Good morning my dear ms family. Yes, I am ignoring my doctor again. Still taking my medicine, but on the computer. Yes, I know better but why not, I only live once at a time. Are “YOU” all well, I most certainly hope “YOU” are and looking after yourself.
I know that “YOU” may not have noticed but the country is going crazy. Well, maybe media hype, but it does look like it. I remember long ago, during the Rodney King riots my Mother calling me from Australia asking if I was safe from the rioting in Atlanta. My return comment was what rioting. Turns out there was a protest on one block miles away but the news made it look like the city was burning down.
A little like our condition if “YOU” think about it. We have ms there are all these horror stories, lots and lots to fear. Twenty plus years into the game and I feel that I have very few issues. She who must be obeyed went backwards. She could not walk, could not see out of one eye at first. Now we are looking for a new car because we have put so many miles on it. It is nothing for her to drive to the end of the state for lunch. Bad habits. The world did not end, all the horror stories did not come to pass. It may certainly happen for some, but for the majority of us it, does not happen. When I first started Disease-Modifying Therapy (DMT) long ago, I was warned of all these side effects. The reality is, take ibuprofen before, make sure “YOU” eat and inject into the fattest part of your body and rotate injection sites. Back then I had a bum (buttocks) and a Mother and a girlfriend so no problem. My fears were unfounded, no reason to have them at all. The horror stories were just that, horror stories.
There is an article I keep seeing about things I can not do because I have ms, Pretty sure that is the name. Should be something more like, “Things people told me I can not do because I have ms, NOTHING”. If “YOU” or I want to do something but we have ms, make an effort. Accept the consequences and do it. “NEVER” limit yourself. Reach for the sky, when “YOU” get there, there is a universe to reach for. Do not be limited. Actually read a book called “Reach for the sky” by Douglas Bader. Read his story then apply that attitude to your life. Apply stories of strength and perseverance to yourself. Do not like what I suggest then look around. We are an ugly species at times, but sometimes we do throw a bright light on our life. Strength and resilience are out there. Go find them, fill your ms vault with stories of all that we can be, not of failure and weakness. Develop for yourself the mindset, that yes, my world has crumbled but I can make an effort and build something better and perhaps a little stronger.
Royce ( your ms writer)
My world may be crumbling around me, but from the rubble, I can build something new, and if I can do it once I can do it again. I CAN cope with ms.
