Reality can be deceiving – and sometimes ever more than
anyone can imagine. The late British rocker and former Beatle John Lennon
(1940-1980) sized up reality this way:
“Reality leaves a lot
to the imagination.”
I have to agree. Multiple sclerosis has been called an
invisible illness. That pretty much means it’s usually not visible to others,
even if it is all-too real for the one living with it.
MSer’s nearly universally groan when other people say, “How
can you have MS? You look so good.” It’s not that we want to be perceived as ugly
or unattractive. It’s just that our appearances are not the litmus test of our
health battles.
We may look pretty good. We may even be moving around pretty
nimbly on a given day, holding our wits together and keeping up with everyday
life fairly well. But that doesn’t mean multiple sclerosis isn’t playing its
nerve-numbing, muscle-spasming, brain-draining, energy-sapping, pain-inflicting,
balance-shaking, vision-blurring, tremor-inciting chorus of chaos in the
background.
Bet that’s not where Lennon was going with that statement at
all, but it fits for the person with MS. That's the reality.
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