The Opposite Of Stress - rewritten on march 5 2007 Upgraded Sept 17,2007 - Personal - http://maxpages.com/happymspage/The_Opposite_of

Stress will always do damage and you really don't know in advance where
in your body it will have some effect.I have seen in in many multiple-
sclerosis affected persons.
Some even believe that stress will sprrd up destructive progression.
Personally I have primary progressive MS (PPMS)Everytime I have
a change in progression I have looked back and see what I might have done wrong.
My neuro says I shouldn't think its something I did as that is the way PPMS works
it just comes on without any hepl from me.RET 9/17/07

They have too much thoughts about the future.It sort of reminds me of
the scriptures of the Bible. "What shall we eat , wear or drink'
Then Jesus goes on to say the Gentiles have such worries.Naturally
He is talking with mostly a Jewish croud.

But what He says still applies to us today.Stress or worry invades our
brain and trouble physically follows .It will also happen the same
in non MS people too. The heart patient get worse and arteries clog
faster when the heart patient worries excessively.
With MS things will happen and remember there is little or any thing
we can do any ways.If you take one of the meds recogmended by your
physician,then you have done all you can do.

Some MSers will want to keep shifting meds thinking one will do better
than the one they are on.The switching should only be done when the
medicine isn't right for you and you end up with too many side effects.

My doctor tells me when he has time to discuss his other patients,
as cases but not by names .He will go into the ones that worry a lot
and how it has acted to accelerate the disease.

So really the opposite of stress is calmness under situations that others
would blow their cool.Its all in the attitude.
RET 2007 rewrite

Stress is different in all of us. Our physology in our make up is the
formula for stress or the lack of it. We have all heard of "A" type
personalitys They get stressed the most. While "B" personalities are
more layed back.While the "B" type personality glides through disease easier
they don't fight as much the progression,never the less their rate of
progression isn't any faster than the "A" type.But they accomidate for
it easier.This by it self is worth the lessening of still more stress.
Depression is about equal between "A"s and "B"s It just that the "A"s show
it easier to others.How much chemical damage your stress does is again in your
genes and DNA. No amount of wine will lessen it.5-21-2000
Update Sept 17,2007;
Chemical differences is common in most MSers We tend to have also nerve damage to nerves going to parts of our body that are not muscles,such as organs that sometimes over work or under work.This is also going to add to more fatigue probably.
We should try to keep from worrying about changes in MS as this stress will hurt us too.Mentally moreso than physically.
This is easier to say they to do or stop concerns of further progression. Actually many of us with PPMS develop a attitude that we actually know its coming so we accept it easier.Not all of us with PPMS are so stoic I have heard.
RET 9/17/07

Eileen Lukeman and Richard Tanner

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