Perhaps my crystal ball was a bit foggy, but I didn’t know what my life was going to look like after I was diagnosed with MS over 21 years ago. Would I continue working? Would I stay healthy? Would I find true love? And yes, Jennifer had the same type of thoughts when she was diagnosed nearly 23 years ago.
Throughout the years following our diagnoses, we have realized that the key was to keep living and not give MS overall control of our lives.
This is why I was so grateful for the opportunity to partner with Healthgrades to develop this essay – You Still Have a Life With MS – for people who are newly diagnosed with MS or have been living with it for years:
“… To be honest, Jennifer and I have each lived with this disease for more than two decades, and it still baffles us sometimes. But you have to continue living your life to the fullest.
I am not trying to paint your MS world with synthetic sunshine and unreachable rainbows. MS is a difficult disease to deal with, and we know it. But every so often, you may need a “realize-your-greatness gut check” to see this disease for the challenge it is and look ahead with confidence. You’re better than MS ever was or ever will be. …”
To read the full article, visit Healthgrades.