Good morning and happy Friday to everyone. I have to be honest I kicked my own ass this morning working out and I’m still huffing and puffing. Felt good to push myself this morning. I was feeling rested and knew there wasn’t much on my plate for today. It is another gloomy day in NY. I’m thankful that there is nothing I need to do today. This was a long week and I’ve had enough. I miss my tv time….
I already received a call from my doctor this morning, MRI showed no new activity and my normal MS abnormalities. Exactly as expected. Like I said yesterday in my blog I haven’t shown anything on my MRI in years. I continue to get worse because I’m secondary progressive MS. Read the post on Dr. Krieger’s pool theory for further explanation. https://multipleexperiences.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=5174&action=edit. Well at least that’s done for the year. I also made an appointment to have a sonogram done on…
Today I have a very long MRI. It is of the brain, cervical and thoracic spine with and without contrast. I would say this is probably at least my 22nd MRI since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis over 22 years ago. I am no stranger to these tests. I have actually had numerous life epiphanies during my MRIs over the years. One was when I decided I wanted to be a bookkeeper/accountant. I started to look in the papers for…
Busy busy busy. I feel like I’m on full steam ahead since I woke up this morning. It is partially my own fault, I slept late. I was so tired and it was still a rainy gloomy morning. Even my puppies we cuddled under the blanket fast asleep. If it wasn’t for the fact my friend was coming over at 11 and nails at 12, I probably would have stayed in bed longer. Yet I had to get in a…
It is a rainy, cold and miserable day here in New York. The kind of day you want to sit on the couch wrapped up in a blanket and watch Netflix from morning to night.  The kind of day you pray you have nothing to do, nowhere to be, and no other obligations. The kind of day I am remotely grateful that I have multiple sclerosis and have nothing to do, nowhere to be and no other obligations. I…
My brother does this every year and every year with me in mind. Please consider donating to a cause that is near and dear to me and my family plus too many other suffers. https://mssociety.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=16843&cmr=5282CE675756&language=en Dear friends, Each year for the last 12, I’ve raised funds for BikeMS, to directly help those affected by this terrible disease funding research by the MS Society. This year, I’m falling short in my fundraising goal. This is not surprising – people are out…
My handicap van, one of the most life changing things I was able purchase. This took months of research to find grants. Then after finding grants I had to first apply to each and every one of them. Coordinate the grants with each other. I had a fundraiser going in the middle of all of this trying to raise additional funds. I still had to find a van and negotiate a price. Finally I needed to get a car loan…
I truly want to write happy, uplifting blogs but I haven’t been able to do that lately. For every good day I’ve been having a few rough days following. It seems like I’ve been having more rough days than good days. Each time I think I’m through the worst of it, like my infusion, something seems to happen. If it is a tough night sleeping or a great night sleeping, I’m waking up tired. Doesn’t seem to matter. Today I…
I wrote this blog post on November 7, 2016. Almost 4 years ago to the day. I was originally going to just link it in this post when I realized I would probably be repeating the same general things. Obviously Covid has made my MS daily activities null and void but I’m not complaining. Truthfully my MS is much different 4 years later. I’m mostly in a wheelchair now. I’m in a new place, not my apartment anymore. Things are…
I was sent an email by my beautiful cousin about this company I never heard of Sakara. She told me I needed to check them out. Anything my cousin recommends is usually worth looking into, so I checked it out. https://www.sakara.com/. It was everything I’ve been looking for in my vegan lifestyle. I wanted a really good food delivery because let’s be honest cooking with progressing multiple sclerosis is becoming harder and harder. My meals become repetitious because it’s my…
