Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Support Group

BUTCHA YA CAN.AND IT'S OK

We all deal with things in our own way.

I have friends who deal with this disease by being angry some by being sad, and others, by being a little of both. Me..for now, I laugh, and I smile, because that's what I have ALWAYS done. If one day I don't feel like smiling anymore, I would hope that someone would kick me in the ass and remind me of all the good things I still have in my life.

And yes, I AM a peacemaker, another thing I always have been. I remember when that was a GOOD thing.

it's a rollercoaster, MS is never boring, why stay centered when you can swing all over the rainbow?

No, I'm not tired of it as everybody goes through stages with this disease. Especially during a flare-up (which you are fortunate to not have anymore according to you) it sucks. It depends on the support you have, how you were brought up, etc. I feel sorry for myself at times because I don't see why I have this disease, I had a crappy, violent childhood, I had it very rough in life, I thought I would finally be able to enjoy life to the fullest, but something called MS is not allowing me to make those plans at this stage during my disease.

I don't feel like I'm pitied at all... many people know crap about this disease and I love to enlighten them, if they still feel pity, that's THEIR problem.

When I was dx'd, Dec. 1988, the airliner had just been blown up over Lockerbee, Scotland and I had just learned that a friend of mine and his wife were dying of AIDS. Those things put reality into a much different perspective. I hadn't done anything to cause the ms and I wasn't going to die from it. My friends were leaving two young children and that pissed me off. My perspective hasn't changed.

CathyL

I JUST THINK OF ALL THE THINGS I CAN STILL DO... LIKE READ, WATCH TV, SMILE, KISS MY FAMILY AND MY PETS, PAINT, DRIVE, SING, AND SO ON. U GET THE PICTURE. I SAY A THANK YOU PRAYER AND FEEL MUCH BETTER, EMOIIONALLY AFTER.

hmmm, this touchy subject has certainly come up before...
this is a support group and if I am having a pity party one day, so be it....
I am entitled for my own reasons...bear with me and be a friend and it will pass..
. Do not make me feel bad about it, jeeezz .

Well, today I suppose that I feel lucky that my MS seems to be fairly benign with limited pain. Also that it first appeared in my late 20's when my son was a manageable age.
Cannot imagine what one would do with a young child to raise, plus MS.