MS Caregiver Part 2

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Know your limitations

Of course there are limits to how much you can do. But for the most part, in order to do your best, you need to be your best. So learn to take care of your needs as far as eating well, getting enough rest, and taking time for yourself occasionally. Doing these things will help you not only physically but emotionally as well.

It will mean a great deal to your spouse as well. They can tell when you aren't feeling well. They can also tell that something is wrong by the way you respond to their needs. This can cause them to feel like they are a burden.

Of course you are not solely responsible for the way your spouse with MS feels. But as someone dealing with such an unpredictable illness like multiple sclerosis, they deserve the best that we can give them. They are the vulnerable ones, we are healthy.

Learn as much as you can

What else can you do as an MS caregiver? No doubt when you found out your spouse or loved one had multiple sclerosis, you wondered what it was. You probably asked the question, what does that mean for you and your family.

When Cir found out that he definitely had MS, I tried to learn everything I could about it. What was MS, who gets it, and why they get it. I read books from the library and listened to what the doctors had to say.

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