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Similar situation here. I have M.S. and two years ago had to go on SSD. The benefit to me (and slightly bothers her is that because of the MS I get no illnesses... no common flues, no colds, few if any head aches.
My wife is regularly sickened by my yearly physicals because the report is so favorable to me. The supercharged M.S. immune system also means cuts and other damage to me heals VERY quickly. The says she is amazed all the time. Even when I had my gallbladder out 2 years before her operation, she was floored by how good natured I was through the very serious operation (with complications) and the quick recovery afterwards.
We live in the Hbg PA area and normally vacation at Cape May. Almost all of our relatives are in the Philly area. So where are you located?
I was born with some rather strange sensory processing quirks or disorders. I did OK even being one eye functional all my life till I hit about 36 years old and it went down fast. I went about three years diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder even though I was having myoclonic seizure activity in my upper extremities. It effects my balance, mood, concentration, tolerances to certain sounds and visual stimulation and seizures is the end result.
First major attack was on the interstate at 75 MPH. I didn't know where I was, why I was there, where I was going, or how long I'd been there. It was a brain fog. My wife bless her heart saw me and screamed what's wrong? LOL. Harmless I would learn later but highly unnerving until I learned to head it of as much as possible. Like I said it won't kill me but they can't fix it but simply treat it.
Much of it is Inner Ear and from Inner ear to brain related. I have my physical strength except when I have a bad day with seizure activity and that drains me if I can't head it off soon enough. Considering what they were looking for initially in MRI, EEG, and CAT SCANS, that were all negative I consider myself lucky.