Thursday, February 7, 2013

Own that shit...


She looks like I feel...

...ok, so...  In my attempt to come to terms with my very recent diagnosis of RRMS (Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis), I have decided to express myself in words - to wax philosophical - to blog ad nauseam, share, bleed, vomit my feelings and pictures all over your monitor, reminiscent of Regan's* demonic retch...  :)  
                

"So what's wrong with her??"

"We still think the temporal lobe."

"Oh what are you Talking about for Chrissakes?! 
Did you see her or not??  She's acting like she's fucking
out of her mind, psychotic, like a...split personality...or..."

Nah not really, but I took a lot of pictures and documented a lot of crap during my hospitalization and subsequent diagnosis - and to all the other "holy shit, I have MS" bloggers that have come before me...let me just say - Thank You.  My goal is to have a better blog than you.  Let's keep it real...

Stay tuned for Waaaaay too much information about how I was diagnosed with this "MeSs" of a disease.  (Nailed it!)

Oh dizzy... the day I found out.  ( lol )

Meanwhile - if you have recently been diagnosed like me, if you have a loved one who was recently diagnosed, if you think you are about to get diagnosed, if you are in Limbo - my very first piece of MS advice is:

Own That Shit!
Don't let it own you.
Own it.
Embrace it.
Be informed.
Ask questions.
Do your research.
Learn Everything about it.
Most importantly, know your body!
(Or encourage your loved one to!!)  :)

(*The Exorcist - starring the Immeasurably talented 46th Annual Academy Award Nominee for Best Actress - who lost to Glenda Jackson of "A Touch of Class", a stone-cold robbery repeated nearly 30 years later as a 73rd Annual Academy Award Nominee for Best Actress for "Requim for a Dream", losing to Julia Roberts of Erin Brockovich; yes, Julia Roberts, can you believe that??: Ellen Burstyn)