Some Reasons Why I’d Rather Not Have Multiple Sclerosis

And some reasons why it’s not that bad, for me, anyway, even though I know many others are facing terrible struggles, living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

How MS is for me

The Bad

Trips and falls are not fun, but having MS makes me more likely that the average person to suffer from them, and I can certainly vouch for that! Read about my most recent effort here.

Forgetting things, or getting a bit mixed up. Yes, if I don’t check my calendar, I can sure forget things. And if I have to do something new, not interesting to me, I can struggle to get my head around the ins and outs of it.

Muscle weakness. One of my earliest symptoms, before I even knew I had MS, was the rightsided muscle weakness that made me fall over, and so go and see my GP to find out what had caused the fall, and the weird weakness I was feeling in my leg and arm, particularly on my right side.

The not so bad

One thing I’ve been doing in the month of May this year is raising funds for the MS Society SA & NT, and also raising awareness of what MS can be like for the sufferers, and their family, friends, and carers. And even if I didn’t raise as much as I’d hoped for, it was still a useful amount of money raised, so far, and there’s still a few of days left in May, so I hope…