I'm laughing about all the references to aspartame and diet soda/gum. I can't count the number of times I've received those infamous aspartame warning emails (Mom means well sending them).

I barely ate any sweets before my MS diagnosis. I also disliked diet sodas, so I drank the real stuff. I hardly ever chewed gum either.

I actually began chewing gum since my diagnosis when I found out that it can relieve BMS (burning mouth syndrome). It works wonders for it! Finding gum that isn't sugar free is like looking for a needle in a haystack it seems. It's rows upon rows of sugar free gum. Apparently it's not so 'poisonous' that it's been pulled from the shelves yet.

It's been over a year now, in any case, without any soda of any type. I don't miss it one bit, and I don't miss those pounds I lost cutting it out. Now it's black coffee, water and fruit juices