Oh, mercy sakes, you two beautiful souls!!I I have waited for something like this for so long....I seriously thought I was alone. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I've gone from leaving a store in tears, mortified because I left a puddle, to being able to go to customer service and tell them "clean-up on aisle 4!" and they get it. They get it because I had to get honest. Flipping hard, man. But oh, what a relief! (the honesty, not the puddle!) When I had gave birth to my now 17 year-old, the doctor punctured my spinal cord with the epidural, resulting spinal adhesive arachnoiditis, which shares so many symptoms with MS. Doctors describe it as "The pain of cancer without the relief of death" sounds like a party, right? So consider me a gimpy sister in this journey. :) I lost my vanity, that is for sure. It is tough, but I lean on my charm. Ha! I can look at the bad and stay in the pain, and that's okay....I just can't sit on the pity pot so long that I get a ring around my ass. :) :) I'm even working on a book I might not finish...."Does This Wheelchair Make My Butt Look Big?!!" (I'll probably nod off every three paragraphs, but there you have it.
@AwakeningChoice4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this episode. Before there was heroin chic there was Twiggy and the super thin craze. Being thin meant being successful. All the measures you talked about brought back memories of that time and the ones I resorted to, to lose weight - the Atkins Diet (60 grams/day but I often tried to get it as close to 0 as possible) and obsessive exercise! When my periods stopped for 9 months I was thrilled as I didn't have any "fat" days. I was one of the lucky ones. When I was 18 an appendicitis attack and surgery; the horrified reactions nurses had upon seeing my body, "snapped me out of it" in that I wanted to be healthy (I realized that I was not healthy in body nor mind). This was going to be a life-long commitment because I was able to finally identify the "demon" that Christina talked about. The journey hasn't been easy as so little was known about what I was experiencing. Only when Karen Carpenter's story came to light and the name anorexia was mentioned did I realize that, that was what I'd been dealing with. To this day I have to bring awareness to what it takes for me to...not exactly feel good "about" myself because this often relies on meeting a certain level of approval from those outside oneself or on how one imagines others, view us...but to feel "myself". From my late 20's to early 40's I was an artist's model. I had been on the other side of the easel and was able to see that all bodies are beautiful. It was a very healing experience for me. Women often asked, "what do you do on days when you feel fat?" To which I'd say, "then I stand there and be fat." But here's the most amazing thing that my figure drawing instructor told me... People see you 50-50. 50% of their perception is the real body that is standing before them. 50% is all about how they perceive themselves which is for the most part pretty dang critical and negative. The brain has a bias for the negative. So when you feel that people are "judging" you, realize that it's coming from their own demons. I wish I'd had this episode to listen to when I was a young woman and I hope it gets shared widely with young girls and women but also anyone of any gender who is struggling to understand and accept themselves. Thanks again.
@elizabethferrari13464 ай бұрын
I love your comment. Thanks from Ellie in Plainfield Illinois. It makes me feel better.
@twinbrothers40213 ай бұрын
Holy Wow🎉. Can I ever do so SO much relate to the Food as Manipulation game. Just subscribed - I've been crying all day ~ stopped full stop 2 minutes in. Dry eyed for an Hour! Thank you so much ❤
@amyspencer2325 ай бұрын
This this was amazing you two thank u I had builimia for 17 years. I am dang proud to say I am 11 years free from it and I am 112 pounds!
@Carriehammer7185 ай бұрын
Same
@jamesmarino73644 ай бұрын
Christina Let me just say how incredibly sorry I am for your loss. People who have not lost function often can't relate. Grief is an unrelenting companion, I've sat with him before. I pray God may assuage the anguish of your loss and bring you peace and hope. Love is powerful. It will see you through. Love has the power, to make the weakest man tower, to make the strongest man cower, there is no end to its power, love is a fire, whose flames reach higher and higher, love burns with endless desire, to see us home. Hang tough sister
@bellehorse4 ай бұрын
Sending you so much love ~ thank you for telling our stories 🙏💗
@TraciEaston-hs5xe5 ай бұрын
I try and eat healthy, I eat oatmeal w/out artificial sweetener. I choose to put a teaspoon of natural peanut-butter, half a sliced banana, and a teaspoon of blueberries, let fruit be the sweetener.
@toneman84785 ай бұрын
Fruit is healing..
@Carriehammer7185 ай бұрын
I can relate so much. I did so many weird things too. Put bleach on my food. Took sleep meds instead of eating dinner
@Nargle19.5 ай бұрын
This is Elizabeth T. Reed From Texas. Seoul S. Korea. Love you ladies. Tell Ed I said hello. I'm at the Denison Post Office still. Much Love. ❤
@Carriehammer7185 ай бұрын
Thank you so much.
@annagrisham22155 ай бұрын
Nomination. THANK you! My words get switched around. I needed that laugh. During my divorce I had coffee, an apple, and cigarettes until I was down to an unhealthy skeletal weight because I could control it. I gained nearly 100 pounds after my diagnosis. I didn't look in mirrors still don't like an average woman. I lost the weight slowly and safely. I have been exercising regularly for 2 years. My doctors are very happy with my weight now. I see loose skin. People are cruel. We are the toughest on ourselves. I know I cannot have coffee past finishing breakfast or I will be in the bathroom for a long time. New favorite card.
@rebeccamuntean13204 ай бұрын
Incredible, amazing women
@Brookewyeth-gh7lo4 ай бұрын
I have ms found out 3 weeks ago ms sucks I cried so much last night x love you chrustina I'm gen x I'm a gym addict ex dancer and skater that's what makes having ms so hsrd x
@margiewright67984 ай бұрын
Don’t ever be sorry about you. Your beautiful!! Never forget that. A shit to. Of people love so much.
@marleneflanagan71374 ай бұрын
I've been up and down weight wise my whole life. I've only managed to become thin by starving. I don't think it's my natural state. I lived on Tab and cigarettes throughout high school and my 20's.
@lea-gabriellelarkin3663 ай бұрын
I'm 25 and I think I have ms. How did you guys get your doctor to listen to your concerns and get diagnosed?
@nicolewolos1682 ай бұрын
The doc will send you for an MRI. Are your feet pins & needles? That's how mine started.
@aliciap52415 ай бұрын
Love love love your podcast 😊
@margiewright67984 ай бұрын
😂lol. It’s an honor that have MS!! You kill me. Ms does blow!! Did Joey balls.
@margiewright67984 ай бұрын
** Sucks donkey ball.
@Joshayyy5 ай бұрын
❤
@toneman84785 ай бұрын
Its not your fault ladies.. The U.S. diet is complete garbage.. You can heal!! Please check out the Medical Medium books by Anthony Williams.
@Carriehammer7185 ай бұрын
Andddd losing weight is always congratulated.
@annafrese13745 ай бұрын
😂 funny listening about selfies. I can't do it at all. My daughter is a pro. She's 23.
@Holloboi5 ай бұрын
I was always attracted to Veronica Corningstone and Meadow Looking at who they are now... Im still attracted to them