I know they have proven that smoking can actually make MS worsen quicker than a non smoker. I am a smoker and I think I can positively say that since being diagnosed I have been smoking more then before I was diagnosed. I don't know if it is the stress or if it is because I am not as active sometimes I even wonder if it is because I don't care anymore. I am trying to figure out how to quit. Since being diagnosed I have had the I.V. Steroids so many times that I weigh about 25 pounds more then I did before those treatment. I also know that I am on so many medications that I really have a hard time adding more medications to the mix. I am trying to figure out how to quit without using medications. I know there are many people that have quit using different treatments. I am looking for those with MS that have quit and how they went about doing it without using medications. With the Holidays coming part of me feels this might not be the time to do it and the other part of me thinks it is a great time to do it.
I want to quit for myself but a larger part of me wants to quit for my Children and my parents. I know they would be so happy if I quit. Maybe, because of those reasons the stress is even worse. I know you are supposed to quit for yourself but apparently quitting for me is not enough of a reason for me to quit.So I am going to have to use them as my reason. Sad, I know, but it seems like I have lived my life doing things to make others happy or proud of me. So I am hoping to that will work for me now.
We have a Wii and a treadmill and weights. It is getting to cold outside for me to go outside and do activities. My biggest concern is WEIGHT GAIN. I can not gain anymore weight. I have to start losing weight. My weight right now is horrible and I get depressed looking at the scale and how my clothes fit. So I need to do this in a way that I either stay the same weight or start losing weight. If I could lose weight and quit smoking I would be a super happy camper.
I am looking for someone with Multiple Sclerosis to help give me advice on how to do this without using medications and adding exercise (as a MS'er with balance issues and severe muscle spasms).
I really have no excuses. My husband doesn't smoke nor do my kids (thank God) and nobody in my family smokes and most of my friends quit.
Any Suggestions??? Or any routine I can get into?? I need someone to tell me how to do this and what to do. Not someone that does not have a disease. And not someone that is going to say "Just quit". It is harder thank you think.
I know they have proven that smoking can actually make MS worsen quicker than a non smoker. I am a smoker and I think I can positively say that since being diagnosed I have been smoking more then before I was diagnosed. I don't know if it is the stress or if it is because I am not as active sometimes I even wonder if it is because I don't care anymore. I am trying to figure out how to quit. Since being diagnosed I have had the I.V. Steroids so many times that I weigh about 25 pounds more then I did before those treatment. I also know that I am on so many medications that I really have a hard time adding more medications to the mix. I am trying to figure out how to quit without using medications. I know there are many people that have quit using different treatments. I am looking for those with MS that have quit and how they went about doing it without using medications. With the Holidays coming part of me feels this might not be the time to do it and the other part of me thinks it is a great time to do it.
I want to quit for myself but a larger part of me wants to quit for my Children and my parents. I know they would be so happy if I quit. Maybe, because of those reasons the stress is even worse. I know you are supposed to quit for yourself but apparently quitting for me is not enough of a reason for me to quit.So I am going to have to use them as my reason. Sad, I know, but it seems like I have lived my life doing things to make others happy or proud of me. So I am hoping to that will work for me now.
We have a Wii and a treadmill and weights. It is getting to cold outside for me to go outside and do activities. My biggest concern is WEIGHT GAIN. I can not gain anymore weight. I have to start losing weight. My weight right now is horrible and I get depressed looking at the scale and how my clothes fit. So I need to do this in a way that I either stay the same weight or start losing weight. If I could lose weight and quit smoking I would be a super happy camper.
I am looking for someone with Multiple Sclerosis to help give me advice on how to do this without using medications and adding exercise (as a MS'er with balance issues and severe muscle spasms).
I really have no excuses. My husband doesn't smoke nor do my kids (thank God) and nobody in my family smokes and most of my friends quit.
Any Suggestions??? Or any routine I can get into?? I need someone to tell me how to do this and what to do. Not someone that does not have a disease. And not someone that is going to say "Just quit". It is harder thank you think.