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Offline agate

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MS as premature aging?
« on: May 18, 2018, 06:41:42 am »

I retired at 39 and  have been disabled by MS for the last three decades.  Many years ago it seemed to me that MS was a form of premature aging, at least for me. Now that I'm one of the older people and listen to aging people who don't have MS complain about their ailments, I realize that I've already been through many of the impairments they're talking about (failing vision and hearing, memory issues, easy fatigue, bladder control problems, loss of balance, frequent falls, etc.).

In some ways aging has been a piece of cake for me, so far. Been there, done that already. And I feel a tiny bit superior every time people in their 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s complain about their need for a walker or a wheelchair or their failing vision as if it's the end of the world for them. I wonder why they're acting as if this is such a major tragedy. They have the attitude of someone exclaiming "Gee, this CAN'T be happening to ME!"

 I want to say, "Welcome to the club."





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