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IM A HUSBAND AN A FATHER TO 2 LOVELY GIRLS AND HAVE RELAPSING REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS....I LIKE TO PAINT TO WHICH A FEW ARE DISPLAYED HERE AND HOPEFULLY MORE WILL FOLLOW....

28 January 2010

RELAPSE

WELL ITS BEEN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE I'VE MANAGED THE TIME AND ENERGY TO SIT IN FRONT OF THIS SCREEN TO PUT A FEW LINES DOWN.

WELL AS YOU KNOW I SUFFER FROM RELAPSING REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WHICH IS QUITE A TITLE TO LIVE WITH BUT THINGS COULD BE ALOT WORSE ON THE INSIDE AND ON THE OUTER AS WELL, SO I WONT BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE TITLE ( FOR THE TIME BEING ANYWAY ) .

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARENT SO SURE ABOUT M.S I MUST EXPLAIN THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THIS CRIPPLING ILLNESS MOSTLY SET OUT AND "LABELED" IN STAGES .

SO ANYWAY THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I'VE BEEN SUFFERING WHAT IS KNOWN AS A RELAPSE ( MEANING SYMPTOMS APPEAR ) AND THEN FADE AWAY, EITHER PARTICALLY OR COMPLETELY ( REMISSION ) .

SYMPTOMS WHICH COME AND GO CAN SOMETIMES BE CONSIDERED A RELAPSE SAY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WITH ANY LASTING OVER HOURS OR DAYS. THEY OFFEN STAY WITH YOU OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS THOUGH THIS CAN VARY FROM SHORT TO LONG PERIODS AND IN THERE WORSE ACUTE STAGE EVEN MONTHS SOMETIMES REQUIRING THE NEED FOR HOSPITAL TREATMENT.

SO THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I'VE BEEN TREATING MYSELF WITH ORAL STEROIDS WHICH I TEND TO TAKE OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD , I FIND THAT MY FLARE UP ISNT JUST AS BAD AS IT WAS AND I CAN AND AM STARTING TO FEEL ABIT OF RELIEF FROM THEM.

SO THATS ALL I CAN MANAGE AT THE MOMENT HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO FORCE MYSELF TO PUT DOWN A FEW MORE WORDS SOON BUT FOR NOW MUST GO AND HOPE FINGERS CROSSED MY BODY STARTS TO FEEL LIKE MY OWN AGAIN SOON....