Originally Posted by doydie

I feel that God was actually kicking me in the butt when I got MS. I had my life so screwed up. My priorities were all wrong. On the top of the list was nursing and on the very bottom was my husband and kids. Granted, becasue nursing was so high up my salary was really good which makes for the good SSD check that comes.

We had two girls, the first one was one who did what we asked without asking. the second one was the kind that if I said black, she would say white. I feel I lost a lot of her life. We have regained all of it back but if I were so busy with nursing I don't know what it would be. This is the daughter I wrote about in another thread about her dogs.

I was dx in '97 when she was 16 and had to quit work right before her high school graduation in '99. So I lost a lot of years with her. But because we were empty nesters I found my husband again. It was like this new fella came home every day and we had to get to know each other again. But doing this also helped us get to know her again. Also the guy she fell in love with came from a bad home and he needed a Mom and he wasn't going to let her stay away from us. He would come over and spend the day with me any time he wanted.

Also because of my MS, I was able to be at the birth of both my grandaughters and stay with them for the first week! I have the oldest for a week each summer.

I once told the rep from Biogen that MS is a blessing to me and other people just don't understand that it takes a life shattering event such as MS to put life into perspective.

Oh, I don't want to admit how much weight I have also gained!!!!!!