Multiple Sclerosis: It’s a Family Affair
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on August 18th, 2009 in Emotional Issues, Family, Health Care Policy, Linked Articles.
When you have multiple sclerosis, you don’t have it alone.
You may be the one with MS and the physical symptoms that go along with it, but you can’t build a fence around yourself in order to protect those around you. Like it or not, MS spreads its tentacles out and affects the lives of your loved ones.
Besides being a person with MS, you may be a sibling, a spouse, a parent, a friend, a co-worker. You count on others and they count on you.
Depending on how MS has manifested itself in your life, it will touch everyone around you in small ways, and in profoundly significant ways, both emotionally and financially.
Some of our commenters have shared their own dramatic stories of how MS has impacted their families. What has MS meant to yours?
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