Yvonne An MS transformation I recently joined a Facebook group for people with multiple sclerosis. The group is awesome and if anyone is looking for an online community where you can ask questions, meet other people in circumstances similar to yours, or just joke and vent, I encourage you to look into it. It is called … Read more here…
An MS’er looks at the new and improved So I know that I mention (complain, whine, lament) here a lot about the extreme fatigue that comes with MS. But it is a fact and with this fact, comes the fact that many an MS’er has learned to take shortcuts to save energy. Most of these … Read more here…
An MS Thanksgiving post For some reason, I can’t get the above song out of my head even though I have usually found it slightly annoying. It is kind of a Christmas song, although not written as such. As someone who loves autumn so much so that she enjoys taking her cool weather holidays one … Read more here…
An MS/Montel Healthy Eating Fall Post I have said it before and I will say it again, I love fall! And again, I really, really love fall! It is my absolute favorite season by far! When I tell grouchy people this they say, “ya, well, fall means winter is coming soon.” To me that is … Read more here…
An MS’er weathers the hurricane This week’s post is in no way designed to make light of the recent hurricane that has brought havoc to parts of the East Coast. My prayers and well wishes go out to those who have lost loved ones, those whose homes are destroyed and/or those who are forced to … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis is a Horror Show It is the afternoon and I am shuffling around my house, trying to focus. I have my lists; all the MS helpful tip books suggest lists. There is the to-do-this-week list. There is the to-do-before-Christmas list and the things-I-should-try-to-do-in-general list. There is, of course, the things-I-should-try-not-to-forget list. But the … Read more here…
A super embarrassing multiple sclerosis symptom There are not enough words in the English language to describe something that is weird; I know, I’ve checked. Recently I was told about this neat trick in my Microsoft program where I can type in a word and then right click on it for a list of synonyms. … Read more here…
This MS’er goes to a party It was the morning of a friend’s wedding and I thought I was prepared. In the old days, thinking I was prepared meant I was prepared. I had an outfit ready. Fancy, gauzy, flared, black slacks that I had worn as part of an ensemble to the last wedding … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis and Arithmetic This August I received some disturbing news; Count von Count passed away. I didn’t hear about this from the internet or TV news, but from my own local newspaper. It seems that Count von Count actually lived in my neighborhood (my real neighborhood, not Sesame Street.) It made me sad that … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis sporting events Years ago, my 10 year old nephew spent the weekend with me and we went to the video store to rent some movies. (For you young ones who need clarification, my nephew is 21 now so this was back in the scary days before Netflicks, On Demand and Amazon. There was … Read more here…