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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 861
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 861
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Hello Meredith and welcome. I'm sorry that you have to be here, but glad to meet you. Most folks will refer to me as Momma cause that was my name for years.
I get the lethargy that you have, I suffer(and suffer is just what we do) from fatigue caused from MS. I can sleep for 16 hours and be up for 4 and go back to sleep. I have taken amphetamines to stay awake and still go to sleep, and I only take those maybe twice a month or less.
I also have severe migraines that have landed me in the hospital for several days, I take a pretty high dose of Topamax. I also have some heavy duty pain meds if one starts. Its not easy for those that do not have health issues to understand what those of us that do go through on a daily basis. We may feel great one day might get in two days and then feel like that dead turkey at Thanksgiving for weeks. That is our life.
It is hard to give up things in our life we love to do, mine is fishing. I don't get to go as much. I found other things to take the place, things I can do sitting down in a chair with little or no movement involved. lol
Seriously, I like to sew and I do when I can or will when I get another machine, mine died a couple of weeks ago. I also like to knit and crochet...maybe that is something you might like to learn and you can do it while watching tv.
Don't give up on you just yet, you are stronger than you think or you wouldn't still be moving around. I know its hard most days, but hang in there, we are here for you. I'm around, just don't post as much, and you're always welcome on the porch. The porch is where you come to forget all the bad things and sit and swing, listen to nature, smell the flowers, swat the bees. lol
You be good and take care.
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