Tuesday 6 September 2016

FOUR

My MS has officially reached its fourth anniversary.

The other day I was talking to one of my cousins and they informed me that one of their friends had just passed from cancer. It was after a conversation we were having in which discussed how we felt sorry for ourselves for having an illness or being in an unfortunate condition.
It was after that point that I rechecked my thinking towards MS and remembered that as much as I hate it sometimes, I am thankful that it is "just" MS.

Unfortunately it isn't always sunshine and butterflies with many diseases. But I really can only tell you about MS. It is hard and frustrating some days. Some days it plays a huge part in my life. Other days I only notice it for some parts of the day.
In saying that I am thankful....

That I can wake up every morning in my own bed. Not the hospital.
That I can eat food without puking. Cause my treatment makes me nauseous.
That I can walk on my own. And my diseased hasn't progressed so I cannot.
That I can still work. Even though it's often only part time.
That I can look after myself. Most of the time. ;)


I am thankful that I have been healthy enough to keep living my life. And living as full as I can. Going on adventures, car trips, camping trips, cabin trips, wake surfing, playing sports, maintaining friendships.

So yesterday marked my fourth year having MS. It scares me to think that fourty years down the road it won't be this well managed. But maybe then they'll have found a cure. I don't know what the future will bring. And it does terrify me especially when I think about getting married, having kids, supporting myself and possible family  and thinking about how this disease will affect every part of that.

 I have so much to be thankful for. And all I really can do is live each day the best I can. 
"Live life full"


 Spend great moments with people you love. 
That was this "fourth" year of MS.

Great moments with people I love! 

Thursday 1 September 2016

Approx. 12,000km later...

So I've been doing lots of travelling since I last posted. Lots of things have changed in my life. I am feeling like I'm in limbo.

End of June I took a trip to the Yukon. Which has always been a dream of mine. I had a blast! My roommate and I explored, drove TONS! It is a decent trek from Fort Nelson. But the trip started out fantastic.
Driving through the Northern Rockies this is what we encountered... Driving through a rain storm into a sunset and this is what you get!

After we got to Whitehorse we camped along the Yukon River. 
It was a very neat trip. I then joined my roommate to keep him company on his drive/move to Manitoba. New experience for me again. Never driven past Edmonton, AB. Very prairie like. Flat. Canola fields. NO MOUNTAINS. Which is not a world I would like to live in. 


 
After that I flew Vancouver for an MS appointment. Eventually back to Fort Nelson, worked a set. Packed up my life into a small UHaul trailer, hooked it up to my 4Runner. And spent the next 4 days driving down to Abbotsford to move in with my parents. 
However, I did get to drive the Cassiar Highway. Which I hear is beautiful. I couldn't tell you, it rained the ENTIRE way! Socked in, couldn't see more than the bottom 200 feet of the mountains. 
Just rain and fog. 

I then got to Abbotsford, unpacked, repacked my car and went on a road trip to Vancouver Island with a great friend. We unfortunately didn't make the connection to our trip and August long weekend. Which if you didn't know, means there are ZERO campsites available. Which meant roadside camping in the back of my 4Runner. Which is great btw. 



 
The island is beautiful, but not a place I would like to live. 

So after that, I believe it has been about 12,000km in the last 2.5 months driven. It was my sisters wedding. Which was beautiful and a very nice day. 

Aren't they cute?

On a side note, I gave a fantastic speech, got lots of laughs and did have a lovely time dancing with family and friends at the end of the night. 

As for my life at the moment?

I'm kinda stuck in between worlds... looking for jobs, applied, had an interview, but waiting for them to call me back. It's a really awful feeling actually. I don't like waiting much. Especially waiting on jobs as I continue to spend more and more money. Its a terrible balance. ;)

As for health?

I've been doing alright. You would like with nothing going on in my life now I would have less stress.. but its creeping up nicely these days as I wait for a job. But until then I guess all I can continue to do is play and have as much fun as I can...

Like go exploring more...hang out with friends, go hiking. Oh yeah, and MOVE TO HOPE, BC. 
I guess I can move out of the north. But good luck getting me out of a small town...