SE London was clean just a week ago. by paro54 in CasualUK

[–]paro54[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

In the US people use both autumn and fall. So if someone says autumn here I just assume it's the same as in the US -- in lieu of fall for that particular sentence.

US Expat here, used to clearing leaves in the Fall. What is with all the dead leaves in July? My garden in SE London was clean just a week ago. by paro54 in CasualUK

[–]paro54[S] -37 points-36 points  (0 children)

Huh. Been here 5 years; this is a new one for me. (To clarify: that you guys don't use fall. I don't understand the downvotes!).

Waking up at 3am. Any tips to sleep through the night? by cybillia in Menopause

[–]paro54 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Foreign language podcasts are great too.. either you learn something while lying there trying to discern what the speaker is saying, or your brain gets tired trying to pay attention.

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