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 …
Please enjoy this look back at this old My Odd Sock from 2011….. Thinking back to the day of your MS diagnosis, you may recall the fanatically-frightened thought pattern of your brain. A whirlwind of what-ifs, how’s thats and it-can’t-be’s. Heart pounding mental images of canes, walkers and wheelchairs, oh my! It was 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 …
Four inches of snow on the ground, time to shovel out a classic My Odd Sock. Watch your step & enjoy… A pictorial of animal tracks in the snow….. Dog Bird Raccoon MSer walking with a cane. MSer with right foot drop. MSer …
Because I’m feeling a bit lazy, here is something I wrote for the M.S.A.A. blog. Enjoy. It is difficult to accept when multiple sclerosis steals your ability to work. A lifetime of training and talent gone. Poof. I know it was for me after giving over twenty years of sweat & soul in radio …
From time to time everyone can use a little extra help. Whether you are doing something around the house, filling out a complicated form or moving furniture to run the vacuum (Who does that?), a helping hand is welcome relief. Having multiple sclerosis, I routinely find myself in situations when I feel like a turtle …
Everyone is familiar with an adage….those old, well-worn truths. “Out of sight-out of mind.” “Birds of a feather flock together.” “Look before you leap.” Seems there are a million of ’em! And did you know, many pertain to multiple sclerosis? It’s true. Here are some of the more familiar MS adages….. …
Throughout the land people young & old are donning caps & gowns in celebration of their hard work & achievements. It’s graduation season, where hungry minds look ahead, plying their knowledge to challenges & future opportunity. It has me thinking back to my own days as a young grad. The year …
Everyone knows a horoscope is used to forecast futures and a person’s character based on the position of stars & planets at the time of their birth. Yeah, whether or not that is true is a toss-up. Some believe. Others don’t. But mostly horoscopes are enjoyed for entertainment with a dash of …
We live by the numbers. Or so it seems. Apparently the number-crunchers do studies & collect statistics on every crazy, conceiveable thing you can imagine. Those of us with multiple sclerosis aren’t exempt from the studies either. Did you know….. 85% of people are diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS at onset. And of …
