Quote From: kymsfamily
I agree with you 100% , i also have MS . i AM NOT WHEELCHAIR BOUND YET. But sometimes at the stores on my bad days i use one of the stores chairs. i can't stand the way people look at me, like"why is she using that " or " she looks OK to me " . Kids i can take the looks but old people are the worst. Sorry i was writing to say Thank you for specking up for us all, God bless you and yours if you wont to chat some time drop me A line. Thank U
Kim
Hello Kim
Life does throw us some curve balls. Somethimes they are not fair and having MS, you know full well that with balance and gait issues that we deal with daily, we can't catch them all. lol
I have decided awhile back that I am not going to get upset over other people's perceptions and assumptions. They are not inflicted with this illness. It would be a rude awakening to them, if one day that they wake up with an illness that they can't explain why they can not do the things that they used to.
Its true that we do not have perfect bodies or situations. So I am at a loss as to why people become so critical of others who are disabled. We are looked down on because we can not longer do the same things we used to do. Nobody is perfect and nobody has a right to stand in judgement of anyone.
I am occasionally reminded by images on the news. CNN and MSNBC that there are people who have lost a limb due to war or born with no limbs or some other malady.
I wonder if they are looked down so harshly due to their circumstances. For what ever reason there is, we were dealt a faulty deck of cards with a evil joker card.
When I am confronted with a arrogant person who has no hidden skeletons in their closets . I ask them this question " I wonder how you would deal with a illness that there is no cure for yet? In seeing that your so shallow and materialistic and judgemental you probably will have a hard time coping.?
I just stay positive as I can. I do have my good days and my bad days with this new card that I was dealt
Sincerely Ellen
