MS is a blessing? Double you, tea, eff! (a small rant)

So I just finished this great book by Marlo Donato Parmelee, called 'Awkward Bitch:My life with MS'. If you have a kindle, buy it! It's a few bucks. It is a true story about the author's journey to discovering that she had MS and how she dealt with it. There were definitely parts of the book that I could relate to, and I would LOL at times. Her MS is different to mine and from what I read, I am extremely lucky (so far - knock on wood x 3). It was very funny and is probably the best book I have read in a long time.

Okay, let's be honest here. I hate reading. I like books with pictures. BUT I have read a few in my time, and I really struggled to put this one down. I bought it and started it last year, and kind of forgot about it over Christmas and all that crap. Then once I started my blog, I picked it back up, well I picked up my kindle and turned it on.

ANYWAY, this is not First Tuesday Book Club!

I wanted to try and find similar books. MS stories that weren't all doom and gloom, woe is me, the end is nigh, blah. I really enjoyed the humour of 'Awkward Bitch'. Surely there are other reads like it! Even stories of individuals with other chronic illnesses! I found comfort in knowing that others in a similar situation shared the same thoughts and frustrations. Anyway...as I was saying, surely there are other reads like this one...

Think again.

I sat in bed, so very disappointed that I had finished the book. So I searched for others on my kindle.

There was all the usual crap about diet and all about being healthy, books for medical professionals, all sciencey and shit etc.

I then began noticing some book titles that really troubled me. I found one titled, 'Blessed With MS: How God Used Multiple Sclerosis to Save My Life' and another, 'Our Blessing...Multiple Sclerosis'.

It really fucked me off. Am I being completely judgemental about other people's stories of MS? Perhaps. But c'mon! (Sorry if you are offended by my reaction, but I just wonder how many vulnerable people these books have sucked in. It really doesn't wash well with me, obviously)

Having MS is NOT a blessing.

The end.