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This is the story of a ham and egger. A close friend of mine uses that term quite often and his definition of a ham and egger is someone who's out in the real world grunting out a living. I wish I could say I'm rich and famous but I'm not. I'm just like 95% of the population out there grunting out a living with one exception. In 1991 I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It's hard to believe it's been 16 years. I love to talk and when you're reading this if it seems like I'm rambling from one topic to another I probably am. That's a part of my MS called disinhibition.
I love to have fun and I've been told I have a great personality. I'm very honest and trustworthy. I would give the shirt off my back to someone that needed it. This summer was 16 years since my diagnosis and I'm still out there grunting! At times I get down but I don't stay that way very long. There is so much to do in life. If you can get over the fact that you're going to be doing those things sitting down helps you accept your disease. In my articles I want to explain MS and some of my MS symptoms. I'm now considered secondary progressive which means I'm only going to get worse.
I'm 48 now and I can trace my symptons back to at least 1980. I've had this disease in my body for half of my life. I remember when I was a little boy growing up in Rochester, Minnesota. A public service announcement on TV (this was the 60's) showed people in wheelchairs with the tag line, "MS, the crippler of young adults". I don't think that tag line would work well these days in our politically correct world but back then it was OK. I myself was diagnosed at the age of 33. It's ironic that I now have the disease and I can still remember that public service announcement 40 years ago.
MS is a very humbling disease. When a man has to buy his first pair of Depends underwear at the age of 47 you are HUMBLED! Believe me your ARE humbled. My friend Eric was going into Fargo one day and I asked him to pick me up a bag of Depends just to see what he would say. He's 39, laughed, and said "no thanks, I can't do that! I gave him some grief and then laughed with him. When your 4-year old can run faster than you you're humbled. People with diseases like MS just have to adjust their lives accordingly.
When I finally went in to see a neurologist in 1991 I was unsure what the heck was wrong with me. I had eyesight problems, numbness and tingling all over my body, I was having trouble urinating, I wasn't sleeping too well, I had a slight limp and a myriad of other small problems happening to my body. What could be wrong with me I asked? It had taken me a year to get in to see an eye doctor and it would be another 3-6 months before I finally had the diagnosis I was looking for. Believe it or not by the end I was actually relieved that I had MS! I didn't know what course it would take but at least I had a name for all my symptoms. I also knew that I didn't have a stroke, cancer, ALS, or any other major problem. I had been on a roller coaster ride for over a year wondering what was wrong but now I knew!
In the past 3 years my MS has taken my legs from me hence the title of my ebook. I can only walk 100 feet before I start looking for a chair to sit down on. I also have severe fatigue which can come on at anytime and anywhere. My fatigue is really more debilitating that my walking! Stay tuned for more articles.
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Jon Wegner is a 49 year old resident of a small town close to Fargo, ND. He's lived there for four years after being a lifelong Minnesotan. Jon now rides a three wheel electric scooter to get around. He can be seen scooting all over his little town. Jon's website, ebook, FREE newsletter and articles can be found at www.mymsbookandnewsletter.com Sign up for his monthly newsletter and get info on MS and disabilities. Jon's ebook sells for $7 on his website.
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