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saeich48

Hello!, My name is Sue...

I am almost 59 June 14 (Flag Day, yeah). I was Dx'd in 2005, December, I thought I was just not aging well, and kept putting off going to the doctor. She said we are sending you to a Neurologist, I think you have MS. Didn't know anything about it. After all the test and MRI's he said, no doubt it is MS. Primary Progressive. I started treatment with the understanding we are just trying to hold it back.

Mentally, I am just fine. I write a lot of poetry on Poets.com and World of Poets.com. love those sites. Found this site by accident and really, really enjoy. It is the first site that is so positive and makes you feel not so lonely in this. I have four daughters and four granddaughter and finally a new grandson. My husband is getting ready to retire from plumbing soon and it is a shame I am not quit the spunky gal I use to be to travel with. He is really good about making me feel okay about this. Anyway, my best to all and am looking forward to my visits. Forgot to mention I live in southern Illinois in the country. What a great place to live

The True Body Work Out

For All Those Multiple Sclerosis People like me

Older and wiser, I'll start with the feet
Not pretty to look at, have to look down to meet

Mine our quit numb now, and I miss them so much
no heel and toe movement, toes in a bunch

The legs that go up that still hold me up
Move slower and slower, as weak as a pup

The torso still working, it keeps me upright
reminds me of insides that lay still in the night

Arms are in motion down to those hands
that are clumsy and tight like small rubber bands

The head is the problem, with the king of the throne
That brain with it's MS, won't leave us alone

The brain says keep working on those other parts
With MS, the brain waves, have all those brain tarts
The connections to others in this body of whole
gets broken and cross mixed in signals to go

No complaining you see, but I sure would enjoy
a full body workout if this brain would employ

                                         by saeich48

Author's Comments:
"Never paid attention to MS, until I was the one. For a person who likes 
their brain power, it is not so pleasant"

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