“I told my son that his mother was no longer going to be the one she used to be”

On December 14, 2018, At the age of 32, Lara González learned that she suffered from multiple sclerosis. The alarm had gone off about 15 days before when he noticed a tingling in his hands that he initially attributed to the cold but that, far from disappearing, lasted for a week and spread to his feet.

Sunday of that same week he was working when suddenly his vision blurred and he freaked out. It was then that they took her to the hospital and although at first the doctors told her that it could be stress, this woman from Vigo affirms that the next day she again manifested all the symptoms “multiplied by ten”.

After an MRI and a lumbar puncture, two days later Lara González already knew the name of her illness and explained that “I didn’t know what I was facing and I only asked the doctor two questions: if I was going to die and if it was hereditary, in case my children could suffer it. The positive part compared to other cases was that since I debuted with very strong outbreaks and so often, in just two weeks I already knew the diagnosis ”.

Her roommate, who was facing metastatic breast cancer and who died last summer as a result of it, did not stop encouraging her at any time and Before being discharged, he contacted the Viguesa Association of Multiple Sclerosis of Pontevedra (Avempo), of which he is currently part of the board of directors. González says that “for me and my family they were a fundamental pillar. They have an incredible team of workers. ”

Day to day with your children

Lara Gonzalez left the hospital with hemiparesis, with mobility of the right part of the body disabled, and her only thought was what was going to happen when her children saw her enter the house. Upon arrival, he sat down with the oldest in his room and was moved to remember that “I told him that Mom was never going to be the same again, but I promised her it would be better.”

Since then, his oldest son learned to put the washing machine or button his sister’s uniform because Lara has no sensitivity in her hands and a 70% loss of vision in one eye, and they have even visited the Avempo headquarters because, as indicated by this woman from Vigo, “I wanted them to know what their mother’s reality is, that any day she can stay in a wheelchair after an outbreak or that she can then go back to walking with crutches” .

In your home and in your life Many things have changed since the end of 2018: some friends have fallen away, he had to quit his job… but this woman from Vigo affirms that she is “lucky”, because her family has remained “more united than ever”.