Before MS came into my life, I actually started to feel like I could walk around a society, work, church (were i usually worked with children) without a fear during some sort of outbreak of a deadly virus and I would walk away just fine because I never seemed to get sick anymore. As stupid as it may seem, I felt somewhat untouchable when it came to getting sick.
Maybe that had a little to do with my age and me trying to look on the bright side of life, but that illusion soon ended because, well, after MS, that all changed.
A simple cold now felt like my worst flu; it was like MS, had exposed some sort of Achilles heel in my immune system that when touched by some kind of "bug" would completely bring me down.
On top of that, when this happens, my MS flares up adding sometimes painful neurological symptoms to a "little cold".
Now, I have to be really careful not to get sick because when I do it literally hits me hard because I don’t have as strong an immune system as I once did. So, yup, I stay home alot...stay away from big crowds...especially during cold/flu season.
So when I say “I am not feeling well” because of a cold or something, I am not just being a baby about it because with my weakened immune system, it does not take much to steal all the strength out of me, drain what little energy I have, and totally knock me down, causing my body to be almost “useless” for however long it takes to get better regarding both the sickness and my flare of MS symptoms.
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