Category: Checking in with Michele’s Life and Status
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I am often asked: “What are your symptoms?”
Where do I begin? How are my symptoms today different from yestersday? As I was reading Multiple Sclerosis News Today this morning, I ventured upon a list of collective nouns for the everchanging symptoms that are unique for each person. I often read the colum of Benjamin Hofmeister, and today I was nodding along with…
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So Thankful in the Face of Change
Despite my best effort, I have been unmotivated to write or post. Just keeping up with my work and life has seemed a lot. Bedtime hits at 7 p.m. I have been thinking a lot about perspective. Let me explain: From my students’ perspective: Michele is full of energy commanding her classroom and pushing the…
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Life is “Purring” Along
Okay, I am back and posting after a few months off. My goal is a weekly post. My MS is still living inside my body and sapping me of my strength at the end of the day. I just hop or crawl into bed and read. I have read over 80 books on my Kindle…
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Bumpy Glasses Are the Bomb!
Dropping glasses happens very easily when your hands have no feelings, or they do not grip. Slick wet glasses are a liability in our house, and many of them have gone by the wayside. My husband no longer asks, “Why did you do that?” Today, I found some bumpy glasses that are the best solution.…
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Learning more about MS is my Mode of Operation
I am a voracious reader by nature. Doing research on MS, participating in the studies, and keeping abreast of the new research in MS is what I do in my spare time. This is a list of prominent MS information sources; some offer articles, podcasts, and videos, and classes. These are resources I pay attention…
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Sheperding My Energy
Some days are just tough: tough moving, tough thinking, tough doing. I have had a few weeks of tough. I do not know what brought this lull in strength and fortitude on, but it was omnipresent. I am finishing my college quarter and have been busy encouraging students to submit their final writings, presenting information…
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Your Side Glances Don’t Go Unnoticed
Last week I had two bad, awful, terrible days in a row. I could not get my body to cooperate with my need to move and coordinate my actions with my desires to get things done. I needed my trekking pole to navigate our campus since I wasn’t just in my office those days. I…
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2024 MS Walk Seattle-Year 3
This third year of walking to raise money for MS research was fun. It is always learn about the new drugs on the market and find people to talk to about MS. My team of walkers was smaller this year, but it was hale and hearty. We did the three miles; in fact, we were…
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Motivated but Challenged by the Basics
I have tried to get to my ideas typed in to this blog, and each day, I say to myself: Today is the day! No such luck. Sorry, team! In April, I returned to work face-to-face, and it has been a bit of a change for me. Previously, I worked from home where I had…
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A One-Day Outing, 3 Naps the Next Day
Ok, so I am tired again. Yesterday, I met up with a very dear friend for lunch. In total, this event was only four hours including driving to and from our lunch date. I am wiped out today and am on my third nap. Was it worth the fatigue, inability to sleep, and pain. Absolutely!…
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