Two more F words. Fatigue. Falling. I had a bad fall last Thursday. I was walking into Denny’s restaurant for our monthly MS self-help group. I always use my cane when I am outside. Somehow I stubbed my right foot and went right down on my face. A very wonderful, chivalrous, Good Samaritan gentleman came… Read More Fearless Friday
On February 16, MS News Today had a post on their Facebook page. It was called Having a Swell Time. (cute, huh?) It talked about MS and edema. The part that interested me was that his neurologist was not concerned about it. Neither is mine. Most of my limitations are on my right side, which… Read More Fearless Friday
Whenever I fly to Seattle to see my kids and grandkids, as a passenger on an airplane, I always call the airlines to get a wheelchair at each stop. I request an aisle seat since it would be difficult for me to get in and out of any other seat. I have found that the… Read More Passenger–Daily Prompt
I started taking Ampyra (the walking pill) the middle of August. Today I read an article in Multiple Sclerosis News Today discussing the merits, advantages, and the efficacy of Ampyra. As with any medication, it works for some and not others. A friend was in the clinical trials for the drug, but it didn’t work for… Read More The Walking Pill
Hi my blogger family! We’re having a mini family vacation at Emerald Isle North Carolina. We are celebrating my niece’s 20th birthday and my mother’s 90th. The niece that is came with my mother and I is my younger brother’s daughter. My older brother’s daughter and her family received the vacation voucher from her husband’s… Read More At the beach
WALK TO CREATE A WORLD FREE OF MS. The following information can be found on the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s (NMSS) web site. I add it here because ending multiple sclerosis is vital to me as well as the estimated 2.3 million others worldwide. One of the most frustrating things for me is the high incidence… Read More MS Walk
I am a second year volunteer reviewer for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Scholarship Program. The Society’s scholarship program helps highly qualified students who have been diagnosed with MS or who have a parent with MS achieve their dreams of going to college. Applicants who will be attending an accredited post-secondary school for the first time… Read More NMSS Scholarship Program
I wish I could say I was falling in love! But, alas, that is not what I’m talking about. I’ve been struggling over what to write as a post this week, and then it happened this morning! My mother was getting some blueberries out of the refrigerator and several of them fell. She was trying… Read More Falling
Do not hesitate. You do not know what tomorrow brings. Today is the day that the Lord has made. Come to Jesus humbly and he will bring victory to your life. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is talking to Nicodemus. Nocodemus was a member of the church council and so he was a leader… Read More Hesitate–Daily Prompt
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