Patients who suffer from MS and their loved ones have to learn an important skill in order to survive: coping with MS. Coping with multiple sclerosis is absolutely critical if they are to make it from day to day. You may wonder what exactly this skill entails. My response is that coping with MS means making a number of psychological, physical and other adjustments. These adjustments help MS patients and their loved ones to live as productive a life as is possible with multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis does not present the exact same way in every patient. Some patients’ symptoms are mild while other patients experience severe symptoms. Additionally, some patients respond well to MS medication while others don’t. Thus, some patients will experience debilitation as a result of MS and will be unable to complete tasks or participate in activities as they previously did. Others will only endure …