Diagnosis, Denial, Due Diligence
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on March 8th, 2010 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
So you’ve been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Now what?
Denial. My own lasted only a few brief moments. The odyssey to diagnosis was a difficult one, and I quickly embraced the sweet relief of finally having an answer. But then it hit me
I have MS… I have MS… I have MS… Me… MS!
There was a surreal quality about the whole thing. Discombobulation sums it up rather nicely.
What do you do when everything you know about yourself changes just as you are hitting midlife? How do you plan for life’s second half with a body you’ve never met before? How do you cope with a relapsing/remitting disease that shows itself on some days and plays hide and seek on others, never knowing which it will be? How do you pull yourself together?
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Diagnosis, Denial, Due Diligence
Photo: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1158788
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