I am Valerija Treven and I live in a simple village called Smrečje. I used to be a wife and I am a mother of three, now already grown up boys. My childhood was nice, carefree and connected with nature. I spent my childhood years living on a small farm where I learned many simple skills. I was taught to be honest and sincere and I am still loyal to these values in my life. I spent many days with my grandfather in his workshop where he always used to be creating something. And he handed his love for creativity to me, too. I learned to become a seamstress and I found my life purpose in that. My life motto is: I sew and enjoy it. I spent some time with my grandmother who was bedridden in her old age and I learned how to listen to and help a person in such condition. This knowledge helped me...

I was born in 1949. My problems with excess weight started immediately after the birth of my first son in 1969. Before giving birth, I weighed 69 kg, but by the time of the birth of my second son in 1975, I weighed 118 kg. Obesity runs in my family, and was further exacerbated by my work in the kitchen, where food was always within reach, but my lack of motivation was the main contributing factor to my weight gain. I think that perhaps I would have been more diligent with my diet if my husband had expressed concern about my excessive weight, but he always stood up for me when others teased me about it. I felt good until 2006, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. At that point, I completely lost hope and gained weight up to 152 kg. I soon decided to lose weight under medical supervision,...

I am Antonija Koren, born in 1973, and I have multiple sclerosis. I live for today, for this moment, because in five minutes my condition could be completely different. I don't plan ahead, I don't expect the future, I just look forward to the moment I' m in right now! The first symptoms appeared in the fourth year of secondary school. I slowed down a lot in my typing, I made a lot of mistakes, but I didn't pay much attention to it. After leaving school, I was getting more dizzy day by day, I looked like the worst drunk, I couldn't see out of my right eye and couldn't hear out of my left ear. The doctor sent me to neurology several times. Always after all the examinations they dismissed me as everything was BP, despite the fact that I could not stand on my feet, that I couldn't touch my...

I have MS. Nothing special. I have it, but it doesn't have me.Back in 2008, I wished for a doctor because I suddenly saw everything with a delay. After 4 months I reached a neurologist and he told me it was a small stroke ( but it wasn't). Well yeah, no big deal, like a year and a half after that I was as good as new. All the hills were full of me, I was cross-country skiing... until 2014. On March 30 I was on Nanos, on April 6 I went to the doctor and got half a year sick leave. It was never the same again. No more hills, no more running... Well, yes, I lost a lot overnight. But I accepted the disease and now I live with it. You won't believe it, I've gained a lot from it. The biggest problem today is that I have little time.You have only two choices, accept the disease and live with it,...

I became ill in 1976 at the age of 17. There were many ups and downs and I wouldn't like to explain too widely... This is my story:I am a mother of 3 grown children, I have 5 grandsons and 3 granddaughters. In my life there is not only multiple sclerosis, I also had a heart attack, gynaecological surgery, stomach problems, 4 tumours removed, 4 years of prosur and ensur (artificial food supplementation)... Today, thank God, I can eat, but within normal limits. 5 years ago I lost my dear husband, cancer took him from me. Whereupon, after severe stress, I got diabetes and high blood pressure. But I haven't given up yet, my motto is: the sooner you accept your problems, the easier it will be. With meditation, medication and therapies at the Institute with Love I maintain my condition. I am...