Here's the Thing: Strange Excitement

The FedEx truck driver stopped by and made a delivery this morning.

I received my MS "drug therapy" in the mail today; a three month supply to be taken subcutaneously (as an injection) every other day. I'm not sure why I get excited as if I'd received a Christmas surprise package at my door, but I do! One of the things I remember my neurologist saying on the day I was diagnosed after I asked him if I had to use any kind of drug is, "I've been a neurologist a long time and before the drug therapies came out we treated the symptoms with steroids, then we treated the side-effects of the steroids with other drugs. It was a vicious cycle. So, no, you don't have to take any of the drug therapies, but I've seen the effects of not doing anything, and I've seen the effects of taking them and I suggest we do something."

After much turmoil and many tears, I opted for a drug therapy which cost us almost $10,000 (a credit card panic) in one year and the results were not worth a dollar! I then changed to a different injectable, was able to receive some financial assistance through a Foundation and though I'm not running any marathons (and MS is an unpredictable disease) I am feeling much better about therapy choice. So yeah, it's a blessing to get my 3 month supply of drugs through a FedEx delivery. I'm thankful in a strange excited way!

Side Note: MS may not be my favorite subject, but it is a reality and I've experienced God's grace and a thankfulness (not perfectly constant thankfulness, mind you) through this disappointing and frustrating disease. I continue to fall upon His mercy!

Side Note II: Did you know that Cast Away is one of my favorite films? I wonder how Chuck Noland, the character played by Tom Hanks, would have used a box of 42 injections if that FedEx box had washed to shore on his island. Do you ever wonder stuff like that?