Hi Erika
I live in south Florida, so we have plenty of sun and warm weather. I do like the winters down here, they are just mild and comfortable.
I used to live In Toronto for some time, actually many years But origionally, I am from Norway, and there we do have long winters.
Yes, I do miss the winters, especially at Christmas time.

I too, have noticed a lot of light sensitivity over the last months, just getting worse. I do not know if this is due to autoimmune issues.

I can understand that you have quite some difficulties with your gastric system, or should we say digestive system.
I think that people hwo do not experience the digestive problem has difficult to understand.
I can remember many times when my sister-inlaw was visiting, and she has scleroderma. She had a lot of problems with the swollowing and she, as you also often had the soft foods.
My problem is slow gastric emptying, so I have to eat small meals. I have had some swallowing problem with dry food, but use a lot of water.

But the problem now is the issue with the chest tightness. So it was good to have a compairasm between the autonomic neuropathy causingt the problem or MS.


I wish you all the best
Kjellfrid
I use yoghurt for regularity and probiotics.
And use a Protonic for acid reflux

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Yes, I have a long history of digestive issues, but the slow gastic emptying is new. Small meals work and I find that the stomach does better if I just blend food up. Doing that also increases the surface area of the food and increases nutritonal absorption and assimilation.

Some TMJ problems make it difficult for me to chew food up properly some times and I find it tiresome and disheartening at the prospect of being in pain just to eat; so blending and just swallowing the stuff makes life easier .

With love, Erika

For me, it is the squeezing feeling as well as shooting nerve pain. The hug is the most painful symptom. I have it all the time to varying degrees. I used to have a massage therapist come and give me gentle massages. She couldn't believe how spastic the intercostal muscles are in my rib cage. She was able to work them out and over time I didn't need as many massages.

As for the feeling of not being able to breathe, there's a yoga stretch, I think it's call the cat or something like that. You sit on your knees, put your head down on the bed or floor, and stretch your arms over your head. If you can't do that, putting your arms over your head really helps with your breathing. You feel as though you can get a good breath.