I'm not normal and thats what makes me special.

DH reminds me all the time that the ways I'm not like everyone else are the things that make me "me" and he loves me just the way I am.

It's hard and frustrating to be tied all the time and I get mad when I can't do something that I feel like I should be able to do but I have learned over the years (I have had fibro for well over 10 years) that I can't bet my self up over it, that only makes it worst. I do what I can and that's all I can do.

In my world, "normal" has multiple personalities and I meet another one every single day. I don't accept it, I fight the daily changes on a daily basis. I will not deny that in the past few months, I have grown genuinely afraid of what is happening to me.

But, if there is a way —however unique, complicated, time consuming, or difficult— I will find it and use it to do what I want to do. It's hard, harder every single day. I'm simply not finished.

I'm sorry you are feeling bad. I guess I am "normal" and I sometimes wish I could step in your shoes for a day and hand you mine. I really truly do. I know I would take Jim's ms in exchange for him to have a "normal" life. I just hate to hear when you all just want to be "normal" even if for just a day.

I don't know what to say except sorry and maybe a hug?

i never held much respect for the term normal, thats a judgement call whats normal to me is (dare i say it) abby normal to someone else.

Yet, now in retrospect of my MS and things I did take things for granted I see there is a sense of normal and or at least there is a frustration level involved in not being able to do simple? aka normal like hang on to that pen find the shopping list remember why u went to store whats that thingy called again these type of things can and do give me a sense of being less than accepatable and or normal, or as I preceive it

Sandy, that is just the sweetest thing. Thank you.

For me, the term normal had to change. Normal is now what I am now. Sometimes I am off and glad to get back to my normal day.