This is a quote from the Nat'l MS Society webpage for MS Awareness Week which is this whole week.
I kept reading it over and over yesterday and finally thought, "This is just too depressing".
I kept thinking about it. MS has destroyed some connections between my brain and my eyes. They communicate a little. Sometimes. When the mood strikes them. Not a great connection between my brain and the right side of my body. Especially my right leg. Damn thing just up and went on strike one day.
One of the worst social connections MS cut from my life was work. I know you think that you would never miss work. Trust me you would. "Don't know what you got till it's gone." It's the connection that you have with people at work. It helps you feel like you have a purpose or in some small way are making a difference. Numerous people's identity is linked to their jobs. If you ask them what they do they say they are a teacher or a nurse or whatever job title they possess.
I got nothing.
No response.
I miss the connection I had with my co-workers. I would follow their marriages, children's births, birthday, etc. I now hardly have any daily connection with anyone. My husband and my cat are many days the only ones I talk to.
Yes, I talk to my cat. Don't call the men with the straight jacket yet. He doesn't talk back.
People sometimes love to rag on Facebook but it is one of the only ways I still feel connected to the outside world. I love keeping up with my grammar school and high school friends. I love keeping up with family and people who live out of town, like my 2 nieces. Facebook keeps these connections alive for me.
Hmm, connections. I hadn't really thought about all the types that I have in life. I hadn't really thought about how much MS affects them.
Food for thought.
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