Like Snoopy's, my reaction to your post is itemized accordingly:



Poor planning, unplanned things.
Not being in control, having to rely on others.
Trust
Faith
Hope
MRIs

I have to plan with conditions. There will come times where I can't follow through on plans.

Find me any individual who can say that this is different in their own life and we'll talk about it.

Control... I will control what I can when I can but realize I have to start giving some up sometimes.

Again, I fail to see how MS makes this one so unique.

I have to start relying on others to be there for me. I have to trust that they will be there. I am the caregiver, always have been....It scares me that when the time comes I may not be able to take care of my mom if needed. No one else in my family will.

If you're over 40, this is normal, although, it does feel exaggerated at times. I'd like to know what your mom says about wanting to take care of you. This seems pretty common to me among most of the population, also.

Also, you can't rely on anything BUT hope and faith...

Absolutely 100% true, about every thing and every person.

ALL OF LIFE is a crapshoot, ours just has a name!

MRIs SUCK!!!! I am so claustrophobic.

I agree, but I'm also happy that MRIs are but a fraction of my life, I do survive them, and do resume my life after each one. I've had about 12 I think.

I guess we do have our paths mapped out for us.

Yes indeed, and we are also blessed/cursed with a free will. It's up to us how we choose to react to life's bumps and turns.

Keep the faith, BTF, I've been doing this for a lot of years, I still do everything I want to do, I just find the ways to do those things and sometimes the challenges are steep. I'm up to it.