What is Multiple Sclerosis and dealing with MS.
Multiple Sclerosis, as generally defined everywhere on the internet, is an auto-immune disease which affects the central nervous system of the individual. In the easiest of terms, the body while fighting with the external attackers accidentally starts to fight and destroy its own nervous system, affecting the nerves of the whole system which control the body’s motor/mobile functions. This starts to limit the functions that the body is normally able to perform.
When I was first diagnosed, my doctor had explained to me the terminological meaning of “Multiple Sclerosis”. “Sclerosis” means “Scars” and Multiple Sclerosis means to have many scars on the myelin sheath of the brain. The myelin sheath is the protective covering of nerve cells (as the picture above shows). These scars occur due to the degeneration of this myelin sheath.
Having given a theoretical and brief introduction of what MS is, we will only talk about practical life with MS, further in this blog and we need to understand that life with MS (or with any disease or dicey situation in life for that matter) is a complete topic within itself. This discussion might not necessarily be targeted for MSers only but it might as well turn out to be a message to everyone else too on how to deal with situations which are out of our control in life and yet find a reason to be optimistic about life. I had absolutely no idea that my life is going to take such a big turn when my doctor first explained to me about my condition. Whether the turn is good or bad is yet to be decided!
Multiple Sclerosis is not an easy disease to live with. Most people might believe and might have experienced that MS is very unpredictable. But contrary to that, I believe, according to my experience that it happens to be a very predictable disease. The predictable fact is that it will keep getting tougher and harsher on the individual. I have always taken this fact as a helpful way of dealing with my condition, because something predictable though bad is always manageable than something unpredictable, no matter how good it might be. This helps me to be prepared before hand for the forthcoming challenges.
Some of the seriously good ways to be prepared are:
Keep a focused check on how your body works and reacts to different things that happen to you. Like, how fatigued you feel in different parts of the day, what are the food or medications that make you feel better or worse, what environment or weather are you more sensitive to, warm or cold. Also it is a good idea to let your caregivers know all of this.
Keep a track of what research is going on in different parts of the world for your condition. It supports your psychology in a way by building strong hope. Know what your condition is all about and how it is affecting you. Having the knowledge of what is going on with you helps a lot in dealing with things.
There are parts of the day when you can carry out activities better than other times. Plan your day and be prepared.
Each person with MS has a different story to tell and different experiences altogether. Get to know yourself and respect your body’s needs and horizons. Do share your own experiences here.
When I was first diagnosed, my doctor had explained to me the terminological meaning of “Multiple Sclerosis”. “Sclerosis” means “Scars” and Multiple Sclerosis means to have many scars on the myelin sheath of the brain. The myelin sheath is the protective covering of nerve cells (as the picture above shows). These scars occur due to the degeneration of this myelin sheath.
Having given a theoretical and brief introduction of what MS is, we will only talk about practical life with MS, further in this blog and we need to understand that life with MS (or with any disease or dicey situation in life for that matter) is a complete topic within itself. This discussion might not necessarily be targeted for MSers only but it might as well turn out to be a message to everyone else too on how to deal with situations which are out of our control in life and yet find a reason to be optimistic about life. I had absolutely no idea that my life is going to take such a big turn when my doctor first explained to me about my condition. Whether the turn is good or bad is yet to be decided!
Multiple Sclerosis is not an easy disease to live with. Most people might believe and might have experienced that MS is very unpredictable. But contrary to that, I believe, according to my experience that it happens to be a very predictable disease. The predictable fact is that it will keep getting tougher and harsher on the individual. I have always taken this fact as a helpful way of dealing with my condition, because something predictable though bad is always manageable than something unpredictable, no matter how good it might be. This helps me to be prepared before hand for the forthcoming challenges.
Some of the seriously good ways to be prepared are:
Keep a focused check on how your body works and reacts to different things that happen to you. Like, how fatigued you feel in different parts of the day, what are the food or medications that make you feel better or worse, what environment or weather are you more sensitive to, warm or cold. Also it is a good idea to let your caregivers know all of this.
Keep a track of what research is going on in different parts of the world for your condition. It supports your psychology in a way by building strong hope. Know what your condition is all about and how it is affecting you. Having the knowledge of what is going on with you helps a lot in dealing with things.
There are parts of the day when you can carry out activities better than other times. Plan your day and be prepared.
Each person with MS has a different story to tell and different experiences altogether. Get to know yourself and respect your body’s needs and horizons. Do share your own experiences here.
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