Multiple sclerosis may have squashed your self-image. It may have slashed your self-worth. But now my fellow MSer, you can hold your head high (If you are not too fatigued). Because the New York Post has reported that rich people are hiring the disabled as “tour guides” at Walt Disney World! What? Me? A tour …
Because I am being a lazy bum this week, please enjoy this repeat My Odd Sock. OK, maybe “access denied” is a bit extreme. Let’s try “access impeded”…or “access inconvenienced.” Whatever you call it, if you use a wheelchair, scooter or rollator, getting around, into, or out of a place, building or activity can be …
A My Odd Sock apology. I’m having a Dr. Phil moment. My doc is right for me. And me for him. We’re a good fit. We both do our best to keep multiple sclerosis at arm’s length. Finding a doctor that suits your style is half the battle when combating MS or ANY disease for …
There is no doubt about it—multiple sclerosis can dish out some pretty heavy licks to a person physically, but I believe the mental aspects of the disease are just as severe. MS crushes confidence. It strips a person’s self-worth like a putty knife on wallpaper. Multiple sclerosis attacks your “will” until it becomes a “won’t.” …
Because I have been brain dead, please enjoy this coveted but repeat My Odd Sock. New stuff will return early next week. I promise. My Odd Sock, a MS/Humor website, was recently awarded “four and a half walkers out of a possible five” by the Multiple Sclerosis Consortium & Flea Market Association. My Odd Sock …
Because I am being a lazy cow, please enjoy this repeat My Odd Sock! In 1972, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronnie Cox and Jon Voight starred in the movie “Deliverance.” This scary flick was about a whitewater canoe trip gone very bad. I call the movie “scary” because I was absolutely petrified that something like …
Are you on Twitter? Do you “tweet?” Me neither. But maybe we should because Twitter is perfect for those of us with multiple sclerosis! Perfect for the reason…a message on Twitter is limited to just 140 characters. That’s an ideal size for MSers. Any larger and we would forget what we wrote the line before…Any …
Reading about last week’s death of Annette Funicello, a long-time sufferer of multiple sclerosis, I uncovered a quote by hear I found to be interesting. The article stated when Funicello was finally diagnosed, she recalled…”I knew nothing about MS, and you are afraid of the unknown. I plowed into books.” Thinking about …
You gotta love the magazine rack at the check-out. It’s so nice of the store to offer reading material for those of us standing in line! I mean, they’re there for the same reason the doctor puts magazines in the lobby, right? The headlines of these rag-mags fascinate me the most–as the …
I’m going to phone this one in and re-run an older My Odd Sock. (You probably forgot about this one anyway!) The month of March is widely recognized for two exciting events. March is not only known for being “MS Awareness Month, but also the time of year for the NCAA basketball Championships. …
