I woke up and  my life,
was changed forever.

 

Here's my website I have made to help me deal with a disease which has a no-win outcome. It's hard to believe I went to sleep with a job as the Culinary Arts Instructor (which was my passion and a dream job) at a Voc-Ed center, and woke up with a disease that would rob me of a role I loved. I feel I literally lost my life overnight. At the height of my undiagnoised medical leave Admin. decided to fire me, which I won't go into the huge bomb they set off in my life (currently it's in litigation).

 

It was a Monday morning and I was getting ready for my class. I started to feel a little dizzy. I discredited the dizziness to having low blood sugar and ate a bagel. As I was writing on the board one of my student's pointed out I was saying one thing and writing another. I felt a little embarassed and wondered how could I make such a stupid mistake. I dismissed my symptoms as just being stressed out, with having to direct students to run a restaurant and catering facility. Two days later the double vision came as well as other symptoms.

 

I couldn't teach (or drive) and went on a sick leave. For over 40 days I was shuffled from one Dr to another. Then without any preparation, I was slammed with the statement that I probably, most likely, had multiple sclerosis. The diagnoising of this disease is so difficult that it takes alot of testing and time before you can get a Dr. to commit to an answer. Unfortunately MS has the same symptoms as alot of other diseases.

MS should really stand for Mad or Sad, which seems to be the only two emotions you have. I go back and forth between the two. If I am not mad that I can't do something, I'm sad because my life is a mess, everything has changed, and what's the point? I am so sick of hearing the word myelin when I ask about understanding MS I could hurl. Hopefully by the time I am done with this website I will have come to some sort of inner peace about my life and how to continue when I am a stranger in my own life.

Check out my website by the drop down menu below.
I have pages on testing, drugs, links, and my two collecting passions...Barbie and playing cards.
I have found due to this illness that I end up sitting alot and since I am not a big fan of TV I have started gaming. If you are interested in a woman's view of good games (I have found that video gaming is extremely slanted towards males) check out my video picks.

Hope you enjoy the site.

Links if your browser doesn't support the drop-down menu. The following relate to MS:

Newly diagnoised    Symptoms    Tests you need   
Links to MS sites   
Drug Options    Medical Initials   

The pages below are just my ecelectic additions to cyberspace.

Painting your fireplace    Bayer Truth   

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