That is a number I never ever thought I of all people, I would achieve. If every post is roughly 1 page, that is a big book and I am only in my fifties. I wonder if I can keep it up, well, I guess we shall find out won’t we?
“YOU” know about your illness? “YOU” know what isn exacerbation is? What a lesion is? A simply way to explain it to somebody else. “YOU” know about Disease-Modifying Therapy (DMT)what it does and does not do.lots of little things that “YOU” never thought “YOU” would need to know in your life. Funny things that “YOU” never imagined in your wildest dreams that “YOU” would need to know. Of course there are things that “YOU” have shared on this site that “YOU” never thought “YOU” would say out loud let alone, tell strangers.
This is life with Relapsing- Remitting ms (RRms), fun isn’t it? This is now your life. There is no need to be scared, merely for “YOU” to be very open -minded. Talking with the family does make it a little better. To be able to say, this happened to me and for somebody else to say, yeah me too. Makes “YOU” feel that “YOU” are not alone. Helps to make those 3am episodes a little easier to handle, because somebody else did, and if they can so can “YOU”. I suppose it really does not matter if they did or did not in all reality. Or,, if they were exactly the same as “YOU”. What matters is that some stranger took the time to listen to something “YOU” said. Your fears, your dreams. That is what being a part of this family means. Wether “YOU are brand new (Newbie) to ms or a grizzled cynical old timer. “YOU” are still a member of this family, and “YOU” can never leave. No’ neither “YOU” or I can ever leave this family. “YOU” may never say anything, delete your account change countries. It does not matter “YOU” like everybody else here has ms of some sort. Welcome to a family “YOU” never wanted to join, but “YOU” are a member of Someday..somebody will think of “YOU” with warmth.
Maybe tell “YOU” on a day when everything seems to go wrong. When even the simplest things seem impossible, hey do not be scared “YOU” are not alone. Perhaps over the miles that separate us a slight touch on the shoulder will let “YOU” know that “YOU really can do this. “YOU” are not alone your family is with “YOU” Because together we are stronger, and there are a few million of us on this planet.
No, do not fear for you future. There are Disease-Modifying Therapies (DMT) out there, there are medicines for other ailments. There are techniques that can be found and learned. “YOU” can learn to cope with some of your ailments. “YOU” can learn how to hav e a good and useful life. This can be your new beginning. It does not matter what stage “YOU” are in. Make an effort to find what is best for “YOU”. Try a hundred things. Go down paths “YOU” never expected or planned too. Allow yourself to face new obstacles, then just for something different CONQUER them. If “YOU” care enough to, who knows “YOU” just might.
DO NOT allow yourself to be held back by this condition. Make it a part of “YOU” and allow yourself to be better, better than “YOU” ever imagined “YOU” could be.
Royce (the ms writer)
What awaits you in our future
