tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923010234419515608.post6503006870192085747..comments2008-09-24T15:20:23.705-07:00Comments on Shaken...not stirred: I will fight...ms bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14622851767301388672noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923010234419515608.post-52767251255073324942008-01-19T06:03:00.000-08:002008-01-19T06:03:00.000-08:00I am flattered! And Batman inspires me too. I love...I am flattered! And Batman inspires me too. I love the man. Plus you gave me a new response and that is awesome. "I partake in a form of passive resistance when it comes to my condition" "MS just means my legs are resisting the power my brain has exercised over them after many years of oppression." "Think of infections as terrorist attacks against the body, my immune system as the resistance, and my rogue white blood cells as the elite resistance force." and when that fails..."I am resisting the urge to hurt you"ms bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622851767301388672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923010234419515608.post-28781485973370991522008-01-17T13:13:00.000-08:002008-01-17T13:13:00.000-08:00Oh suck! I just realized I read your post like a ...Oh suck! I just realized I read your post like a week and a half ago and then it came out again as if I had thought it up myself. Crap! Oops, well they say that imitation is the best form of flattery and subconsciously, what you said here was resonating with me (and I was watching a lot of Batman Begins that day and think, "How come I can throw myself off buildings after saying dramatic statements.....oh yeah, cause I'm sick and don't do that stuff anymore"). <BR/><BR/>So....er....thanks to you in planting the seed which blossomed into what looks for at least one paragraph of my post today like....plagerism (but wasn't honest!).Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923010234419515608.post-43744873514728101442008-01-15T09:06:00.000-08:002008-01-15T09:06:00.000-08:00I enjoy your writing. You write very well. I can r...I enjoy your writing. You write very well. I can relate to your situation. My niece has MS and is a 6th grade school teacher. She is having a tough time with it as far as "fighting" it.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180182535837011415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923010234419515608.post-86872048493832490532008-01-12T10:49:00.000-08:002008-01-12T10:49:00.000-08:00I laughed at the last line - also the whole, "You ...I laughed at the last line - also the whole, "You look so healthy" - because I wasn't aware that everyone else knew what Stage X of condition Y is supposed to look like? Or is that just another inane statement. I keep fighting to remain myself, which as you point out so well, is the right to accept my limitations and disability and expect those around me to do so as well. <BR/><BR/>I get the "Don't give in.." all the time too - and my response is "You mean there is someone I can surrender to? Great! Where are they! I want give up! Let me join the opposition!" (the people who say the first statement find this less than humorous) - or When my particularly competant but rather stern care worker says, "Are you going to live through the night or am I going to have to slap you?" And I pretend to think and then say, "I'll take option C"<BR/><BR/>Good - I am glad you are fighting to be a person instead of whatever it is they want you to be (Can't 'they go hike a mountain or run a marathon...and leave you alone?)Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.com