If I was going to write a book about it (and I just might), it would be titled "How to Survive MS Without Losing Your Mind". That one would be for those living with MS. The one I would write for friends and family of MS'ers would be titled "You Have No F-ing Clue What You Are Talking About, So Shut Your Piehole". I say that in jest, I would not do such a thing. (I might think it, but never do it). I only say that because of the incredibly insensitive, uninformed just plain ignorant things people have said to me over the past year, most of which many MS'ers can totally relate to and which the blissfully unaware should thank God they are so clueless.
I love all of my family and friends, so don't worry- it's not YOU I'm referring to, it's those other people. :) Really, I'm truly just kidding. I do still have my sense of humor.
I have had to literally re-train my brain to do things (like think and remember). I have had to go through physical therapy. I am going through occupational therapy and in the process of starting vocational rehabilitation. I have had to fight with a completely broken medical-insdustrial complex to get my meds ($30,000 + annually just for the injections), I have had to endure multiple episodes related to the MS. I may not exactly be winning (though I just might be), but I dang sure ain't losing!
This year has been about learning to live again, so I present the Foo Fighters, Times Like These.
