Silent and Invisible.

MS never makes a sound and if you didn’t know me you would guess that I had a recent surgery or illness.

Multiple Sclerosis is sneaky that way. How do I appear so healthy on the outside when my immune system is destroying me from the inside out?

When many symptoms began to show, I remember feeling very self conscious imagining that people thought I was drunk or just out of it. I have to admit that when I started using a cane it was comforting to know that people around me had a new opinion, but still wondered if I had a recent knee replacement, sprain or broken bone.

It is weird that now that I am using a wheelchair people are even more curious about what has happened to me. It took many years before I could talk about the disease comfortably. Now I realize how many people don’t know about or understand MS any more than I do. 

As with any chronic illness, “You don’t get it, until you get it.”