@Rina Dharsi I’ll chat tomorrow - off to bed, now - I’ve quickly added a bit more info. in reply to Miguel Damas, 👆 🥰

Sorry, for taking so long to reply! At the time of diagnosis I was still in the depths of research, so started with the Wahls Protocol, (Dr Wahls), but then found the Coimbra Protocol, and decided to at least start with the 10k iu vit D3. The vertigo, brain fog & extreme fatigue disappeared within about 6 months, which I thought was brilliant, as I didn’t gain any new symptoms & my existing symptom (primarily my left foot drop), didn’t get any worse. At this point I kind of accepted this as a win… I was still unsure about the extremely high doses of vit D3… I still felt the answer was more in my diet., so continued with my research, but upped my vit D3 to 20k IU, after finding Dr Damas’ FB page, and an article he’d written. I continued like this for 4 years, but in January 2022, I found Dr Goldner’s Goodbye Lupus Protocol, and the difference, was like night and day! My energy went through the roof, and I was able to start using my rebounder every day, which helped with my walking… I was able to walk a bit further every day, before my foot drop kicked in, but I was also continuing with the 20k iu vit D3 daily. In February 2023, I started feeling like I could walk further than our usual 1 mile dog walk round the village, so we decided to give our local “Hill of the Fox” walk a try! Wow!! My foot drop didn’t appear at all… we didn’t quite believe it, so the next day we did another local walk, around “The Plock”… and again, no foot drop - both walks were approx. 2-3 miles, on rocky/rough terrain (see photos). That’s when I decided we had to attempt the Fairy Pools (4 miles into the mountains - see photo of me & the pooch - with the Pools in the background), which had been my “why” for keeping going with the Goodbye Lupus Protocol AND with the vit D3. After my MS diagnosis in 2018 (foot drop had been a constant since 2014 - I couldn’t walk more than 50 yds without needing to sit down), I thought I’d never be able to do the Fairy Pools - I’m absolutely sure the vitamin D3 has been crucial to my recovery and ongoing health, but my experience has been absolutely rooted in diet - removing ALL processed food - although I do allow myself the odd cheats, these days, although my cheats are always vegan (normally a meal in a nice restaurant or a vegan cake in a coffee shop - I’ll only cheat for quality food!!), but may contain sugar and veg. oil. I have been whole food, plant based (100% raw for first 8 weeks and only added baked sweet potatoes to my salads, during that 1st year), no sugar, no oil, since January 2022. I now make my own almond flour/banana (or apple) cookies (both sweet & savoury spices for flavour), make lentil bolognese, baked mixed beans, water based tofu/veg stir fries (served with either baked sweet potatoes, quinoa or brown long grain rice), bake my own wholemeal spelt/rye/einkorn sourdough bread (my rye based starter is called Alice - she’s of mixed Irish/Scottish heritage & over 150 years old on the Irish side!), banana/apple breads (normally contain walnuts) and make bread pudding with any stale sourdough (using homemade cashew or macadamia milks). My vit D3 is in olive oil capsules. My hubby is extremely supportive. We own a small hotel on the Isle of Skye, which we run as a glorified guest house - we’re open 5 months in the summer and closed during the winter - I’m probably very lucky that we’ve been able to work around my MS - winters are when I catch up on my sleep and we always close on a Monday evening, so I get one early night and one lie in, every week, while we’re open! We don’t have any children, so again, life has probably been easier, without the pressures of raising children… although we’ve always had dogs! I’m able to go to the gym weekly and swim once a week. I’m trying to build up the strength in my legs - I spent a lot of years very sedentary, after my Supra-ventricular Tachycardia diagnosis in 2010 (220 bpm - I wonder whether this is what really triggered my MS), as I was so stressed after this - terrified to raise my heart rate in case it kicked off again! I didn’t take any regular prescription drugs, but cut out all stimulants (caffeine, chocolate & alcohol - although this one wasn’t an issue, as I didn’t drink alcohol anyway!) - I did have a couple of ‘episodes’ over the following few years (in A&E 3 times total & had beta blockers in my purse, just in case - I think I only ever used them the 3 times I ended up in A&E!), which increased my stress levels, but by the time I was diagnosed with MS, my heart was feeling constantly ‘jumpy’! However, once I started the Wahls Protocol in 2018, my heart simply settled down! I was also diagnosed with an iron deficiency, so the iron tablets might have also helped with my heart, as a racing heart can be a symptom of an iron deficiency, too. I do still have SVT, obviously, but I haven’t had an episode since 2018. I don’t ‘feel’ like I have MS anymore, but I haven’t seen my neuro since my diagnosis, so no MRIs and no doctors, to increase my stress levels. I intend to continue wfpbno, with my daily green smoothie & my 20k iu vit D3 (with Mag & K2). I’ve always said, if my symptoms returned, I would return to 100% raw, and if that didn’t work I would contact Dr Damas, and look to starting the Coimbra Protocol seriously… I know it’s there, and can see it works! I hope all this helps - I genuinely believe our bodies are designed to heal themselves, if they’re given the right nutrition & lifestyle… there is always hope.

I hope you can give me some assurance that I’m not doing anything detrimental to my health? I’m feeling great, but l just want to make sure I’m not doing any long term damage, with the supplements. Q. Can I continue taking 20k iu D3 daily, without worrying about my calcium intake? ****** I do make a green smoothie every day (FRESH/RAW: 170g spinach, 230g white cabbage, 70g cauliflower, ¼ lemon, 30g ginger root, 30g unpasteurised Sauerkraut, 100g whole flaxseeds, FROZEN: 100g banana, 50g pineapple & 50g mango). I drink 3.5ltrs filtered water daily (incl. water in smoothie) & take 600mcg K2 MK-7 & 300mg of a magnesium complex (Malate, Bisglycinate, Citrate, Taurate, and Orotate) & 900mg complex (Bisglycinate, Malate & Citrate). I also supplement with CoQ10, B12, L-Glutamine, black garlic, moringa, boswellia & borage oil. ****** Q. Do I need to add a B2 supplement? ****** I normally cook a spiced red lentil, mixed bean or tofu, stir fry (water based, no oil), with veg (Shitake, chestnut & white mushrooms, sweet peppers, onion, garlic & red/green cabbage), every day, served with either brown rice, quinoa or baked sweet potato. I also have a plain soya yogurt with Bio & Me Nutty/Seedy granola every morning, with 200g fresh berries (varies, but always incl. blueberries) & FEEL (vegan) type 1 & 2 collagen powders & Better Menopause powder, mixed into the yogurt. ****** Q. Is there anything else I need to be doing? Anything I’ve forgotten? Or something I should stop doing? ****** I was officially diagnosed with MS in August 2018 (I had started with 4k iu vit D3 in April 2018, when I self-diagnosed, having seen my MRI scans). My foot-drop started in 2014, but I’d probably been suffering from fatigue for a good few years prior to this. I found the Coimbra Protocol & the Wahls Protocol in August 2018, and eliminated processed food from my diet & followed the Wahls protocol, but also increased the vit D to 10k iu daily. The vertigo disappeared & the fatigue certainly reduced significantly, but my foot drop persisted and I still couldn’t walk very far without having to rest. But, in Jan 2022, I discovered Dr Goldner’s Goodbye Lupus Protocol and YOU! I immediately dropped animal products & increased my vit D to 20k iu daily, as you said in an article that it was safe at that level.

@Rina Dharsi 🥰🙏🥰

Thank you Dr Damas, for creating this space… It’s great to be able to share positive experiences/outcomes with each other - it can be an emotional rollercoaster, but mental health is so important.