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Originally Posted by andy2006
I was diagnosed with MS within about two weeks of my son being born in 2006. I have not talked to him about MS, he just knows that "daddy's eyes don't work too well" or "daddy sometimes has difficulties standing up". Other people in our small community know about the MS (I never tried ti hide it, but only talk about it if asked). Anyways, I do not want my son to be unnecessarily scared but I also don't want him to hear about it from a kid a school whose daddy heard about from someone, etc., etc. Any advice or opinions on what and when to talk to him?
Thanks
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I was diagnosed when my daughter was three and my son was one. I told them almost immediately. MSAA has a book about Mommy or Daddy having MS. It would be a great one to get, I've read it with my kids a few times and they ask me to read it over and over. I would talk to him as soon as possible. You know you can't sneeze in a small town without the whole town knowing.
I live in a small town as well and have never tried to hide it. I almost can't get out without someone asking about it. I was a waitress before I got sick. So I know a lot of the community and my hubby is a big part of our community. So if I don't know them, my hubby most likely does.
I have completely lost my train of though.
Sorry, I was going to say something else but just can't seem to figure out what it was!