Are you a member of a local MS or Fibromyalgia society? If not, maybe someone from one of them can call you and set up a mentor program so that you can actually have a voice to talk to and tell you that they do understand. I pray that you will eventually feel like you can talk to your family about your 'MS things'. I don't know what I would do without mine. Of course my sister has Fibromyalgia and my Mom has Lupus so we all cry together sometimes. We joke that all together the three of us have the equivalent of one brain now!

Oh WOW! It is so sad that so many of us are living (?) our lives this lousy, sub-human, painful way. I hadn't thought about the comparison between us and our pets before in relation to quality of life -- ending life. But you're right, as tough as the decision is to end that beautiful, unconditional lovey life of our fur-babies, we do it to put an end to their suffering when there's no other hope.

However, we're human and have the ability to make decisions, know right from wrong according to our beliefs, etc. No matter our situation, we always hold out hope for a miracle. That's not to say it makes life any easier. As to the stem cell situation, I recently learned that stem cells can be found in hair follicles and amniotic fluid, along with from the umbilical cord. For my personal pro-life position, this makes so much more sense than killing a potential human being. Please don't jump on me for this opinion, you're entitled to yours too!

I respect and thank everyone for your comments and suggestions. Doydie, perhaps I can find someone in a local support group to share with even though I'm not a member. As to speaking with my family -- I do to an extent, but these are my adult "kids" and I know they're secretly hoping they don't get these diseases. I have no brothers/sisters/ etc to speak with, pretty much on my own.

Thank you all again for being here and so supportive. Bring on that "magic pill"!!

Gentle hugs.......Judy