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My life has changed a lot since I became ill with MS, but I’m working hard at keeping positive. Stress makes MS symptoms worse, and I certainly don’t want to make myself sicker. Life is still good.
Weakness in
the arms or legs
Loss of
balance
Tendency to
drag one foot
Loss of
coordination
Extreme
fatigue
Continence
problems
Loss of
mobility
Problems
with or changes in memory functioning
Muscle
spasms
I began
putting this list together using information from this website http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Multiple_sclerosis_explained
Different
people have different symptoms caused by MS. It depends on which part of their Central
Nervous System (CNS) is damaged. That’s what MS is, damage caused to the myelin
that coats and protects the nerve fibres of the CNS.
So I’m
dealing with the symptoms as listed above. Some of my symptoms are dealt with
using medicines, some are being dealt with by having a healthy lifestyle and
diet.
Some of my
symptoms though aren’t being helped at all, and I’m still affected in some way by
most of the symptoms. There is no cure for MS yet, though lots of people are
trying to find one. The problem in finding a cure is that the scientists and
medical people don’t really know what causes MS.
There are
some theories, but none of them have been properly proven to be true. There are
also some treatments that are supposed to cure a person with MS, but again,
none of these have been proven to work, not sufficiently anyway.
Most people
with MS use treatments that can help to reduce the effects of the disease. The
treatments tend to be injections, given daily, every other day or weekly,
depending on which treatment is used. Up until now, there hasn’t been a tablet
that helps fix the symptoms. Now there is one. It’s been available overseas for
about five years, now it’s available on the PBS in Australia.
The idea of
taking a daily tablet instead of giving having an injection appeals to a lot of
people with MS, as you can imagine. The new treatment comes with some risks
though, as do many treatments for many diseases. Some people have received
excellent effects from this treatment, so others are happy to take the risk of
using the tablet.
4 comments:
an enoyable and informative piece, Carolyn; all I can say is that in my observations you are coping very well and you \are s trength to the poetic community
Gee, thanks John. I'm just trying to live my life in the best way I can. Being positive keeps me going well, and being involved in the poetic community suits me beautifully well. I love words, and I love helping others to find their love for words.
Everyone can write poetry, I believe, I think they just don't realise the joy there is in getting the words written. If it were playing the violin, people would give themselves credit for every little improvement. With writing though, people think they should be perfect right from the start.
As we know, good writing takes time, and practice does indeed lead to perfection. Editing is a necessary skill to learn too. It's not easy, but it's blissful when it goes well!
gesttrI find a great deal of joy these days in small poems like 'Acciddental Art' and in doing short stories in the 1000 to 1500 word range: this allows them some of the intensity of poetry while being, generally speaking, more accessible and entertaining
I'm writing more poetry and non fiction so far this year, I can't remember the last time I wrote a short story in the 1000 - 1500 range. I've written a couple of super short bits of flash fiction, less than 100 words. Fast Fun!
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