BluJay, I'm certainly no expert and like most everyone here my medical information is spotty and comes from those occasional sources I choose to read. But let me share some information that could be helpful to you and others. You are probably familiar with TED - Ideas Worth Spreading and have watched inspiring speeches from the TED conferences. Last year in Iowa City, IA, they held the first annual TEDx conference and one of the speakers was MS victim Dr. Terry Wahls speaking on Minding Your Mitochondria. Since Scleroderma and Multiple Sclerosis are both considered autoimmune diseases and since there is evidently some rarely-observed overlap between the two, you might find Dr. Wahls' experience and research useful. At any rate, following Dr. Wahls' plan—in addition to recommended medical treatment—isn't risky or harmful to anyone so it can't hurt. I realize that Dr. Wahls' thesis may contain a bit of "woo" or pseudoscience. I'm not competent to sort that out I'm afraid. She doesn't claim it's a cure, merely the focus of her own research. Here is an opinion piece from last year on the death of Dr. David Servan-Schreiber from brain cancer. Dr. Servan-Schreiber, you'll remember, became quite famous as the author of the best-selling book Anticancer: A New Way of Life in which he related his own battles with cancer and the nutritional regimen he adopted to aid his doctors in the fight to prolong his life. Anyway, check it out and see what you think. - Mark
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