I am approaching the second decade of “living with MS” and there is a certain trepidation that things could get really rough. Today is not terrible but the future scares me a lot.
MS has specific symptoms. We know them. Numbness, restless legs, muscle cramps, pain, dizziness, nausea, falls, bladder and bowel problems, the hug. They are all on the symptoms page as isolated “complaints” as doctors write on our medical record.
But does all that constitute suffering?
I ask because I feel an achiness that so often consumes my being. Just like the poster below, I have time to reflect on these things and post. Right now everyone is out enjoy the summer fun and the last thing I want to do right now is go out in the heat, everyone is on vacation so I can’t find a caregiver and it is only the first half of July.
Are we sufferers?
MS has specific symptoms. We know them. Numbness, restless legs, muscle cramps, pain, dizziness, nausea, falls, bladder and bowel problems, the hug. They are all on the symptoms page as isolated “complaints” as doctors write on our medical record.
But does all that constitute suffering?
I ask because I feel an achiness that so often consumes my being. Just like the poster below, I have time to reflect on these things and post. Right now everyone is out enjoy the summer fun and the last thing I want to do right now is go out in the heat, everyone is on vacation so I can’t find a caregiver and it is only the first half of July.
Are we sufferers?
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