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Category: My Life with MS

  • Traveling with Ellie, N. Carolina

    In October we drove to the house in N. Carolina for a week. This was a work trip. We hung the new curtains on the sliding glass doors. I’m not thrilled with the color, I thought they were a light tan, (which was the description), and they ended up being more of a gold. The…

  • Monthly Weigh In – November 2024

    I was happy to record 144.2 lbs. for this month. That was until I had my 6 month check in with my neurologist two days ago. Their scale said 149! I was fully clothed with sneakers but at the most that would have added maybe 3 lbs. So I’m not that happy, but its expected…

  • Here We Go AGAIN….

    ‘I’m speaking about a stiff neck. This time it started on Monday, just the usual “crick” that I get. I think its from playing games on my iPad and laptop. Tuesday I woke up feeling alot worse. The pain was constant and going down my right shoulder, hard to lift my arm with searing pain…

  • Long Term Disability

    I have been receiving my Long Term Disability since May 14, 1997, I was 38 years old. At the time I was working as an Executive Assistant at The Mearl Corporation, in Peekskill, NY. I was unaware at the time that my benefits included Long Term Disability. Lucky for me that I was covered. Who…

  • Monthly Weigh In – 10/24

    I had my yearly physical last week and my weight was 147, fully clothed and with sneakers on. I weighed myself on my scale naked and my weight was 145.8. I’m settling on 146. Not great.

  • Mandala Class

    This week I took another class at The Cultural Art Center at Glen Allen, “Mandala Drawing.” We were given a rock that was painted a flat black, and a tool set and acrylic paints. It was simply creating a pattern, repeating in a specific color combination and adding embellishments. I will continue to make them…

  • Nature

    Ever since I can remember I’ve had a deep appreciation for nature. I had to be outside. As a child, with woods in the front and back yards, I was always playing and collecting found things, (rocks). I had no fear of swimming in ponds or lakes. Free time meant taking a bucket and heading…

  • 2nd Marriage, WHY?

    I’ve been wondering why I did this again. Being that I was married so young, 18, I loved being single. I loved having my own place, buying what I wanted, making my own decisions, having control over the TV. I loved dating, having new experiences, going to new places. Beyond all that, it didn’t take…

  • Meet Paris, aka Ellie

    Finally, we have a new addition. After that terrible experience with CARE I continued my search. That same evening we went to “Flowers after Five” at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. This time you were allowed to bring your dogs, (twice a month). There’s live music and it’s fun. I started talking to a woman with…

  • Dog Adoption

    This is Ellie. she was listed on an email I received from Petfinder. She is 2 years old..I again, (5th time) filled out the necessary paperwork. I was contacted by the rescue organization CARE. We were able to set up an appointment to meet her this past Sunday We met in a pavilion at a…