Friday, January 16, 2009

I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis

You go through your life trying to make something of yourself. You think everything is going ok when you start to notice little things happening to you that you may push aside and not think much of. Maybe the bottom of your feet go numb for a short time. Perhaps you start to have a small amount of blurred vision. You could start to have a little bit of balance issues. Finally you decide you need to see a doctor. So you go and the doctor does not seem to know anything. Your eye doctor runs a bunch of test on your vision and nothing comes up wrong. So you think maybe they are right. There is nothing wrong. Before you know it any issues that you had starts to go away. Through the years there is nothing wrong. Your job is coming along well. You have a great family that supports you. Then it hits. Your balance is completely gone. Your losing your strength. You go to the doctor again. Once again the doctor does not know. Luckily you are referred to a Neurologist. Different test are run. They stick you in a small tube that makes a lot of noise and they complete an MRI. Finally they stick a needle in your back and do a lumbar puncture. They tell you that you have Multiple Sclerosis. Now what do you do?

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