I’ll Run Again in Heaven 2

MS is a debilitating disease of the central nervous system. It can affect every part of your body because there are nerves throughout your body. For some reason and doctors don’t know why but the body of a person with MS literally attacks itself. If you looked at the x-rays of my brain and spinal cord you’d see little white spots which are called plaque. Myelin is the protective sheath over the nerves like the rubber around an electrical wire. Your brain sends a signal to do something and the myelin keeps the signal going where it has to go. When scarring or plaque occurs on the myelin it interrupts the signal from the brain and sends the signal somewhere else.

An example of how the plaque affects me is this. When I have to urinate I now catheter myself. The signal from my brain to my bladder to release my urine gets short circuited. I could stand in front of a urinal until hell freezes over and I would never urinate. Not even a drop. I’m not sure where the signal goes but the catching works great for me! This is another example. The signal from my brain to pick up my feet when I walk doesn’t fully get there so I’m always sliding my feet when I walk.

Sometimes when I start walking too fast I lose my balance and sometimes I trip and fall. I have a lot of black and blue marks on my body. I also have large calluses on the bottoms of my feet from all the sliding. What is so funny is that with everything considered my life is good and things could be worse!