I was diagnosed with MS in 2007. I have had ups and downs, good days and bad days, but I wouldn't give up the lessons I learned for anything.
It all started one beautiful summer day at a local water park. I was having fun with the kids and I started feeling a little tired. I figured it was from the heat. I had been getting this for years, if I got to hot or over exurted myself, I would get so tired that it was impossible for me to stay awake. In grade school I was given special permission to "take naps" if I needed them, and in highschool I would still take naps many days (no permission was given though). I spent a little while laying down resting on the lawn chairs. When I got up my butt had fallen asleep (or so I thought). The next morning when I woke up I freaked out. I could not feel anything from my waist down. Needless to say I was rushed to the Dr. who set me up with all kinds of testing. He also got me a wheel chair to use. I am very stubborn and at first refused to use it. I would do this funny walk with crutches where I would use the crutch to move my foot where it needed to be. It was slow but it worked, well sort of. After falling through the back door window because my foot caught and I didnt realize it, I decided that maybe I should use my brain and use the chair. When I was told I had MS, it was in my mind a death sentence. I had known quite a few people with this disease who had to change their lives drastically because of it. Now I feel differently. Yes my life has had to change, but in so many ways for the better.
It all started one beautiful summer day at a local water park. I was having fun with the kids and I started feeling a little tired. I figured it was from the heat. I had been getting this for years, if I got to hot or over exurted myself, I would get so tired that it was impossible for me to stay awake. In grade school I was given special permission to "take naps" if I needed them, and in highschool I would still take naps many days (no permission was given though). I spent a little while laying down resting on the lawn chairs. When I got up my butt had fallen asleep (or so I thought). The next morning when I woke up I freaked out. I could not feel anything from my waist down. Needless to say I was rushed to the Dr. who set me up with all kinds of testing. He also got me a wheel chair to use. I am very stubborn and at first refused to use it. I would do this funny walk with crutches where I would use the crutch to move my foot where it needed to be. It was slow but it worked, well sort of. After falling through the back door window because my foot caught and I didnt realize it, I decided that maybe I should use my brain and use the chair. When I was told I had MS, it was in my mind a death sentence. I had known quite a few people with this disease who had to change their lives drastically because of it. Now I feel differently. Yes my life has had to change, but in so many ways for the better.
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