April Fools Joke?

[Lulu54]

Just wondering.........

Do you ever just stop and think this is all a bad joke/mistake and you don't really have MS?  I got a medical note from my neuro in the mail today and it says I am under his care for a lifetime condition. I had to do a double-take at the harshness of that prognosis.

Sometimes I wonder did he get it right or am I just being Pollyanna and wishing everything to be ok?

[rudyhorse]

Interesting thoughts!  Yeah, I am struggling with that living by faith, not by sight (or diagnosis) but I suppose persistence will get me there it did other people, a lot of you from what I can tell.

Now, I am considering how much expanding IMAGINATION would help me. LOL  I already have a great one working with children gave me that.  More is always better huh.

I wonder if maybe my saying on my mug is right and that is why God lets us wait, "those of you who think you are perfect (like some DR's) annoy those of us who are. "  If it weren't for this darn neuro problem, the liver problem, ect I would be so close.  Not so much, huh.... so maybe that is what I have to learn. naaaa...can't be.

This was way "off subject" but fun.

[PastorDan]

LauraLu, sometimnes I wonder if your imagination isn't just a little too free with its' time! ;P

Quix, you'll appreciate that the 32oz. mug from which I am constantly drinking water when I am home is emblazoned (well, was; it's worn off a good bit) with the slogan "This mug is GUARANTEED Y2K compliant."

Jens, welcome to my world.  I was talking to a neighbor tonight, and we agreed that the not knowing is the most disturbing part of something like this.  I sometimes think that God wants us to gain a better understanding of what it means to live by faith, and so He allows for things in our life that we can't understand, or to which we don't have the answers, so we can learn to choose by His guidance rather than by waiting for conclusive, irrefutable evidence.

[jensequitur]

The whole pre-existing condition thing really depressed me.  But it didn't really hit home until Aetna turned me down for an extension on my life insurance.  They approved me for the regular level, but not for the extra cash.  Their reasoning was that I had MS.  Well, they keep saying that MS does not reduce life expectancy.  So how does that follow?  Especially considering I don't smoke and I'm not obese...

Personally I'm glad to know I have MS.  If I had all these symptoms and didn't know what was wrong with me - now that would be depressing!  I'd have to assume I was crazy.

[Quixotic1]

I am finally over that feeling, but on December 31, 1999 I was in the middle of the vertigo that felled me, a new job, a contentious divorce and an impending bankruptcy.  When I went to sleep that night it was amid prophesies of doom for the new millenium.  I awakened to total normalcy and have to admit to feeling a bit disappointed.  ;-))

Quix