aimeeb1963

I agree with the ma'm and sir, I wish they'd do the same! I think Honey is demeaning and in such an intimate setting as medicine, introduce yourself and let them know who you are and what you do! You deserve respect, too.

I have been diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting MS and been a nurse less than 1 year. I had a suspicion for many years that there was something a little off, but did not get a full blown episode until summer 06, while I was relaxing after working full time and attending nursing school full time for a year. Imagine that! I don't tell anyone that I have MS. When you tell people that you have a chronic disease, they don't trust you to be professional and they think that you're mentally challenged! It's nobody's business anyway! My husband, a former paramedic for 18 years, had a freakout, but he's OK now and getting educated. But my coworkers don't know. One friend and my therapist and my neuro are the only ones who know. I am in a drug trial for an oral agent, which, thanks to MS (!) I can't remember the name of, I think it's Fingolimod. I still have a lot of symptoms, nothing too debilitating, but I didn't want to go to an injectable (and I'm a nurse!) and there's nothing else on the market right now. So I applaud all of you nurses who are working with some tough symptoms, good for you! I hate being a guinea pig, but I hope that what I am doing will help someone else down the road.