Thoughts of an MSer
MS for me is like a rude guest I didn't ask to stop by and never wants to leave.
It reshuffleld/stole my DDE (Dreams, Desires and Expectations) along with my balance and ability to walk without a mobility aid.
However, on top of the devastation that it keeps on causing, one important positive (questionable) thing it highlighted: the number of true friends I actually have in my life.
The ones who truly care about me regardless of my ability to reciprocate.
I found out the majority of them were acquaintances and not friends and the relationship was mostly transactional.
That's part of my internal reflection that I thought it is valuable to share with the "gang" because I know that one point you either had or will have similar thoughts.
I called an MSer the healthiest looking sick individual.
Good Luck!!!
It definitely gives you a different perspective on life. Things that you thought of as important you learn really weren’t. You see who the genuine people are and the fake.
I was told by someone I regarded as an extremely good friend that I “No longer fitted in her social circle so she was cutting all contact with me from then onwards, and please don’t ever contact her again” .. I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach and my heart ripped out. This was a grown woman, my age, our sons had played football together for 12 years! We had stood rain and shine every Saturday watching their games together, met up for drinks, messaged 20 times plus a day, evenings out, meals out, walks through lockdown and I taught her to bake through lockdown through teams doing it together. And literally overnight, gone. Silence.. I was dumbstruck. Hubby kept telling me she wasn’t worth me getting upset. But I was so hurt, still am to be honest.. So I’ve got to be honest I’ve withdrawn from everyone because I am scared of it happening again.