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This week is MS Awareness Week and I thought I would take the time to share some of my story. You see, I have Multiple Sclerosis. As of right now, I have Relapsing/Remitting MS and it has been mostly in control.
My first post about it was a few weeks after the diagnosis in fall of 2013. It was a crazy time in my life and it took me some time to accept it. Since then, I have spent time researching and learning about this disease.
My symptoms are mostly just some fatigue and balance issues every once in a while. I sometimes also have some burning sensations in my shin (kind of like a carpet burn). These things usually come to be an issue after I have been sick for a little while. I have really not had a big flare-up and I am hoping I will not have any issues anytime soon. What is really scary about MS is the uncertainty. The disease affects people in so many very different ways. All you can do is work to be healthy and hope that the disease will not progress.
I am taking my health into my own hands and working to be more powerful. Thanks to my barre classes, I am feeling more amazing by the day. I am eating cleaner than ever also and I feel energized and full of vitality. I have an injectable medicine that I use and with luck, this medicine will keep my body from forming more lesions or having any of those lesions become active.
I am stronger than MS. #WeAreStrongerThanMS #liveyourbestlife #barreliferules
Best of luck to you Andrea! My cousin has MS and I know about some of many challenges he faces everyday. You sound like you have a strong and most important POSITIVE attitude! I believe with all my heart attitude is so important. I am a breast cancer survivor–5 years now!
My comment did not post, so I had to come back and try again…hopefully this one works. I wanted to tell you how strong you are and that your positive attitude is amazing! I know of the challenges of MS as my very close cousin has had it for about 14 years. I truly believe your attitude will help you through this! I myself am a cancer survivor and I believe my attitude helped me beat it! Best of luck to you Andrea!