WORKING AND LIVING WITH MS

by Brian
(Mpls, Mn. Anoka)

TILL I HAD TO QUIT WORK...

MY STORY IS PRETTY COMPLEX.
I AM 49 YEARS OLD (AND) ABOUT NINE YEARS AGO I STARTED WALKING WITH A LIMP BECAUSE OF MY LEFT LEG. I WENT TO THE DR. AND I NEEDED BACK SURGERY. I AM OR WAS A TRUCK DRIVER, AND I NEEDED TO LIFT AND LOAD CARGO.

IT STILL WAS GETTING TUFF TO WALK PROPERLY AND DO THE NORMAL EVERYDAY TASKS PROPERLY. THE BACK DR. SENT ME TO THE FAMILY DR. WHO THEN SENT ME TO THE NEURO DR. WHO THEN SENT ME THROUGH A NUMBER OF TREATMENTS, OR TESTS TO THEN LET ME KNOW I HAVE
PROGRESSIVE SPINAL M.S.--AND IT KEEPS
GETTING WORSE.

I CANT WALK, AND LIVE WITH TERRIBLE DISCOMFORT EACH DAY. I DON'T THINK I WILL LIVE TOO LONG AS IT'S NOW IN MY BREATHING. AFTER ALWAYS WORKING AT TWO JOBS AT A TIME, I AM HOME AND CAN'T MOVE MUCH, BUT SAY TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH MS DON'T GIVE UP CAUSE I NEVER WILL.

BEST REGARDS,
BRIAN