Gardening, music, life with MS
5/21/20 Country music I have no history of voluntarily listening to country music. I was not accustomed to hearing it. My first introduction was when I was 19 years old, with my infant daughter, and my husband at that time, an alcoholic. He would stay out drinking till the middle of the night and come […]
5/21 All I have to say today is…..around 9 this morning I started getting sharp pains on the same side of my mouth, where a week ago I had a root canal! Called dentist, said wait a little longer and prescribed more pain pills. I cant believe this.
5/20 Snap, crackle, pop! That’s how I feel when I wake up every day. On top of the above mentioned illnesses, I’m also dealing with my legs just pulsing with pain, like their going to burst. I know I sit too much and believe me, when I’m feeling good, I will be outside or on […]
Chinese Fringe Flower ShrubLoropetalum I have always been a gardener. When we moved here from NY, I had to familiarize myself with all new species. One of those new species was the Chinese Fringe Flower. This was one of the landscape shrubs already on the property. It had been planted next to the house as […]
5/20 I’m reading this book, “This Terrible Beauty,” by Katrin Schumann. It is about Germany at the end of WWII and the separation between East and West Germany. It’s mostly about the East, the Russian led side. It travels to America and back again, following a young girls journey until adulthood. Anyway there are a […]
5/19 Well yesterday I went to the doctor. I have esophagitis, an inflammation of the esophagus caused by a pill. I got some medicine and hopefully it’ll be gone in a week. Better than anything I’ve become a grandmother again yesterday, May 18; 6 lbs. 8 ounces, 19 inches long, beautiful baby girl! She’s in […]
5/15 After two weeks of excruciating pain, yesterday I had a root canal. I’ve never looked forward to a dental procedure as much as this. I’ve also been dealing with another physical problem. I have a pain in the middle of my chest. It feels like something is blocked. When I eat, it is worse. […]
5/12 Decisions, decisions…..when you have MS, every day there are a lot to make. Usually it starts the night before. I watch the weather and make my decision accordingly. If it is a nice day, between 57 to 75 degrees, then I want to work outside in the garden. Of course that will depend on […]
5/10 Yesterday we lost another rock ‘n roll icon, Little Richard. He was 87 and died of bone cancer. Little Richard was a trailblazer. He had a lifelong career but initially made his mark in the 50’s. I’ve only experienced him on TV but I’ll never forget his energy and talent. There is nothing like […]