How much information should I share with a recently diagnosed neighbor
My neighbor is 45 with three children, I was standing next to her and noticed that one of her feet was completely sideways. I asked her about it and she said she had been diagnosed with MS. I asked her if she has started in a DMT, she said no she was thinking about it. I told her about my aunt who had foot drop when no treatments were available. I didn't tell her about my other aunt that died from MS when she was 50. She moved to assisted living when she was 30 years old. I didn't want to scare her but maybe I should of to get her to take a DMT. Her MS seems to be progressing rather quickly, I did tell her how well I did on Tecfidera. I turned 72 today and I am still walking. Should I tell her about my aunt, I want to help but don't know how.
@potter I think you have done enough. You can't force anyone to take drugs if they don't want to. It may be that she is still processing the information she has received. Offer help, if needed and leave it at that. I'm not sure that using your experience of family members with MS is going to help the situation. I know lots of people with MS, they have have it longer than me and they are all alive and kicking.
What you should do, act like a consultant, give them 3 mins and then ignore anything they say , and then say, see you again in a years time ...works for my consultant ( English humour only joking) : )