This Group Helped Me, I’m Glad I’m Helping Them!

When I was diagnosed with MS back in 2010, the MS Society SA & NT did much to assist me in a variety of different ways. Now, 12 years later, I’m happy to be helping them, by raising funds.

I was inspired by one of the MS physios to set a SMART Goal, and my goal was to walk from home to a particular place, and back home again. Then I extended that goal and added in the idea of doing it to raise some more money for the MS Society SA & NT, this time by inspiring people myself! 

When diagnosed, I couldn’t walk far at all, but now with a medication that helps a lot, I’ve challenged myself to walk to a particular bridge, and home again. 

The distance all up is 5.2 km, which may not seem much to an able bodied person, but for many people with MS, it would be impossible. Since being inspired to do this, I’ve been training by walking almost every day, and I’m getting closer to that target distance. 

If you’d like to read more about this challenge, check out my page: https://www.teammssant.org.au/fundraisers/carolyncordon

Doing things for others is a wonderful thing, and I love wonderful things! If you love wonderful things too, helping me out, well that would sure be a wonderful thing for sure!

The MS Society helps those of us with MS in a wide range of ways. Each person with Multiple Sclerosis is different, with different needs. Helping us takes a lot of money, if you can help, this check out my fundraising page: https://www.teammssant.org.au/fundraisers/carolyncordon/walk-for-wellness

I hope you can help, and if you’d like to know more about my life with MS, leave a comment, I’ll answer your questions!

Disabilities Can Be Life Limiting

Yes, having disabilities can definitely be life limiting, but if you can find supports, the correct ones, they can help you live a great life. I wrote about this subject a bit on another writing platform, you may like to read about how I feel about my life and going well with it.

This a link to that article

I write there about how I am affected by both my deafness, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the two health related things that affect me the most. I realise the things that ‘disable’ me are nowhere as bad as other may have, and I make no claims of being any better than anyone, as I said, I have supports that help me.

These supports are family, friends, government, non-government organisations, and medical. I’ve been collecting up these supports, and appreciating each and every one. My life without these supports would be a sad and sorry life for sure, although I do have the benefit of being a writer, so I can happily amuse myself, for hours if needed, by writing, in a variety of genres.

But being able to get out and about with my writing friends makes being a writer even better, and more connected. And it’s the connections in our lives that add nuance to life, making it better and better, when it all works.

I certainly recommend anyone and everyone should reach out and get involved in what is offered to you! You never know what might work, or what you may like, if you never try them. Things like Peer Support groups can be fantastic groups to help you. At a Peer Support group, you meet up with others who have what you have, and these are the people who totally understand what you’re going through, because they have what you have!

I excited about taking on an MS Peer Support group soon, where I’ll meet up with others with MS, and I’ll be doing some interesting new (I hope) things with them, combining creative writing, which is the thing that most helps me to keep centred, and positive.

I recommend people with a disability do there best to have interests beyond disability, so they can more easily connect with a broader range of people, as well as their peers due to their disability. And you never know, you may find you enjoy teaching ‘non-peers’ about your disability, and they may enjoy learning more about it, with good results for all!

If you have any thoughts about what I’ve written here, I’d love to read about it, why not leave a message!