Ha ha, Izzybell, your post has made me laugh out loud and prompted me to pull my finger out and tell my parents.
Over the phone as we live 150 miles apart and life is very busy.
The deed is done, my mum and dad both took it as best at they could at the time. I reassured them throughout the phone call. My mother told me not to dwell on it, put it to the back of mind and not look it up on the internet as it will make it worse. I did tell her that thats bad advice as I want and need as much knowledge as possible to be best prepared for future possibilities. Its not like looking up a random bunch of symptoms to self diagnose. I had to keep telling her I had been diagnosed but its okay. Perhaps a little in denial.
My dad, I could hear in his voice that he was worried, a short chat and he quickly passed me over to my mother. He noticed my poor walking skills when we were were out walking the dog a year or so ago.
They will be fine in the long run not nice, now I am a little worried for them. They will get over it though.
I have also told my boss (I knew he wouldn’t be an arse) and I work for local government and I have been humbled by the support offered to me.
Its all good. I think I processed the possibility of having MS when it was first mentioned to me during tests, I was emotional and angry for quite a while.Then I was angry with myself for being so emotional and angry over something that hadn’t been realised yet. Perhaps i’m still in shock from the diagnosis? Time will tell!
Wonder if the Mamas and the Papas ‘California dreamin’ going round in my head is relevant in any way. Probably not.
Nikki