My SEXY legs

They are gone! Not that I had sexy legs in the first place but now, they are splotchy. I know a woman who does the Challenge Walk-MS every year so that she doesn't have to get the shots anymore. I haven't written directly about the Rebif in a while and thought I'd write about the effects and see if anyone had any other suggestions beyond the ones I have already heard.

So far, I have only had one instance where I was embarrassed by the splotches on my legs, and thank goodness a kid pooped in the pool and everyone had to get out before I got my suit on. But as summer approaches, I am wondering what to do.

I am not a vain person, anyone who knows me would agree. But as I look at my legs, with those red splotches the size of ½ dollars and every once in awhile bruised as well, I wonder what people will think. I think this will be a great chance to educate someone about MS, but for those who don't ask, what will they think.

One friend who has MS said she bought a swim suit with a skirt and that hid part of her marks (she takes Copaxone, so the spots are slightly different). Another friend said don't do my arms or legs for the whole summer. One suggested I wear long skirts and don't get in a bathing suit all summer (with two kids, like that is going to happen.) Another said that although the spots look very obvious to me, they won't be to others.

I have a feeling a lot more people are going to find out about my MS this summer. Not that I hide it, but I don't start off my conversations with "I have MS" either. I think what I will do is if I notice someone looking at my legs, I'll tell them that the spots are a reaction to a drug I give myself for my MS. That will probably spark one of two responses. Both will probably have a surprise remark and one will have a personal experience - my sister, my brother-in-law, my friend has MS. So in the end, my not-too-sexy legs might be good.