Rosebud\

how true is the saying, if u don’t use it u will lose it. from an ms prospective i believe this saying to be false. why you ask well let me tell you a few short stories.

back in ‘87 i was dx’d. i did everything i could to keep myself out of a chair, after all i had 3 young sons at the time. i walked with them i did all the driving that they needed and even worked pt jobs. this lasted until ‘99 when by now my boys are teenagers and i’m finding it harder to move. but i keep pushing myself. i start using a cane and within a year i go to the walker. i gave up driving due to lose of strength to push brakes. its now 2001 and i’m now using an electric scooter to get around. but when in the house i use my walker. yet going from the couch to the bathroom wore me out. i actually had to take a lot of naps. i asked my doctor why i’m like this when i do everything i can to keep me walking, hell i even joined a gym for 3 years, his answer was u have ms and its progressing. in other words no matter what i do theres nothing i can do to stop it. so its now ‘08 and i use a wheelcair all the time, but, that doesn’t stop me from functioning as a “normal” person. i still go out daily, i volunteer a few days a week and even go food shopping by myself. the reason for this entry is i had a fight with my dad about my sister who also has ms. u see she also is doing everything she can to fight this but, like alot of us she can no longer drive and she needs to conserve her energy. so she ordered a scooter but it wont be here for roughly 3 weeks. well i offered her my scooter until hers comes in, she said yes so thats cool. well i mentioned it to my parents and my dad started yelling at me about how she doesn’t need it she has to keep walking cuz if she doesn’t she’ll lose all her muscles. so i argued she needs to conserve her enery he told me hes with her daily and he knows better for her. i argued that i see her thru ms eyes, and i’m trying to help her not hurt her. well he basically told me i didn’t know what i was talking about. so why is it everyone knows whats good for us but us?