MS is unmistakably an interruption, from its onset and with
each episode. Those crazy multiple sclerosis symptoms don’t issue any warnings
before striking and inciting all sorts of inexplicable irritations.
I had a little interruption this morning, and it still
hurts. Although I have no idea how it happened, I bumped my head in the shower.
I think I was reaching up to grab my shampoo bottle from the rack that hangs
from the shower faucet. However it happened, I have a sore welt on one side of
my forehead. My hair kind of covers it, but it still hurts. (Hey, they don’t
call ‘em bangs for nothing.)
Yes, MS is interrupting.
At the same time, the
MonSter seems occasionally to incite interrupting as well.
Maybe it’s a cognitive thing. It could be one of MS’
emotional impacts. But it does seem as if the intermittent scatteriness (OK, I
just sort of invented that term, but it fits.) can remove social inhibitions
sometimes, leading the MSer to jump in or blurt stuff out once in a while.
It’s not that such items
are necessarily inappropriate.
It’s just that the juggling of so many heightened and numbed
sensations at once can sort of cross one’s wires, even for a moment. It's not intentional. MSers don’t
mean to be impolite when this happens. It’s just sort of an impulse.
On the other hand, many of us will simply step back,
physically or figuratively, when the MonSter rages. Sometimes it’s easier to
let things roll for a while, if MS is in full flare. Trust me. We're not ignoring you.
Bear with us. Our etiquette and sociability will likely
return when our symptoms subside.
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You have an awesome attitude. I think it is wonderful that you use your blog to explain MS. I have lupus and I just try to pretend that I don't.
ReplyDeleteYou have an awesome attitude. I think it is wonderful that you use your blog to explain MS. I have lupus and I just try to pretend that I don't.
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