[Mariel]

My MS friends, you do very well! I am impressed.

I've talked before about what I do, PT, diet.

New thing since October is seeing a psychologist. She accepts Medicare, only one in town who does, and she is an intuitive person, and a kind person. So I started to dream again, and had a good dream last weekend, a very symbolic dream about the Bread of Life and much more. I belonged to a Jungian dream group in Seattle many years ago, and I learned the value of looking at dreams--but it can be difficult, too. So pat pat to me for trying to remain sane until the end, which is my goal, even though I'm not sure I will do so, being so alone without my husband. I have survived over five years without my soul mate.

[Erika]

Mariel,

Though my husband's body passed away 9 years ago, I still talk to him and probably always will. When he was here in the body we were very connected, as such good friends often are. That friendship has remained and although some might say that I am delusional for doing so, thinking of him as being near has helped me through rough patches and many a long night.

To the nay sayers, I say prove it. Of course they can't, just as I can't prove that he is with me in consciousness...so why not believe in the more beneficial option? .

With love, Erika

[missj]

Wow. Courage and strength and determination. Thank you.

[missj]

for a smile and sigh of relief for all we do for our health and life

http://wonderingaround.me/2013/11/13...an-vs-reality/

[SallyC]

Originally Posted by missj

for a smile and sigh of relief for all we do for our health and life

http://wonderingaround.me/2013/11/13...an-vs-reality/

HAHA, loved it, using it.

[doydie]

Erika my parents died in 1998 and 2011. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't talk to them out loud all the time. They will always be with me because I am who I am because of them

[Lynn]

Gosh Erika/Doydie

Both my parents died in 2001 (the same year as I was diagnosed) - I have lost count of the conversations I have had with them over the years since. I would even go so far as to call them my guardian angels now - they were beside me when I was wheeled in to theatre for aneurysm surgery in 2004 - and I feel them protecting me even now.

[jprinz99]

I have learned to accept that I need to use certain tools and equipment (w/c, AFOs. bathroom rails etc). I may not like to use them- but I have come to accept that it helps me in the long run to fight the effets of my MS, as much as possible.

[Debbie D]

Part of me still believes that denial is a coping mechanism that works for me. When I dwell on the various maladies that MS brings, they seem worse.

My neuro seems to be in denial about what MS has become in my body...still tells me "extremely mild" form of MS. So I go with that and push through whatever MS is trying to do to me...most of the time

[Erika]

Debbie,

Mild, moderate and severe are relative to what one is taking into consideration. Your doc may be considering a comparison to someone who has what he perceives to be severe disease, while you on the other hand may be considering the level of life-style impact that your symptoms have on you & your life.

You might ask him "Very mild disease compared to what?" or "On what do you base that assertion?"

Its like when advertisements say things like "Our tires stop on ice better." Better than what? A ski?

With love, Erika