My mom passed away about 4 months after that post. Today, I embrace my normalcy just as sweetly as I hoped, and I embrace the memory of my mom even more.
UPDATE: I am having trouble with Blogger when responding to comments! The following is a response to Unknowns comment to this post:
Hi Unknown! This is Dave, but for some reason if I try to reply it won't work. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting! I have a lot to say about NMT, but the short version is I think it is BS. Here's a discussion about 6 years ago, including a discussion with Dan, the big proponent back then of MW, or "moisturizer withdrawal". He has since taken back his claim and says that MW does not speed healing.
https://davestsw.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-28-trip-to-doc.html#comment-form
I found this blog while I was really struggling. Thank you for making this blog. It has given me hope that things will get better. I'm curious, did you do something called NMT (non-moisture therapy) during your TSW journey and did you find that it helped you? Or did it not make much of a difference? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! It is my opinion that NMT is completely worthless, unless for you it gives short term relief. There is no non-anecdotal evidence or studies that show that NMT reduces TSW cure times. Some of the treatment, especially water restriction, is illogical and potentially dangerous.
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