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, …
The tabloids. Journalism at its lowest. I don’t buy them but I do admit reading the eye-popping, ridiculous headlines while in line at the checkout. (That’s why they are there, right?) As much as I enjoy keeping up with the latest alien abduction, Elvis sighting or who is currently dating Bigfoot, I notice the …
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 …
This post has been rated “G” for gross by the American Podiatry Association. What the heck is going on with my feet? (Maybe yours too?) Having multiple sclerosis, the number of steps I take in a day barely exceeds double-digits. Yet my feet look as though I run several marathons a week. Take …
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”……. …
Just when you thought there were way too many damn award shows, My Odd Sock piles on another one! It is time to celebrate (and wretch) at the best & worst of My Odd Sock during the past year. It’s time for the 2018 Flemmy Awards! The …
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 …
