This disease seriously, just plain bites.

Now my best friend's little sister got dx on Wed and Corrine had all she could do to tell me. I'm so freakin' mad at this!

Six years after I was dx, one of my closest friends was dx, she's already gone, she was only 51 and missed her first grandchild by three months. Then another one of my friends. Then, 2 weeks ago, my friends' DIL, now Audrey too. She's a 40-yr.-old mom of 2 little ones with a vibrant career and a very active lifestyle. I hate this freaking disease. I hate it.

Thank you. It helps.

I hear you, Cindy. Ignore my other post, as I can see what has been bothering you.

I know the feeling, since I personally feel responsible for my DD's MS DX. I does truely suck the big one.

Sorry..

Aw, it just makes me so freakin' mad, Sal. I just got off the phone with Corrine, I've known for about 2 hours and I'M STILL SO BLOODY ANGRY.

Makes you wonder if it's a virus that causes it.

I'm still hoping that someday soon my doctor will tell me, "oh, we screwed up...you dont have MS. You're perfectly healthy"

I totally agree with the suckiness of MS. You just never know when a symptom is going to slap you in the face and tell you that you cant go do something.

The only good thing about the MS is that I can use it as an excuse to not have to go do something I dont want to do. Other than that, it's probably the most annoying and worst thing happening in my life right now. I hate all the funky sheist that it does to me. And, I hate it whenever it causes something weird for me, and I go to the neuro, and the neuro kvetches at me that it's just a pseudo flare and that I came to see him for nothing...go home and wait it out, you cant have steroids for a pseudo. (argh! but sometimes I really WANT the steroids)

Well, how the heck are we supposed to be able to tell the difference unless we have something like a fever or a cold happening? I just know that when something goes numb or starts to work weird (still havent had anything quit working on me yet, things just get wacky) that it's annoying, uncomfortable and almost always extremely disturbing to me. If I could give it back to wherever it came from, I would.

I keep wondering who I ticked off in a previous life (or earlier in this one) to deserve getting this kind of carppy diagnosis.

Other than one distant cousin, I'm the only one in my family with the bad enough luck to get this. Everyone in my family seems to be totally healthy except for one cousin and my dad (they both have heart problems, and my dad is still heathier than me) Most of my relatives seem to think that I'm faking the MS. (I'll have to remember to make copies of the official medical record that my neuro gave me about the diagnosis. I can hand it out at family gatherings to the disbelievers)

I keep hoping that a cure will show up soon, but I'm not going to expect one in this lifetime. I wish they'd hurry up and figure out the cause so I can find out if I'm right about what I think causes it.

Oh poohy, Erin. I deleted that message...LOL.

am sorry amn

dont like seeing u down

u sally dm and a couple others keep my spirits bright with your humor and wit, Am sorry for your friend having to deal with this ms now and wish i had magical words to use i would share them with all

Vent away, Cindy. You're right - it does bite...big time.

I have no answers for you - but know how you feel. Sometimes "angry" just isn't a strong enough word to describe it.

I hear ya!

If it makes you feel any better you can smack me...just use your bad hand however and smack my right side!

(hoping Nappy won't hit so hard and I won't feel it on that side!)

Damn it Cindy that just sucks

When will it end? And how many more have to be affected before something is really done to defeat this disease

Vent all you want, you have every right.