I don't watch soaps anymore, but I'll be reading here to watch your conversation.

slight hijack here...
Does anyone remember "way back when", on One Life to Live, Victoria Lord Riley's (a major character) daughter dies from Lupus. That was so long before MS entered my life...the woman handled this supposedly major disease so matter-of-factly then died from it. I think back and realize, that's how I handle my supposedly major disease.