Woohoo! T-shirts! Thanks y'all, my doctor seemed to be tripped up when she was talking over the phone with me since like a dog begging for biscuits I was "yeah...yeah! Ehhheheeee" while she was solemn and throwing out... 'Unfortunatelies' but my friends in town and even my pain mgmt doctor did give me a big smile and a congratulations before remembering that it's not really good news...

Then I got condolences lol. Which makes me wonder how much of this disease shows who your friends truly are. Only a few people I know gave the standard sympathetic nod with the mutters of 'terrible shame', but they were all ones I considered acquaintances anyways, my imaginary friends didn't like their imaginary friends. Though it's not like I have a ton of friends, though I'm finding I have more than I thought. My mother has been telling people at her work, and laughs since the ones that really know me, all have the same 'that's wonderful!... I mean terrible but...' Reaction.

It seems I've become something of a local celebrity, once famous for painting penguins on her stores windows, now known as MS girl, able to make people question their humanity over their excitement for me. We'll see how they feel in a few years, how much they whine over my never calling, or coming out to play though I'm just happy that none of them feel too bad for me, or treat it like a death sentence, that to me is far worse than an excited hug over an answer before they like me remember it's not an especially happy answer.