I have MS. January will be 7 years living with knowing this is what I have. The past nearly 7 years have been an experience. Well, once I finally came to terms with this whole thing. Life with MS can be difficult. When they first told me I had MS, I knew it wasn't good, but I didn't know anything about it. At first, I thought I had it so bad, but over the years talking to others with MS, I would say I'm pretty lucky. I don't have pain!!! At least not at this point. MS is always changing. What I do deal with is bad balance, not being able to be on my feet for a long period of time, my sense of touch is not right, and my legs and feet don't have a normal feeling, but it is difficult to explain. I also go to the restroom about 20 times a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. But I have done things in the past 7 years that I like to brag about. I helped organize an MS walk to raise money. We only did one. The support group that I used to go to did it and I was involved. I helped plan my 20th year class reunion!! I've traveled to Florida to see friends 5 times. I'm involved in a drug study to find another treatment for MS. This treatment is good, it's a pill not a shot!! What's best about it, I'm getting good results with it. It is my hope and dream that one day there will be a cure. Until that cure comes along, I'm all for a better way to treat it.
One thing I have learned with MS. Life is full of detours, but if you look around you see some beautiful sites.