Sometimes, It Only Hits You That You Have MS When MS Hits You
I wake up with symptoms of multiple sclerosis, I spend my day with them and I go to bed with them. For the most part I’ve learned to live my life with, around, over, and sometimes under my MS.
I guess I’ve gotten used to my new normal. Maybe that’s what makes it so much harder when MS jumps up and slaps me in the face.
Yesterday was a lovely, spring morning as I took the bus home from the Dublin train. I’d been in the capitol for a meeting of the MS & Me bloggers for MS Ireland. It was a quick trip up and I behaved myself far more than I’d expected on the eve of St Patrick’s Weekend.
Still, I was knackered as I’m still recovering from my latest MS Thing.
After several hours on trains and buses, I was feeling a bit cramped up and ready to be home. We passed a lovely stretch of canal with a well-tended footpath for walkers. Loads of people were availing themselves of the first bright sun in months and stretching their legs along the banks.
“Oh,” I thought to myself, “I should go for a walk when I get home.” And then it hit me…The kind of effortless, long-striding walk I was observing in so many happy-faced people isn’t the kind of “walk” I can take anymore.
Sure, I get out and walk (or bike) as we still haven’t purchased a car. My walking, however, isn’t for the joy of the stretch. My head isn’t held high and my arms swinging at my sides. I don’t feel a spongy spring off my toes. Hell, I can’t even feel my toes...
Source: Life with MS - Category: Other Conditions Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: multiple sclerosis Living with MS MS Fitness MS symptoms Source Type: blogs