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A day in my life is normally full of action, laughter, and joy. Yesterday, I needed to go out shopping to get ready for a very busy week. Wouldn’t you know it, MS wanted to accompany me with yet another annoyance….kaleidoscoping vision, but without the colors of a migrane. The clear glass shards kept moving
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I am an optomist by nature. Facing MS head on reminds me of the seven stages of grief. For me, I keep thinking about these stages and how I will continue to be handling my MS. The 7 stages are: The problem is that once I have thought I have worked through these stages, some
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I have read so many articles and posts on MS. I try to focus on what I can do to be healthy: walk a lot each day, eat well, drink a lot of water, rest, do my chair yoga, stretch, watch my mood, take my DMT injections three times a week, and on and on.
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I have been back at work and that has meant managing unexpected duties, meetings, and ways of working to adjust to. I find the weather to encourage a meditative mindset. Some of my random thoughts: Summer is in the rearview mirror! It can stay there. The oranges of fall make me smile. The heat exacerbated
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I returned to my online post as a college writing instructor this week. The first week back included some meetings, professional development, a welcome address from our college president, and a guest lecturer. All of these meant hours of sitting — three full days of sitting. I am a very active person who is walking
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Of recent, I have had more pronounced foot drop. I think because I walk a lot that this is a result of a disruption in the nerve pathway between the legs and your brain, rather than muscle weakness. This disruption means that I do not always properly lift or place my foot during walking. As
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Relief is around the corner as the days cool, and the breeze is a little chilly. For those changes, I am happy. This summer’s heat has wrecked havoc with my body. Aside from the downright misery of my extremities’ numbness, burning of nerve endings, and fatigue, the sun is beautiful and life giving. Yes, I
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When it comes to buttoning shirts, I have given up. Most of my button downs are heading to the Goodwill donation bin. This is definitely easier than fighting the mismatched buttons and the frustration of feeding the buttons into the tiny holes. I have been thinking about this for weeks. I have decided that slip-on
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MS can never be ignored; one symptom or another is always present. I live with this every single day. Try as I might, there are questions and changes that I have that are never resolved. I cope by trying to plan for unpredictable outcomes. This, in and of itself, is stressful. It is with this
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At my last visit with my neurologist, she reminded me to do “one task at a time” and stop trying to multi-task, which I used to have mastered as an art form. This takes slowing down and being intentional. That is really hard for a “Duracell Bunny” who was all over the many tasks I
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