I suppose I should start at the beginning of my life with multiple sclerosis.
In 2003, I was working at Susquehanna University as a faculty secretary in the Math and Education Depts. As I was doing my daily routine, I could not hold on to a pen with my right !
After I went for the MRI, I did have spots on my brain and my Dr. said that it was MS and that he would schedule an appointment with the local neuroligist. Needless to say, the Neuroligist put me through every test there was for MS (spinal tap, another MRI, walking tests, etc.). After six months of tests, he still would not diagnose me with MS! Time to change neuroligist???
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
MS Sucks, but it's not the end of the world!
On a trip to the Bloomsburg Fair this past year in PA, I was speaking with a gentleman who was a veteran of Vietnam and he and I were discussing a mirage of different items when he asked me why I was walking with a cane! I told him I had Multiple Sclerosis, which was diagnosed in 2003. He said that he was very sorry to hear that and that he knew a man who died from MS in the past year - just what I wanted to hear!!!
I told him that my MS was allowed by God for a reason and that reason was because of my youngest daughter, Amanda, who suffers from anorexia and her father and I were taking care of her 24 hours a day. When I was diagnosed, I told her that I could not take care of her as much anymore, but I had to take care of myself. From that moment on there were a lot of tears and soul searching and now Amanda is a healthy 28 year old with two beautiful daughters!! That was His reason for my MS.
Now he can take it away -- not going to happen unless a cure is found or until I reach my Heavenly Home! I win either way - It is a win-win situation.
This gentleman at the fair said that I should write a book because I had such a positive attitude about my MS. I have never written a book, so I thought a blog was in order. In this blog I will try to tell everyone the positives and the negatives of MS and how we can all have a positive attitude about this devastating disease.
Why complain - who's really going to listen to our probems??? Stay tuned and let me know if this interests you!! God Bless!
I told him that my MS was allowed by God for a reason and that reason was because of my youngest daughter, Amanda, who suffers from anorexia and her father and I were taking care of her 24 hours a day. When I was diagnosed, I told her that I could not take care of her as much anymore, but I had to take care of myself. From that moment on there were a lot of tears and soul searching and now Amanda is a healthy 28 year old with two beautiful daughters!! That was His reason for my MS.
Now he can take it away -- not going to happen unless a cure is found or until I reach my Heavenly Home! I win either way - It is a win-win situation.
This gentleman at the fair said that I should write a book because I had such a positive attitude about my MS. I have never written a book, so I thought a blog was in order. In this blog I will try to tell everyone the positives and the negatives of MS and how we can all have a positive attitude about this devastating disease.
Why complain - who's really going to listen to our probems??? Stay tuned and let me know if this interests you!! God Bless!
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