The young person's guide to MS Why me? Why my family?
Sometimes there will be days when life just doesn't seem fair. Maybe you can't go out with your mates because your help is needed at home, or you've had to cancel a family day out again because your parent isn't feeling well. At times like this, you might think why did it have to be you who has a parent with MS?
It is natural to feel like this occasionally. In fact you'll find that everybody feels like this when life isn't going quite how they planned it, or expected it to be.
Danny wrote this poem describing his feelings about MS:
Cruel attacker
Outing stopper
Horrible geezer
Family splitter
Body spreader
Good feeling destroyer
Person hurter
Everyone hater
Worldwide heartbreaker
Seeing people preventer
Danny, 11
"It is hard. The children who make fun of my mum don't know how hard it is. I want a miracle cure for my mum."
Lily, 11
"When I get upset I don't think it is fair how my mum is and all my friends' parents are normal and can do most things they want."
Emma, 13
"I sometimes feel jealous of my friends who have parents that don't have MS."
Sophie, 12