tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post2385541020296182359..comments2024-01-29T11:48:55.990-07:00Comments on Dave's ActiveMSers Blog: Rewriting Your MS HistoryDave Bexfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372910409976557944noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-36312920017992099632013-05-09T17:05:50.717-06:002013-05-09T17:05:50.717-06:00Niko and Anon, it is interesting how MS can change...Niko and Anon, it is interesting how MS can change us, often for the better... Heck, what if that bus that *just* missed the MS you (walking slowly into the street), plowed into the fully healthy you and put you into an early grave as you got out into traffic a wee too fast. Dramatic and cliche, but you never know. And why are folks always randomly killed by a bus? Oh, life's mysteries.Dave Bexfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372910409976557944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-6976768489504580482013-05-05T17:11:57.656-06:002013-05-05T17:11:57.656-06:00Obviously if I could change some things to not hav...Obviously if I could change some things to not have gotten MS, I would have. But at the same time, I'm not sure I would have been able to become the person I am today, whom I love, and though my plans for the future have changed, I am going on to doing EXACTLY what I want to do, all thanks to the changes I've made in my life since my diagnosis. :)Nikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819160474560434175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-48023881883298036712013-05-04T19:32:46.325-06:002013-05-04T19:32:46.325-06:00I hit all the factors, living in the wrong place, ...I hit all the factors, living in the wrong place, had the virus, but one of the pros out the MS nightmare, I have found out just what determination and stubbornness can make you do. I have done things I shouldn't be able to and it has taught me determination will make you get up each day and make the most of it instead of being sucked into the MS downspin and letting it win.<br />Humor makes dealing with all of the downsides much easier. I have learned to laugh off recovering for near falls as practicing for surfing. Don't let it define you and don't ever lose the sense of humor. Thx Dave for once again reminding of the brighter side of things. your are an inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-60035763572582961262013-04-25T15:13:56.392-06:002013-04-25T15:13:56.392-06:00LWL, I see your point, but I may not have been com...LWL, I see your point, but I may not have been completely clear. I think all of us would remove MS from our pasts if everything else stayed constant. My point was not that MS has changed me as a person (I'm sure it has, it changes all of us), or how my life has changed since being diagnosed, but that if you go back in time and take away the very roots of your MS, your entire past might be erased, too. <br /><br />Let's say it all came down to where you lived when you were 13. Say you grew up in Arizona rather than on the East Coast. (The anti-MS time machine had your parents decide on a move west on your 13th birthday.) Would you rewrite everything after age 13 to rid yourself of this disease? Your adopted kids would not have you as a wonderful dad. You would have never met your amazing wife. You would have gone to different schools, had different friends, everything. <br /><br />It's a huge tradeoff. And most of us would never make such a pact.... Dave Bexfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372910409976557944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-63003326899610769412013-04-25T13:33:41.517-06:002013-04-25T13:33:41.517-06:00I love your "milk out the nose funny" de...I love your "milk out the nose funny" definition of funny. My friends and I differentiate between "Funny haha" and "Funny Hmmmmm."<br /><br />As for would I change my having MS, I would in a half a second. I'd probably be faster, but the darn MS slows my response time for such difficult decisions. In all seriousness, I look at a lot of the physical issues I've dealt with in the past like ripping ligaments playing soccer or having testicular torsion as mere training for how to deal with the pains of MS. I view a lot of my mistakes in the same light now that I make many many more. I view experiences from both categories in a different light in terms of the tolerance I've developed for accepting less than optimal outcomes.<br /><br />This doesn't mean I would chose to play this great game of life with a mental hand tied behind my back handicap. Unless this MS is preparing for something else to come, I'd just assume pass. None of this keeps me from appreciating the benefits MS has given me in terms of empathy with my medically fragile kids or the sense of needing to fill each day and appreciate the things I have and can do. No, I'm not saying MS has given me nothing worth noting. I would like to think what it has given me, I was already on route to possessing.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388551733433839836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-25181588261420884122013-04-23T18:02:43.421-06:002013-04-23T18:02:43.421-06:00Dave I don't know how my name came up as gimp ...Dave I don't know how my name came up as gimp Paul. I usually go by fat Paul or Jeff. I have more names than a New Yorker in Rio Rancho.gimp paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136589075068512613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-31343957992684648192013-04-23T14:57:45.951-06:002013-04-23T14:57:45.951-06:00gimp paul, I cross-posted your comment to Facebook...gimp paul, I cross-posted your comment to Facebook and Twitter. Perfectly said... and yummy!Dave Bexfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372910409976557944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-65830011218947869372013-04-23T13:00:40.348-06:002013-04-23T13:00:40.348-06:00No, I would not change a thing (including MS). It ...No, I would not change a thing (including MS). It all goes into a pot and gets stirred and that is our life. Kinda like a wonderful, rich and awesome tasting gumbogimp paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136589075068512613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-82561748032126096722013-04-23T08:43:55.036-06:002013-04-23T08:43:55.036-06:00Another wonderful advantage of getting this diseas...Another wonderful advantage of getting this disease. It ferrets out the weasels! Hope your next pair of love goggles matches your glasses prescription.Dave Bexfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372910409976557944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838498765761167784.post-56675022967223085712013-04-23T02:40:20.094-06:002013-04-23T02:40:20.094-06:00Haha! And if I didn't have MS I might have gon...Haha! And if I didn't have MS I might have gone on to marry an a*hole! (He broke up with me after I was diagnosed). I had 'love goggles' on and didn't see how nasty he could be! <br />Phew! That's the best MS has brought me - saved me from a horrible guy. <br />IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com