Life with multiple sclerosis is all about making adjustments. Small changes to make things easier. Convenience over struggle. It’s what coping with chronic disease entails. But I’m not telling you anything you anything you don’t already know. It’s what we do, right? Like my situation lately. Due to an injury during a fall, …
All the time you hear things like the day being National Cheese Day, National Plant-A-Flower Day or National Take-A-Hike Day. It’s crazy. It seems as though EVERYTHING has a national day of its own. June is plumb full of such days. Including many of which pertain to life with multiple sclerosis. Never heard of …
Sometimes you need to take a moment to see where you are. Take in your situation. Realize how lucky you have it. Because there is always someone worse. Recent events changed the party theme for me as I tumbled down our stairs and broke my right collarbone. (Also broke the index finger on my left …
You got me. I apologize. This post is blatantly pathetic. An entry full of shameless self-promotion. Confessing my infidelities, I admit I have been writing for others. And offer the following examples as proof. Please enjoy the fruits of my addiction….. “29 Reasons I’m Thankful for Having MS.” Sure the title …
If you didn’t know, I’m a fairly avid reader. Books, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, pamphlets, cereal boxes, even phone books. Honestly if it has something of interest, I’ll read it. Reading is knowledge, right? So just last week I found myself immersed in the Winter edition of MS Focus Magazine. MS Focus is the …
I have been using two canes for my main mobility about six years now. My canes are never far from my reach. And they are ALWAYS together. Sometimes I wonder if they could talk—what would they say to each other? Time for some “Cane Play”……. …
I am a leaner. Can’t help it. And frankly, I blame multiple sclerosis. I lean. On everything. Have since about 2005. I feel as though I am going backward on the evolutionary scale because of my prominent “poop stoop” leaning posture. I point my shaky finger at MS for …
Lessons? There is plenty to learn when you have multiple sclerosis. Here are just some of the valuable things MS has taught me. MS has taught me… …how to spell sclerosis, spasticity & exacerbation. …how to quickly reach my health insurance deductible. …how falling in grass is softer than the floor. …
Sometimes I fail to do the right things for multiple sclerosis. Now is the time to enter the booth and admit my wrongs. Forgive me doctor for I have stumbled (Sorry, no pun intended). I have been in conversation with a familiar person while being unable to recall …
EVERYONE knows how temperature affects your multiple sclerosis but have you ever given a thought about barometric pressure? Sure you’ve heard the “weather-heads” on the news talk about barometric pressure. Do you know what it means? Barometric pressure, or atmospheric pressure, is the force exerted against a surface by the weight of …
