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If you have just been diagnosed
with
multiple sclerosis, or think this is a possibility, I'm sorry to
hear it.
You may feel your world has
come to an end with the diagnosis. It hasn't. You will wake up
tomorrow and you will carry on. Your life may be a bit different now
than before diagnosis but sometimes this is not a bad thing.
The reason I say this is because
I am relatively confident the pace of your life and the
stress
levels you were under prior to the
multiple sclerosis diagnosis were to such a degree that even
you, deep down, knew 'something had to give'.In part this was due to the effect
multiple sclerosis (ms) was already having on your body before you even
became aware of any real problem, let alone before the multiple
sclerosis diagnosis became a possibility.
Beginners Guide to Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
The aim of this 'Beginners Guide' is to introduce
you to
multiple sclerosis and give you an understanding
without any flowery or overly-complicated language.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects many, many, aspects of you, as a
person. Some things you will know about already and some things will
be new to you.
Mental, Emotional and
Physical Problems
You may already have noticed from the links at the top of this page
that a large section of this 'Beginners Guide to Multiple
Sclerosis' is devoted to the introduction of the aspects of
multiple sclerosis which are often hidden away because they pertain
to 'things of the mind'.Mental and emotional issues arising from multiple
sclerosis are no less important than physical symptoms, indeed they
may actually have more impact in your life. How you deal with any
mental or emotional difficulties can make the difference between
having an exacerbation and avoiding one (see
stress), so lets keep things where they belong; out in the open! |
