As with any symptom of MS, this is my experience in dealing with fatigue. Though we all can have symptoms in common, the severity and type of symptoms vary with every single one of us, along with the added frustrations of constantly dealing with this disease. I am not a good sleeper, but regardless of…

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We’re back home in VA. We drove back on Friday, left NY at 5 am. Thank God it was a smooth ride all the way. Well almost, upon entering Northern Virginia the traffic was stop and go for the last 2 hours. Now I need a vacation of not doing anything and a break from…

We’ve been here in NY for two days and my emotions are all over the place. It started with the drive up here. It ended up taking 13 hours, every road we traveled was backed up. Waze took us west from I 495 to 15 to I 81 to I 84. It started snowing while…

Right now it’s 7:30 am and we’ll be leaving shortly to drive the hell that is 95 North. With luck it can take 6 hours, more likely it will take 9 to 13 hours. Last night I was up until 1, making cookies. I start up every year happy and excited that I’m going to…

Yesterday, 143.2, I guess I’m pretty consistent.

long after the thrill of living is gone”….. (John Mellencamp) These lyrics have been reverberating over and over in my brain. “Happiness”, (subject of my last post), is alluding me right now. I want to be excited and embrace the Christmas spirit but I’m allowing Peter to take it from me. There is no joy…

“Happiness is a Warm Gun,” by John Lennon * Pharrell Williams asks us, “What does Happiness Mean to you” I bring this up because I saw an interview with Goldie Hawn, who is well known for exuding happiness, positivity and joy. When asked about this, her answer really struck me. She responded by saying that…

This week I went to see an Orthopedic doctor, Dr. Bradley Stovall, from Ortho Virginia, recommended by my primary physician. I read his reviews and they were pretty bad. Overall stating that he was very brusque, didn’t listen and was eager to give a shot of steroids. To be fair there was a few stating…

Last week we took an unplanned trip to NY before our trip North for Christmas. I didn’t really want to go since we would be going in a few weeks. Pete wanted to visit his mother, he hadn’t seen since last Christmas. She is 86, though you would never know it. She is in better…