Winners never quit….
What can be so frustrating is when “others” on the outside say things like
“Why don’t you just”…
Or the pain will go away if you …
“Take one of those”, or “do that instead”.
The answer from their point of view is staring them right in the face, so they shake their heads and look so confused.
What they are seeing, but not genuinely understanding is that the obvious answer is only one that provides temporary relief.Yes it would make things better initially but within a short period, the relief of pain will become “the norm” meaning the easing of the extreme pain will gradually increase from acceptable pain with drug use back to extreme pain needing a bigger dosage of the drugs.What 99% of people do is simply go with the obvious answer and do not want to consider that addressing a symptom is simply a temporary answer.The way I see it is that the pain and frustration has to be accepted, while I go about the process of treating the genuine cause.Unfortunately this way means that the symptoms are still there, the pain and discomfort are no better initially, but slowly and surely the actual cause is being addressed.Sadly there’s no “quick fix” as there would be if a pharmaceutical drug was used.In my particular situation I honestly believe that 99% of my MS symptoms have gone, it’s mainly weak muscles, the weakness is being exacerbated because of the knee damage caused 3 years ago after my fall. Meaning being confined to bed/chair has meant muscle wastage in my legs.Having a special hospital bed would mean I’m not putting pressure on my butt for 24 hrs every day. But it would also mean I wouldn’t be bending my legs as much and losing thebrain/muscle connection. The muscles and joints just forget what was normal in standing, flexing and stretching, so blood and oxyhaemoglobin (oxygen) become strangers and it becomes increasingly more difficult or impossible to do what healthy people think of as normal.So I’m persevering with my method of not getting a hospital bed and coping with extreme pain in my left butt cheek, and yes it is extreme, its like being constantly sat on a drawing pin 📌 or occasionally the bigger ones causing more pain.I have no doubt whatsoever that I will genuinely find permanent relief and be walking again soon. I’ve given myself a challenge that by this coming June or July that I’ll be walking, with a frame initially yes, but walking.The title of this post is Winners never quit, that’s because,Quitters never win and I’m not a quitter…