Living well while "mom"ming with Chronic Conditions
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I used to see a therapist who helped me with a few things. One of the things he taught me was that almost all of the symptoms I experience due to MS are symptoms that EVERYONE will experience when they get older. Waking up with aches and pains, unsteady balance, low energy, needing to sit …
A friend of mine once said that if you have a chronic illness you accumulate medical trauma and have to keep returning “to the scene of the crime.” That’s one of the hard things about having a chronic illness. You will always have to go back to the doctor. One of my traumatic medical experiences …
My parents asked two of my siblings to drive me to back to my parents’ home. My brother took us to lunch at my favorite restaurant and said I was eating sloppily. My neurologist told my family that it’s extremely rare for a female of my age to go downhill so rapidly. My mom and …
1- Medication: Currently I am taking a medication to help manage my fatigue. When I took it for the first time it was like a sparkling wave of energy rushing through my body. I felt like a super hero whose magical power involved walking and holding a baby. Unfortunately, I no longer feel the wave …
At the beginning of March in 2015 I woke up to a strange sensation. The right half of my body was numb. I continued living life as normal: going to my college classes, participating in social events, and exercising. Two weeks later I went to the doctor and in order to eliminate “the serious stuff” …
