I should know better, actually I do

[RoyceNewton]

I should know better and actually I do but that does not stop me when it comes to needles. Yesterday I had to get a flu shot. No big deal to normal people but as we all know when it comes to any sort of needle I am the biggest baby in the world. Actually they are probably braver than me. It amazes me that I did every other day injections for years, but that was the only Disease Modifying Therapy(DMT) available back then so I took it. As I have said “YOU” may really not like the therapy but 20 plus years later I am still walking up stairs and am in reasonable condition I feel for somebody of my age, fifty in case “YOU” forgot.

Anyway back to my flu shot. Ha ha as everybody knows that it is no big deal. I guarantee my needle phobia was a bigger deal than the needle. It does seem that our phobias are frequently a much bigger deal than the actual event. Phobia is from the Greek word meaning an irrational fear of. So needle phobia is an irrational fear of needles not a word but everybody knows what I mean. Irrational fear, not quite based in fact, just a fear. I completely understand fear of getting Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI), those tubes are dark and noisey. I do not have a fear of them I just move to much, so I take a valium and sleep through it. I do not like to walk into the ice hockey arena so I take in my motorised scooter. I will never have a fear of using them because it is so normal for me. It is quite funny I ride my scooter in, park in my seat then get up and walk around the seats in the arena and up the five flights of stairs. Never down, eyesight kind of suggests that is not a good idea.

So my fears are irrational, I understand that. I can make sense of them and work around them. My goal is always to keep moving forward on my ms path so I work around problems. “YOU” might like to do that as well. As I have said this is a very Doable illness and all the tools that “YOU” may need are there and available. It just might take a little creative thinking to get what “YOU” want and “YOU” are up for that aren’t “YOU”? Last time I noticed your name was on the list of highly capable ms managers, near the top come to think about it.

There is never a reason for “YOU” not to live your best life, with ms. Be content and be strong, “YOU CAN DO” this illness. Your fear might be as irrational as mine.

Royce

be proud of yourself and your achievements

[Kenu]

Great Post Royce, enjoyed and can relate 👍. I have my AFO and hobble so people stair at me when I’m doing the stairs in a stadium, but who cares, not me. I go to have fun and I am sure that many who see me hobble up using the hand rail can admire that I do this. Carry my cane and my butt pad, probably quite a site to watch 😂. Like you say “enjoy your life best you can”. 👍🙏😉. Ken 🐾🐾

[falalalala in reply to Kenu]

"many who see me hobble up using the hand rail can admire that I do this."

I definitely do.

I wonder how I'd fare doing that,especially on the way down.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

Always look up, never down falalalala

[falalalala in reply to carolek572]

I need to see where I'll land.🤣

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

I understand, but in my case, I like to keep it a surprise!

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

I have yet to fall down, only up!

[falalalala in reply to carolek572]

I fell up the stairs & injured my shoulder.A few months later, I fell down the stairs, injuring the same shoulder.

I like consistency with my injuries but variety in the way that I get them, for I am a complex individual.🤣

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

You are an equal opportunity faller

[falalalala in reply to carolek572]

I working on mastering "The Silent Scream" for falls in public places.🤣

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

That's frightening

[falalalala in reply to carolek572]

Only for those with ears.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

I thought that you said that you were mastering the silent scream. Wouldn't it be more frightening for people with eyes?

[falalalala in reply to carolek572]

🤣 It depends.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

It would certainly be more frightening for the faller.

[falalalala in reply to carolek572]

Or the person I'm about to land on.

That is why I let others go first when it comes to stairs.🤣

Actually, I can't stand the feeling of being rushed or holding everybody up with people behind me.I never thought I'd ever have to think about that kind of stuff.

I used to take a few stairs at a time going up and have jumped from the top to get down faster.🤣 I don't recommend doing that last one unless you're wearing a spring on your arse.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

Yes, and I also have someone in front of me going down.

I also do not liked being rushed and often let them go ahead.

Going up the stairs 2-3 steps at a time and jumping down ~ ah, the way it once was!

Look 👀 out below, because here I come!

[falalalala in reply to carolek572]

I like to land on my husband and call it an accident.🤣

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

Lucky you!

[Elizt3]

I, too, have always been afraid of needles. Had to work to get myself to self-inject everyday, and then every other day, for about 15 years. I still get very nervous with flu shots and other vaccines. Makes no sense!!!

[RoyceNewton in reply to Elizt3]

yes I am m much better naw, actually used to be able yo give myself a shot, still dislike them but I can do it I just avoid doing it

[Texandyroe]

First of all...yay for you for getting your flu shot! Secondly, so true about addressing your fears. I have developed an unreasonable fear of large crowds in noisy venues....think football stadiums and dance competitions. Because of this unrational fear, I’ve allowed myself to miss marching band competitions, which my son (high school band director) designed and directed, and dance competitions in which my granddaughter performed winning solos. When I DO force myself to go...once I get there and settled down I wonder what in the world I was so fearful of.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador]

Royce, it's all a mind over matter thing. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!

[RoyceNewton in reply to carolek572]

I guess that is one way of looking at it

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to RoyceNewton]

[hairbrain4]

Sorry, you had to go through that trauma. My daughter, at 45 is still terrified of needles. I think it goes back to when she was 2, she fell, hit her head on a window pane & cut her head open just above her eye. At the ER they wouldn't let me back there with her, took her blanket from her & put her in a straight jacket to sew it up. They finally had to let me be with her to calm her down. They stuck the novocaine needle right in the open cut, so I'm sure that was what did it. I was furious! Let's say they were glad to see us go. She still doesn't trust doctors either.

[RoyceNewton in reply to hairbrain4]

do not mention this to she who must be obeyed she will start making me do it every year now, I think that adventure might scare anybody and reasonably so