Nothing to be Ashamed of

I was DX in Jan 2008 after a very stressful, anxious year of being a new mum and I self DX myself after seeing a lady with MS who was completely bed ridden. I read up on her disease and symptoms as my mum was going to be her carer, I knew as soon as I saw her profile that this is exactly what I had, but as my son was only 5 weeks old all the docs kept saying it was post natal depession. One whole year it took me to confince my doctor to let me go for a MRI that was in the Jan 08, we were moving to Perth, Australia in
March so all was very stressful.

Blow me down the MRI came back and yes I had MS, a bit of a shock but, I was so grateful that I finally new what was wrong with me, as I have read a million times with MS sufferers.
I was so embarrassed and ashamed to have this horrible disease, for so long I kept it a secret. I dwelled in my own pity for so long thinking my life is over, whats the point of life I'm only going to end up in a wheelchair or having someone have to help me when I go to the toilet, I thought my life was ended.

My life is far from over and I'm not going to let this horribly labeled disease let anyone or anything stop me from having the life I wanted, If anything having MS has made me a better mum,wife,daughter and sister then I could only wish for, there is such a stigma on MS, I'm young healthy, active and have no plans of changing that. I really think people need to be educated on the fact that MS isn't always bad, I  have been on the Jelinek diet for four weeks and my right leg is normally numb at least every other day and I have not felt it once, all I have to do now is recover my feet and right hand, bring it on.

I no longer feel ashamed  of this disease and no way is my life is over and I want to scream to the world "I'm Fine and I will live a life no different to yours " I was abit iffy about the whole diet thing but hello, our body is like a car we give our cars fuel to work so why can't people see we need the best food to keep our bodies healthy, I will tell anyone now,I'm not embarrassed I have a condition but that's it I'm fine and will always be.......................