I only read this thread today, after a few particularly bad days. Some of these are quite funny. Some, a little bit sad. I think people don't know much about MS. I didn't. Some of the less helpful comments come from that place and are not in the same category as those that suggest the speaker is about as smart as a bag of bricks.
I get irritated when my SO says he has the same feeling: "I sometimes get that," in response to me saying my foot has just been zapped or I can't feel my hand, two of the lighter examples. I tell him I highly doubt that. He's learning.
My mother when I told her immediately pulled out the best friend with a wheelchair-bound neighbour example. Thanks, mom. And after I finally allowed her to tell some other members of the family (which she was just bursting to do) she said that although some of the cousins had health care issues (one has gained a lot of weight, it seems), mine was the worst because it was an incurable disease -- and she said this with fierce pride.
While it drives me nuts, I know she cares.
I get irritated when my SO says he has the same feeling: "I sometimes get that," in response to me saying my foot has just been zapped or I can't feel my hand, two of the lighter examples. I tell him I highly doubt that. He's learning.
My mother when I told her immediately pulled out the best friend with a wheelchair-bound neighbour example. Thanks, mom. And after I finally allowed her to tell some other members of the family (which she was just bursting to do) she said that although some of the cousins had health care issues (one has gained a lot of weight, it seems), mine was the worst because it was an incurable disease -- and she said this with fierce pride.
While it drives me nuts, I know she cares.
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