I’ve Fallen and I Don’t WANT to Get Up

MS Wipeout   Fido pushed me. Fido is the name of my portable air conditioner that lives as my personal puppy during the summer months. He provides hours of relaxation and bliss this time of year, but needs constant attention and is very high maintenance. I was walking by him during one of the hottest, … Read more here…

Little Bodies, a Vest and Maybe a Blue Tit

The MS plagues of July The calendar was pretty full from early June to mid-July. Both with fun things and not so fun things. Stressful things and relaxing things. Things that I added to the calendar and things that were added to my calendar for me. In the MS balance beam of energy, the time … Read more here…

Like an MS Rolling Stone

Classic rock for MS’ers I have been terribly remiss in keeping you, my dear friends, posted on important things going on. I have completely dropped the ball on filling in the details. For that, I greatly apologize. I know you have all been on pins and needles, different pins and needles from the ones your … Read more here…

MS Puzzle Pieces

Clearing up some multiple sclerosis crazy Multiple sclerosis is nothing if not a frustrating learning curve. Wikipedia’s definition of a learning curve (and who knows where THAT comes from), states “the increase of information is sharpest after the initial attempts, and then gradually evens out, meaning that less and less new information is retained after … Read more here…

Updates, Tidbits, and Smidgets

A multiple sclerosis recap Don’t ask me what a smidget is because my foggy brain is too tired to explain it to you. Or, if you want the truth, I have no idea. It just sounded good so I added it to the title. Speaking of titles, thank you for the title suggestions, comments, words … Read more here…

Forget-me-nots

An official MS flower   Do you have a favorite flower, friends? I am not just asking my female readers; men can appreciate flowers too. Although their flowering tastes likely go to something masculine like a braided money tree or a Venus fly trap (both of which are actually plants but so what?) Men enjoy … Read more here…

Did you Hear the One about the One MS’er who Drove the Other MS’er to the Neurologist?

A multiple sclerosis road trip My sister Laurie was not feeling well.  Our neurologist was able to squeeze her into an emergency appointment. Since our neurologist does not practice in a concrete, congested, horribly difficult to navigate city, I was able to drive her there. But before we began the one hour and 45 minute … Read more here…

MS Sucks

Multiple Sclerosis attacks the Rolling Stones   It’s not like anyone reading this title is going to be surprised or argue with me. “MS doesn’t suck. What are you TALKING about? You are out of your mind!” I have known this fact a long time as my sister, who had been living with MS for … Read more here…

Flipnastics, Again

Incidental MS sports Thank you to WEGO Health for making me one of the ten finalists for their Hilarious Health Activist Award! It is so fun and exciting to be nominated and I am in amazing company! Yesterday a handsome FedEx guy delivered an unexpected package. The handsome FedEx guy should not be confused with … Read more here…