Hi,
Alright, I wrote about half before I realized that I needed to explain a bit, heh.
I finished my Masters of Science (also ironically titled MS on my degree) in August 2011. Before my graduation ceremony I had a job doing research in Portugal -- it was sort of poor scheduling imho because the ceremony was in December, so I had to miss it.
When I came out to Portugal I got a cane figuring that I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it, and just being so far from home made me a little nervous.
So now, here I am 8 months later, and I really don't think that I can manage too much without the cane. I never needed one before (7 years since diagnosed), and I have not had any recent exacerbations or really worsening symptoms. Is it possible that I have developed some sort of dependence on the cane and now cannot operate the same without one?
I sort of feel that I might have been better off without ever having gotten a cane (for a while longer anyways). Has this same sort of thing happened to anyone else?
Alright, I wrote about half before I realized that I needed to explain a bit, heh.
I finished my Masters of Science (also ironically titled MS on my degree) in August 2011. Before my graduation ceremony I had a job doing research in Portugal -- it was sort of poor scheduling imho because the ceremony was in December, so I had to miss it.
When I came out to Portugal I got a cane figuring that I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it, and just being so far from home made me a little nervous.
So now, here I am 8 months later, and I really don't think that I can manage too much without the cane. I never needed one before (7 years since diagnosed), and I have not had any recent exacerbations or really worsening symptoms. Is it possible that I have developed some sort of dependence on the cane and now cannot operate the same without one?
I sort of feel that I might have been better off without ever having gotten a cane (for a while longer anyways). Has this same sort of thing happened to anyone else?
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