Looking Forward To 2014

[Don2480]

This a place of looking forward.

I had the worst flare to date this year and allergies developed to contrast and copaxane...To top it off dental issues galore and any hopes of saving money went to medical expenses,

Though I never look forward to another year 2014 I want you to be a good one...

Also for the crazies like me it will be 20 years since 1994...

[MSW1963]

It's been a rough 2013 so I'm all in to see it come to an end. The last of what should have been retirement savings have been spent as well, between necessities of life, health expenses, young-ish one still at home, etc.

Playing the lottery is not the best financial planning, but I'm hoping for a huge winning payout in 2014.

Happy 2014 to all MSers, family, friends, and merry christmas, holiday season.

[Tawanda]

This a place of looking forward.

I had the worst flare to date this year and allergies developed to contrast and copaxane...To top it off dental issues galore and any hopes of saving money went to medical expenses,

Though I never look forward to another year 2014 I want you to be a good one...

Also for the crazies like me it will be 20 years since 1994...

Love your treatment list...."Denial" is totally underrated IMHO. Happy New Year!

[Fed Up]

It better be a better year! I need a new car and not wanting a 2013, even if it were free....I'd like to forget 2013! fed

[Portia]

This a place of looking forward.

I had the worst flare to date this year and allergies developed to contrast and copaxane...To top it off dental issues galore and any hopes of saving money went to medical expenses,

Though I never look forward to another year 2014 I want you to be a good one...

Also for the crazies like me it will be 20 years since 1994...

Thanks for making me feel old, hahahaha. Actually I have two 18 year old daughters to make me feel that, and they sure did in 2013. Yes, 2014 will be a good one. It has to be.

[KatieAgain]

This a place of looking forward.

I had the worst flare to date this year and allergies developed to contrast and copaxane...To top it off dental issues galore and any hopes of saving money went to medical expenses,

Though I never look forward to another year 2014 I want you to be a good one...

Also for the crazies like me it will be 20 years since 1994...

I almost did not make it to 2014. But I did thanks to my new MS specialist who seriously saved my life...boy howdy was I going downhill faster than a breeding rabbit.

Here is to everyone here and hoping for a wonderful flare-free 2014!

[aspen]

I have been counting down to 2014 since September. My stuff started in January, and it looks like I will hit a year in limbo (or more). 2013 has been a blur and a pretty awful ride ... but I hear often that the first year is the worst, and I'm planning on that being true .

I had hoped that some sort of answer would have shown up BY 2014 ... now I hope that this will happen IN 2014. .

Be well, all you who are survivors of this last year!

[Tia1]

Out with the old!

Looking forward to all that 2014 will hold for me. Each day is a gift.

I pray that we all will focus on our blessings and on our accomplishments, no matter how small. I also pray that peace would be with us each night and hope each morning.

[Tawanda]

howdy was I going downhill faster than a breeding rabbit.

Hahahaha! . Thanks for the laugh!

[DebbieB]

I'm with everyone else...I cannot wait to rid myself of 2013. It's been a tough year all the way around. Here's to a better year for us all!

[miwealia]

The Worst of Times...and the Best of Times

Physically speaking, 2013 was the worst year of my life, starting in Oct. 2012 when I experienced the first presentation of what was eventually diagnosed as MS in May, 2013, after a major flare-up in March, before I ever knew what a flare-up was!

But it was also the period of my life when I learned the most about myself and my relationships with other people. When I was lying flat on my bed in the hospital for more than a week in March, not knowing what was happening to me, I began the process of introspection that continues even today. I had to face the fact that for most of my life I had been a pretty selfish person, focused mainly on what pleased me, and sometimes helping others when it was convenient.

That was pretty hard to face. I had always thought of myself as a pretty loving, dedicated person. Yep, dedicated to myself more than anyone else!

As a result, during those first few weeks after that crazy first flare-up subsided, I discovered that my heart had undergone a major shift, along with my priorities. I actually CARED for people now, to the point where I would feel someone's pain when they shared it with me, whereas in the past I'd just say some meaningless platitude like, "Oh, that's too bad!" But now I actually feel their pain and cry with them. Believe me, that wouldn't have happened pre-MS!

Now I also have a new sense of the preciousness of time, especially time spent with the people that I love. My heart aches when I think about all the times in the past when I could've taken advantage of time spent with people and really listened to them, really expressed my love for them, and didn't.

Which brings me to 2014. The wonderful thing about this new, heightened awareness is that it's not too late! I'm really looking forward to 2014 and all the time I'm going to spend with the people that I love, really showing them that I love them!

[Tawanda]

Playing the lottery is not the best financial planning, but I'm hoping for a huge winning payout in 2014.

Too funny!

[amyrising]

Good riddance 2013

Here is to a much better year!