Multiple Sclerosis: Wonder of Wonders

Dear Mandy, I hope you, Jake and your family have all had a wonderful holiday and that the New Year brings you much to be thankful for, much happiness and the love of good friends and family.

You list of wonders was, in fact, wonderful!  I had to stop a few times while reading your list because many are so true to what I think about; specifically when you say it is more difficult to stand still than walk.  That's saying a lot because it is very difficult to walk on some days and always difficult to stand.  

I also related to your wonders about people knowing more than you about your body, especially the strangers I meet on a bus.

 And how you feel guilt; I am full of guilt when I have to cancel plans with my daughter or friends, or need to ask for help with things I feel I should be able to do. And I am guilt ridden because I could no longer manage to work and continue in my career, which has changed my life in every way.  

Let's hope that this year there are new breakthroughs in MS Research.  Best wishes for a good year.  Denise

I would love to be able to change the color of this text to make it more cheerful . I enjoyed reading your widget very much. I totally agree that one of the most comforting way to spend some (a lot) of our time is to be in touch with other MSers. I'm not a support group type, but I do enjoy communicating with people who live in the same sub-world as I do.

I've been dx for 10 years, but I started having sx at least 20 years before that. I'm SP because I never have a remission, but I enjoy life and do the things I want. I retired from teaching H.S. EFL here in our little desert town in Israel in 2002 when my fatigue, pain and cognitive sx made it too hard for me and not fair to my pupils. It was the best thing I could have done for myself.

Now I live by my own schedule, swimming every morning, writing and publishing poetry, doing photography, sitting at my lptp "talking" to people.

Life is good. I take time to enjoy it every day.

Happy New Year!

Maris in Israel

Mandy,

So many of your 'wonders' overlap with my wonders, especially when it comes to others complaining about the expense of their health care.  Often times, I'd love to get away with paying twice than the amount of their complaints, if it meant that I would be free from financial worries.

I wonder sometimes what makes other MSers actually not be supportive of their fellow patients, especially in that 'support group/forum' situation.  Just shows that when we are dealing with MS, we are really dealing with people.....and the wide variety of personality disorders or emotional problems which may coexist within an individual.

Could go on and on, but not now.  Thank you for sharing your wonders with us.

Lisa