For those of you who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis the first thought
                may have been;
                "No, it’s a mistake", "Not me", "Why me".
                The reaction may have been one of numbness, shock, and/or denial.

                M.S. is a troublesome disease and it can cause some barriers to us in that we will
                find it more difficult to do things that we once found easy. The thing that we need
                to realise is that we need to grab hold of what we can do and the things we cannot
                do we should think about alternatives. Talk to friends, relatives, counsellors, other
                people with MS, and read about how to make life more manageable. Join a social
                group, contribute to the group, do something that you can participate in. I myself
                am involved in helping people with their paper tole pictures and I get together with
                friends to do cross-stitch. I have entered some of my work in the local agricultural
                shows in the craft sections. The best thing I have found in life is to feel that I have
                accomplished something, that I have brought a smile to somebodies face.

                Even the most debilitated people have something that they can do. I know of a
                lady who was restricted to an iron lung and could not move. She asked her family
                to place the photographs of people to pray for where she could see them and she
                asked them to make a list of prayer points and put that where she could see it. She
                found release from her restriction by finding something worthwhile to do. We can
                do the same.

                If you are feeling depressed - try putting some quiet music on the CD, on the radio,
                or record player, close your eyes and think of everything that you enjoy or are
                blessed with.  Everything you are thankful for.

                Sunset, Sunrise, Nature, The beach, The forest, Rainbows, Flowers, Friends, Family,
                Rain, Cool Weather, Snow….anything and everything.

Objectives & Aims ¨ To encourage and provide opportunities for all people in the ACT to take an active interest in all aspects of MS. ¨ To promote and maintain relationships with other organisations actively interested in the furtherance of the needs and treatment of those with MS. ¨ To promote research into the causes and treatment of MS. ¨ To encourage and assist those with MS, their families and friends to cope with their problems, and to work with established professional and welfare authorities to this end. ¨ To encourage and assist those with MS to become self-sufficient. ¨ To actively pursue various methods to inform and educate persons not affected by MS, as well as those with MS, of the everyday practical difficulties associated with MS. ¨ To establish and maintain whatever administrative facilities or organisational structure is necessary to pursue the objectives and aims of the Society.

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