I never should have discovered I was misdiagnosed with MS

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Chapter 11: Crazy Not Crazy

Sit Down Before Reading is an epic medical memoir unlike any you've ever read. This unbelievable story of stories is unfolding in near real time. That means the conclusion of this tale isn't written yet... because it hasn't happened yet. The story I'm telling will challenge the medical establishment to reexamine life with a debilitating disease, send reverberating shockwaves throughout the disabled community, rewrite the rulebook of healthcare (God willing), and potentially change your entire future. I recommend you buckle up and hang on, it’s going to be one hell of a rip-roaring ride. A new chapter releases every Wednesday here:

https://www.activemsers.org/sit-down-before-reading

David, I never should have discovered my multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis. Never ever. To understand just how incomprehensibly fortunate I was means suspending all knowledge of how odds work. Because everything had to line up just so. And when it finally did, I horrifyingly discovered a new never-ever. Chapter 16: Never Ever releases today along with a preview for Chapter 17. Below is the direct link to the home page of Sit Down Before Reading: A Memoir where all available chapters are displayed. Don't like clicking links in emails? Copy the link above into your internet browser or go to the home page of ActiveMSers.

Sit Down Before Reading: A Memoir

BONUS CONTENT: Is MS Lyme?

Prominent MS specialist Dr. Brandon Beaber breaks down differences between these two mimics in his detailed 17-minute “MS=Lyme Disease?” video, concluding with a compelling and convincing argument that, no, they are not the same. And that Lyme does not cause MS. I recommend a watch, because I will revisit some of his findings in future chapters.

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All those “coincidences” in my “MS” journey aren’t looking much like coincidences these days. They were wholly predictable outcomes for someone with Lyme disease. But the takeaway from this chapter? You’ll begin to understand why I’ve been going into almost painful detail about my discovery, and why it has taken 16 gosh-forsaken chapters and counting to present my case. And why I haven’t urged anyone to run out and get tested. (Psst: because it won’t help—it’ll almost certainly be negative.) But if you read between the lines and parse the successes and failures of my treatments (which may include one or more treatments you’ve tried), the picture becomes clearer and there is evidence of hope, heaps of it. Be active, stay fit, and keep exploring!

Dave Bexfield

www.activemsers.org

p.s. Don’t make assumptions. Having had similar experiences to me on the same medications doesn’t mean you have Lyme disease, and likewise, doing “great” or being “mostly stable” on an MS treatment—or no treatment at all—doesn’t mean that you don’t. This also applies to antibiotics. Some work on Lyme, whereas others, as my dad would say, do diddly squat.

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