Doctor: so this is the medication you will take for the rest of your life. You also have to cut off sodas, salt, red meat, alcohol, cigarrettes, second hand smoke and weight lifting..
Bob: .....
Doctor: are you OK?
Bob: I don't get it. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I sleep well...ok I don't eat perfectly but I don't eat like a pig and I eat lots of fruits and water..why?
Doctor: it just happens bob specially if you have family medical history
Bob: but is not fair!
Doctor: You are not the only one. There are many people as young as you with the same issue
Bob:..that's hardly a consolation..
Doctor: everything will fine bob
Bob: yeah whatever
Bob: .....
Doctor: are you OK?
Bob: I don't get it. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I sleep well...ok I don't eat perfectly but I don't eat like a pig and I eat lots of fruits and water..why?
Doctor: it just happens bob specially if you have family medical history
Bob: but is not fair!
Doctor: You are not the only one. There are many people as young as you with the same issue
Bob:..that's hardly a consolation..
Doctor: everything will fine bob
Bob: yeah whatever
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It stands for Multiple Sclerosis. I've actually had it since I was young, apparently, but it wasn't until last year that they diagnosed it. Basically- my immune system screws up sometimes and attacks parts of my nerves and brain. They don't know what causes it, and it can hit any part of my body. My left eye is partially blind because of it.
*gives Bob a big hug* I'm really bad sometimes at comming up with the words to make people feal better. I'm sorry this has happened to you. You do have lots of friends here, and it sounds as if they are going through what you are, so they can give you lots of encouragement and understanding.
I was told about four years ago, I was suffering from depression. It took a few doctors to finally find out it was Asbergers. I've been on medication for three years, and will probably be for the rest of my life.
I was told about four years ago, I was suffering from depression. It took a few doctors to finally find out it was Asbergers. I've been on medication for three years, and will probably be for the rest of my life.
*Sits down next to his son and hug an arm around you.* I know something of your pain my son. A very good friend of mine, so full of life, so many wonderful skills, so bright and having so many hopes and dreams......Starts to tear as he thinks of his friend.* He was younger than me, but I looked up to him as my hero. He loved so many of the same things I love and liked. I was much older than him, so I got to watch him grow up and become a man. I saw him touch the lives of many with his love and kind heart. I was so proud that he looked to me like an older brother that help him become the very man he is and was happy to let me know he felt all he was, as in part to me. I let him know how much I look up to him for being a far more mover and maker of thing happening for others. Then it happen. Slowly he started to lose his ability to use his muscles. Before my eyes I watch as my good friend so full of life and love, slowly having trouble walking, then standing, then moving around. Soon he could not walk or stand without help. Soon he had trouble feeling himself or even using the bathroom on his own. Soon he could not talk anymore. Then he could not get out of bed at all. *Try not to cry.* My good friend, the one person in all the world I would die for, is nothing more than a body in a bed. I know his mind is still working, forever trap in a useless body. His arms and legs are useless, no longer can talk or use his mouth at all. He is just there. A beautiful light now no longer shine as bright as he once did. I miss my friend my son. I miss him a lot. All I have to look at is his useless body knowing his great mind is trap in there, till the day he dies.
So yes, I can under stand your pain my son. Life can be so unfair. But we deal with what we have and try to make the best of it.
So yes, I can under stand your pain my son. Life can be so unfair. But we deal with what we have and try to make the best of it.
My mother was recently in the hospital a month or so ago. She had all kinds of testing done, and was even taken to another hospital to continue testing. Turns out her thyroid was acting up. (Everything's fine now, but she was on all kinds of medications and had to extremely limit fluid intake.)
You never really think about these things... until they happen. And suddenly we are harshly reminded of the fact that we are not invincible.
It's then when you want your loved ones near as much as possible. It makes me feel a bit sad sometimes being single, and the fact that my family lives almost 5 hours away. I have a couple of close friends though, so I'm lucky there.
You never really think about these things... until they happen. And suddenly we are harshly reminded of the fact that we are not invincible.
It's then when you want your loved ones near as much as possible. It makes me feel a bit sad sometimes being single, and the fact that my family lives almost 5 hours away. I have a couple of close friends though, so I'm lucky there.
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