Does Having MS Make Us Unlucky?

Does Having Multiple Sclerosis Make Us Unlucky? Not On Your Life!


The last couple of days my MS has been kicking my you know what, the symptom that lead to me being diagnosed have returned with a vengeance and brought along a friend. Along with the numbing sensation that passes through my head repeatedly it is now accompanied by an audible sensation doing the same thing. Both are very odd sensations that basically incapacitate me momentarily, the problem being they tend to come one after another for a period of time sometimes for hours with little break. The sensation feels like every neuron in my dead is firing at one time. In addition my emotions have been incredibly out of whack and turning me into quite the jerk. I talked with my Betaseron nurse a few days ago and discussed my continuing symptoms. It has been over 4 months since this attack first started and I have not really seen a reduction in symptoms, they just seem to change from one thing to another. My nurse told me that with Betaseron, as I am sure with the other interferons as well, some patients have their symptoms start to fade within a few weeks of starting the medicine, others do not see much if any change until 6 months when the medicine is supposed to really start taking effect and still others do not have their symptoms lessen or go away and all the medicine affectively does it help stop further damage from being done. Well I know I am not one of the lucky ones in the first group, so now I wait and see what group I will be in. Funny, I say lucky ones but is it strange to consider anyone with MS lucky? Well if not then that is a poor outlook on life. We may have MS but that does not mean we are not lucky, I am lucky for being alive, I am lucky for my wonderful family and I am lucky that things are not worse. No matter your situation there is always someone else who has it worse. I am not in a wheelchair like so many MS patients and although I may stumble a bit I am still able to walk and even run when there are those with MS who can’t. Even those with MS who can’t walk or run or are in a wheelchair, even those people are lucky, they have their lives and they have the love and support of myself and millions of other MS patients around the world.
May God Bless You All!

Jamie