Quote Originally Posted by RoadRaven
The most important thing for her is that you act as normal as possible. Talk about her MS, be matter of fact and don't avoid conversations about normal or factual things. The other thing people do is cry, and think thats not ok... but sometimes its just fine. probably not useful if everytime you see her you burst into tears but if you cry with her occasionally, its probably what she needs.
Good advice, RoadRaven. The friends that greet me with a tear in their eye and ask how I'm feeling in a tone of voice that makes it clear they're asking about the MS rather than just the general "how ya doing" drives me bonkers. Makes me think about the MS when I'd rather tell them about strong I feel from the TE Girl's hill training program and the wildflowers I saw over the weekend. For goodness sakes, I'm in better shape than most of them and I plan on staying that way. I don't want hide that I have it because I deal with the reality better if it is part of normal conversation, but I can't deal with hand-wringing either. Thanks for the words of wisdom (now, can you call my neighbor and tell her this?)