It is hard Ruth. My daughter has been treated terribly by her dad. You’d not believe me if I told you half of it, but he regularly vanishes with no trace, breaks her heart and returns to do it again and I’m not allowed to do anything according to my solicitor even though he’s kept up no correspondence, maintenance or terms from our divorce. I expected him to do nothing but help her.
Long story but she’s now 16 and neither trusts or respects him. I avoided answering any questions until she was 13 and being counselled as she felt he left because of her. He started contacting her about 8 months ago because his wife left him, but she realizes now that I’m not the bad beggar, I’m the only constant in her life and she’s grateful for me not slagging him off.
Your daughter will understand but it’s a long wait. Just love her but please don’t be frightened of getting help for her if she needs it later. I wish I’d recognised the signs earlier. Good luck for your court case, he’s obviously quite insensitive and spiteful and won’t make it easy. Make sure he does right by you and your children, I wish I’d been able to but you can’t sue the invisible.
Hi Ruth, I am newly diagnosed. It is a lot to take in but my friends and family are brilliant. I struggle with walking and spasticity and am just about to buy my first mobility scooter after trying one out on holiday. Bizzarly, it is a lot of fun!
Hi kwbeanz welcome to the site, haven’t seen you before, apologies if you’ve been on and my memory’s failed me (unfortunately that’s not uncommon). Good luck with the shopping, please let us know how you get on.
Hi Ruth, I am newly diagnosed. It is a lot to take in but my friends and family are brilliant. I struggle with walking and spasticity and am just about to buy my first mobility scooter after trying one out on holiday. Bizzarly, it is a lot of fun!
Nice to meet everyone!
[/quote] Hi kwbeanz and welcome to that gang! We are always very happy to have a new member. To start a new thread, just come onto the PPMS boardroom and click on the ‘new thread’ button. Great to hear you are getting a mobility scooter. Honestly don’t know how I’d manage without mine. Give yourself a bit of time to get the hang of it. The first few times I was terribly nervous and self conscious and thought I’d never get used to it. Then one day I arrived home and realised I’d been all round the shops, stopped for coffee and had really had a brilliant time… and never looked back! You’ll find this board a great help… we discuss anything on here and really support each other so welcome aboard and see you on here soon. Pat x
Hi everyone, nice to met you. I am newly diagnosed (about 3/4 weeks) so haven’t posted on the PPMS section before. It is still sinking in but now looking for ways to make life easier as I am really struggling with mobility just now.
I have ordered the scooter now - the Pride Go Go Elite Traveller Plus 4
It should arrive in the middle of the week! Very excitedand would definitely recommend taking this plunge. So much easier.
Good to hear from you and very much looking forward to talking to you all in the future :0)
Good for you in taking control by getting a scooter, this will enable you to keep your independence and enjoy your freedom, as well as conserving energy.
I use an indoor/outdoor powerchair and have done for many years now, and would be totally lost without it, I am sure yiu will find your scooter beneficial.
If you do require any adaptions at home, contact your OT to give assistance, and if you dont have one, ask your gp to refer you.
Hope you’re coming to terms with your new identity…6 months post dx, I find that just sitting and watching rather than playing is actually rather fun. How I giggled at the Dads in the LadsvDads match…that was me some years ago!
Hi kwbeanz, great to have you in the gang. You can’t have found a better place than this board, we’re all here to support each other and you won’t get better advice anywhere. Hope you’re coping ok… It takes time and the best advice I can give is to take it one day at a time. Don’t try and think ahead of your MS… You won’t get all the symptoms listed and you’ll get some that will surprise you… So get to know your own MS. You will soon be your own expert. So glad you got a mob scooter… Freedom and independence! Bye for now and see you on here again soon, Pat xx
