MdDS

Why would any physicians office utter these words unless the ultimate outcome was death? I have heard these words more times than I could have ever imagined over the past six years living with chronic rare diseases. Right now, I’m experiencing inflammation of my sternum and rib cage following bilateral rib resection surgery. I’m a chronic pain patient, so I’m used to being uncomfortable. I used to being in pain. So when a physician told me my inflammation pain could be relieved by a round of steroids. If those don’t work, they can inject a steroid into the areas in pain, I was hopeful. I tried the pills for 10 days with no relief. After another 10 days of giving me the run around (we’re still processing the referral), the office assistant at a pain management clinic finally returned my call and said they “couldn’t help me.” I refuse to loose hope and know a doctor will help me. I just can’t fathom telling a patient those words. #Next #TOS #MdDS

Married 16yrs, been good, his being diagnosed explains a lot. I have depression, anxiety, OCD myself. He was recently officially diagnosed in September 2019 and it has been a MAJOR life adjustment for both of us.

#MdDS #ACRONICLE

MdDS a chronicle of an invisible neurological balance disorder

Empathy & raising awareness

Pease no pity

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Try living with & attempting to

Walk with severely altered balance,

Sensations of constant rocking, bobbing, swaying, tumbling,

Balance affected

Disequilibrium, & unsteadiness,

as if walking on a suspension bridge, water bed, trampoline

or

a stormy ship in high seas.

Moving floor sensation earthquake beneath ones feet

severe & noticeable while walking, standing, sitting.

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Associated considerable fatigue.

Life altering

Require support for walking, standing, holding on to walls.

Clumsily handling objects – dropping things

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G forces gravitational pulling downwardly at my bodily being

Brain fog lingering

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Unceasing internal movement sensations as I read

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Adjusting

My new normal

Thankful

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Thus began my eight year journey with MdDS

Neurological testing, CAT scanning, ENT & VNG testing

Ruling - rare disease finding

Less than 20,000 victims world wide

Again

Life altering

Car driving untenable

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Currently 78 years of age

Still ticking

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Eight years with an invisible neurological balance disorder complicating my life.

Pain & imbalance

Accompanying my ever movement.

Walker, wheelchair, impoverished movement

All constant, unrelenting & goading companions.

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Yet I find joy in my most important realities,

My children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, family, journaling,

my memoir sharing group, audio-book reading, computing, viewing

Photo scanning for my family’s visual memoir,

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I pursue multitudes of other delightful endeavors. 

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You see I press on

with this inwardly twisted tangled body trailing relentlessly on. 

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This is the path I am on

This is the road I must travel to get to the place I must go.

Life is still precious

Even when partnered with unwelcomed companions.

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This Is Me - This Is My Life

Thankfully

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This is the road I choose to travel to arrive

at the place where I must go.

-Mary