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Originally Posted by KittyLady
When I was dx, I was 21yrs old. I thought the same thing as you, death sentence, wheelchair bound, cant take care of myself, in bed for the rest of my life.... ugh!! After educating myself, I was very relieved. MS is a horrible thing to get, but I learned that RRMS is the lesser of the evils.
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Oh I know! When I first started hearing MS this and MS that from my doctors I went on the internet to see for myself just how bad it is. Boy was I scared, you have no idea how scared I was to read about MS on the web, but I did.
When I read the symptoms it said over 80% WILL have incontinence and problems with the bladder control and sometimes bowel. THAT scred me the most and I quickly went out of my mind over it plus watching videos on youtube with people my age walking with walkers, canes, chairs..
In my mind I thought if I was told I have MS that it is over..... I thought of Richard Pryor on that show "Chicago Hope" wear he was pissing all over the floor and shaking like crazy... I started to cry and went into a mini depression even before the official word. I reallly thought I would end up like Chris Reeve and then die.
As I got educated though relief came....They told me to calm down, it can be managed and I'm not going to be a veggie and that I can still ride my bike and do stuff....
Some actually do turn into Chris Reeve over this thing...and I feel so bad for them.