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My adventure with MS

By Ruby Jones Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Well my adventure started out about 7 years ago. Most of the time adventures are something fun , that you can prepare for and you anticipate.  Well not this one. I have been having trouble with my legs for years every since I was a little girl.  I was not one to complain. I'm one of those get in there and get it done kind of people. I have never been one to complain. I knew something wasn't right when I was in the 7th grade and just fainted dead away when I was going down the stairs. My mother took me to the doctor and of course I had no symptoms doctor just sent me home and I felt like the biggest idiot. I didn't have any other"symptoms for a long time. I would get weak and my back would hurt. Of course everybody would just say that I didn't want to work or something that would hurt my feelings and make me feel bad. If they knew me at all they wouldn't have said that.  I was working 2 jobs and left my baby at home where she was being sexually molested and physically and verbally abused. My daughter is 18 now but the hurt doesn't go away. I failed my baby she flunked the 7th grade because of me and my illness.  I know that I have plenty of company and that I am not the only one that have gone throught some changes behind MS.  When I first began to accept the fact that I have MS, I didn't want help from anyone.  I tried to be a mother to my child. My mother and my brother verbally and physically abused my daughter`when I was in the hospital.  She would call me and tell me but it was nothing I could do for her.  I could not even help myself,I really let her down.  I have tried to make it up to her in so many ways but I simply cannot .  I think she has forgiven me but it's hard for me to forgive myself.  MS has really interupted my life.  I have gone blind and can no longer stand for hardly any period of time.  I have been in colelge for the past several years and cannot seem to pass.  Sometimes my mind goes sometimes I cannot remember anything.  Because of my health issues my work history was cut short.  I retired quicker than I wanted to and my daughter has suffered.  It's not fair it's just not fair. I wanted this to be light and airy but when I started reminiscin about what the past few years have been like, I couldn't find anything.  I wish I could give my daughter the simple things that she has missed.   There have been a lot of people that have been real goodto me.  One lady that I went to school with got me a riding chair, it was old but it helped me.  When arthritis kept me from using my hands or arms it really came in handy.  At first I couldn't get any help but I just kept on.  We didn't have anywhere to live and not only did my health get bad but my life in general did too.  I was at a really low point in my life I was thinking about commiting a homocide and a suicide.  God is who has brought me through.  My faith in the Almighty is what has sustained me.  God never puts more on us than we can bear.  I have learned that and also that He is with me and walking besides me and carrying me.  When things get really bad I remember the poem "Foot prints in the Sand".  I have to lean on Him because there is no one else that can carry me or would want to.  I have come a long way from where I was . I have asked for and received prayer.  I am just going to hold on now.

Lisa Emrich, Health Guide
7/ 7/10 11:26pm

Hi Ruby,

 

Thank you so much for sharing your story with us.  It's wonderful to hear that life has changed for the positive for you despite the limitations MS presents.  I'm glad that you did not commit suicide and are here to love your daughter and yourself.

 

Welcome to MS Central.  I hope that you will continue to share with our community.  There are some wonderfully kind and supportive people here.  :)

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By Ruby Jones— Last Modified: 12/19/10, First Published: 07/07/10