Let me introduce myself. I won’t use my name because I’m still debating who I want to tell about my diagnosis. I will tell you that I am “perfect.” I am the classic Type A, over-achieving, perfectionist that some people admire and others just can’t stand. I eat right, exercise, make a pretty good living, and am successful in almost everything I do. I am the queen of trying to help others– some may say I have a “Savior Complex.”

I think this is the primary reason I was diagnosed with MS. I was STRESSED. I was running around trying to be all things to everyone else, except myself. I was so stressed that my body finally said “ENOUGH!!! YOU. MUST. STOP. DOING. THIS. TO. YOURSELF.”

Many people had been trying to get me to slow down, but I wouldn’t listen. I thought “That’s lazy man speak. These people just don’t understand what it means to be driven.” What I didn’t understand is that they were right. I was destroying myself, slowly but surely.

So I am looking at my MS diagnosis as an absolute blessing from the Universe. There are very few things that would have stopped me in my tracks like this. Now the Universe has my attention. I have slowed down and started to put everything into perspective. There’s nothing that’s that serious that it’s worth my health. I am now practicing extreme self care, and that is a very, very, very great blessing.

Thank you God for the message. I hear you loudly and clearly.