The MRI was a flop

[FaithT]

MS is a disease that you die with, not die from
I have had it for 43 yrs. It has drastically affected my life, but not in any way that people can see.
The struggle, like the spiritual battle is internal.
I can have the disease to thank for sending me to medical school. In the early years I was told that there was nothing wrong with me and my symptoms made no sense. I was treated like a hypochondriac
Ironically it was in medical school that the disease fully manifested itself and there was no denying it any longer. Part of me was hurt that I was treated like a hypochondriac but the other part would feel they will never find anything, there is nothing wrong with me.
It was a very stance feeling when I got the results of my MRI and could see that Indefinitely had the disease. I could understand how people feel when they get a bad diagnosis. Time stops and you can’t really understand much of what the doctor is saying after you first hear the news
Shortly after the definitive diagnosis, I went legally blind for about a week or two. My eyes would look in two different directions and I could not move them unless I covered one eye.
This was the 1990s and treatment was still in its early stages. I started beta interferon which stopped the attacks and allowed me to retain normal sight, but I went through a massive depression which is listed as one of the side effects of the drug.
The things I did to deal with it were stupid and I wonder if it was just drug induced mental illness or a demonic obsession

Any way sorry don’t want to bore with details or derail this thread. MRIs can be scarry and MS is a bad disease, but what can be interpreted as evil, God can use for good. The answers to my prayers have come from dealing with this disease
When I pray the contemplative rosary, I get to the request after the mystery of the Nativity, pray Mary that we may detach our hearts from material things and esteem of the world. I look back a just say thank you God. I would not have known the depths of God’s mercy and love if not for the journey I have taken


Divine Mercy Sunday is in a couple of weeks. God’s love waits for you no matter your circumstances. You are alive right now. All is not lost, though Satan likes to get people to think that they are beyond hope. Just ask God for His mercy and He gives it freely. You just have to ask
The catechism teaches that there is not one soul for whom Christ did not suffer and die

Peace be with you all

I used to have flare ups and had to give myself shots of Copaxone. The MRIs showed MS lesions and my spinal tap came out consistent with MS. But if have it it’s either the weirdest case ever or I’m the first person cured because I haven’t had a flare up in 19 years or so.

 

[boughtwithaprice]

I used to have flare ups and had to give myself shots of Copaxone. The MRIs showed MS lesions and my spinal tap came out consistent with MS. But if have it it’s either the weirdest case ever or I’m the first person cured because I haven’t had a flare up in 19 years or so.

The new medicines work very well. I am taking ocrevus injections every six months
No flare ups but my residual deficits remain. They are manageable but no one can see them, so I don’t live life having people feel sorry for me
I am able to work full time and have an amazing job. God has blessed me so much. There is no fear, only peace.
My MRI is clear and the lesions are gone yet the disease remains. So be it. Blessed be the name of the Lord

I pray that the Lord bless you as much, and If you are cured, I am so happy for you, truly. MS is a fearful disease, and if you have been spared, then I give all the glory to God and wish more blessings upon you.

Getting to know God is worth more than anything this world or this life has to offer

Peace be with you

 

[FaithT]

The new medicines work very well. I am taking ocrevus injections every six months
No flare ups but my residual deficits remain. They are manageable but no one can see them, so I don’t live life having people feel sorry for me
I am able to work full time and have an amazing job. God has blessed me so much. There is no fear, only peace.
My MRI is clear and the lesions are gone yet the disease remains. So be it. Blessed be the name of the Lord

I pray that the Lord bless you as much, and If you are cured, I am so happy for you, truly. MS is a fearful disease, and if you have been spared, then I give all the glory to God and wish more blessings upon you.

Getting to know God is worth more than anything this world or this life has to offer

Peace be with you

Well, MS is incurable, but maybe I was cured anyway. That’s what I don’t understand. My last MRI still showed lesions in my brain and cervical spine and my fingers have been numbish since my second to last flare up but like you, nobody can see anything. I have no fear about this either, but I don’t understand it.

 

[boughtwithaprice]

Well, MS is incurable, but maybe I was cured anyway. That’s what I don’t understand. My last MRI still showed lesions in my brain and cervical spine and my fingers have been numbish since my second to last flare up but like you, nobody can see anything. I have no fear about this either, but I don’t understand it.

I didn’t understand it either, but my lack of understanding pushed me on.
MS is a demyelinating disease in that our immune systems are turned against us and our own bodies attack and remove myelin from our nerves.
If you think of nerves as wires, the myelin is the coating on the outside of the wire, like the rubber surrounding an electric cord. The myelin coats the nerve and allows the electric signal to reach its target.
Without myelin, the electric signal is short circuited and does not travel the length of the nerve. The same thing would happen if we used non insulated wires and had bare copper exposed all through our houses. It would be short circuited and our appliances would not run
The human body is different in that is keeps growing. If wires lose insulation you see some with tape on them. The human body covers the exposed wires or nerves with scar tissue this is called sclerosis
Some times myelin can regrow and the immune attack from our body stops. This is why we get attacks and relief. A series of attacks results in sclerosis and myelin cannot regrow. The symptoms are like an attack that never ends

The reason that it is incurable is it is our own immune system that is attacking is. This is called autoimmunity. The most old name was horror autotoxicus, because people thought that it would be a horror if our bodies attacked themselves, and some of us say it is. No fun to be blind even if for a week or so. The new medicines turn off our immune system so it does not attack us.

There are many theories as to what brings it on. MS is unheard of in the tropics and the prevalence of the disease gets greater the farther north we go. Almost all Canadians know a relative with MS. In Jamaica it is very rare
I used to live up north but now I live in Texas and today is 97 degrees blue skies and I hear the old line from the movie “Trading Places”. Looking good Valentine! Feeling good Lewis! Just got back from a trip to the desert southwest. New Mexico and Arizona, beautiful country highly recommend a visit


Will pray for you. Stay strong and close to God, His grace is sufficient for you

 

[FaithT]

I didn’t understand it either, but my lack of understanding pushed me on.
MS is a demyelinating disease in that our immune systems are turned against us and our own bodies attack and remove myelin from our nerves.
If you think of nerves as wires, the myelin is the coating on the outside of the wire, like the rubber surrounding an electric cord. The myelin coats the nerve and allows the electric signal to reach its target.
Without myelin, the electric signal is short circuited and does not travel the length of the nerve. The same thing would happen if we used non insulated wires and had bare copper exposed all through our houses. It would be short circuited and our appliances would not run
The human body is different in that is keeps growing. If wires lose insulation you see some with tape on them. The human body covers the exposed wires or nerves with scar tissue this is called sclerosis
Some times myelin can regrow and the immune attack from our body stops. This is why we get attacks and relief. A series of attacks results in sclerosis and myelin cannot regrow. The symptoms are like an attack that never ends

The reason that it is incurable is it is our own immune system that is attacking is. This is called autoimmunity. The most old name was horror autotoxicus, because people thought that it would be a horror if our bodies attacked themselves, and some of us say it is. No fun to be blind even if for a week or so. The new medicines turn off our immune system so it does not attack us.

There are many theories as to what brings it on. MS is unheard of in the tropics and the prevalence of the disease gets greater the farther north we go. Almost all Canadians know a relative with MS. In Jamaica it is very rare
I used to live up north but now I live in Texas and today is 97 degrees blue skies and I hear the old line from the movie “Trading Places”. Looking good Valentine! Feeling good Lewis! Just got back from a trip to the desert southwest. New Mexico and Arizona, beautiful country highly recommend a visit


Will pray for you. Stay strong and close to God, His grace is sufficient for you

Thanks! I’ll pray for you, too.