World MS Day
Today is World MS Day. There will be events all across the world to raise awareness about the disease, to highlight the effects of multiple sclerosis on people suffering from it, to set up avenues for afflicted individuals to avail funds for medicines, medical care services and other medical assistance equipment, to recognise and celebrate support networks and, in general, bring out into the open, a host of matters related to MS. Thinking about all this brought a sudden thought to my mind: when will it be a time when this day will not hold any meaning for me? When will it be just another day, like most other days of the year, that just pass by and are forgotten? I really do not have an answer to this and I fervently wish I did. I do not like this feeling at all. Earlier in the month I got an MRI done, after a gap of almost five years. Because I do not take any allopathic medication, all of which are Disease Modifying Drugs or DMDs with severe side effects, my previous neurologist ...