Category: My Life with MS

  • Dog Adoption, My Continued Journey

    I am still looking to adopt my new little friend. I have been using the website PetFinder.com This has not been productive. Every pet I’ve applied for, I’ve heard nothing back and one even came back on weeks after I applied. There is nothing in my applications that woud affect my ownership for a new…

  • Monthly Weigh In – August ’24

    144.6, this has been going on for almost a year. A pound or two down and then up again. Last month I wrote that I stopped eating out of boredom and not eating when I’m not hungry. This month I’ve been trying to not eat anything that has no nurtritional value. That encompasses A LOT…

  • Fresh Cut Flowers

    I love cut flowers in my house. Better yet, when they come out of my garden. Two weeks ago Kroger’s had a dozen roses for 6.99. You can’t go wrong, right? For lack of my favorite color roses, (yellow), I bought cream ones. They looked beautiful for about four days before they started dropping, drooping,…

  • New Wheelchair

    I finally got my new wheelchair! It was delivered on Tuesday morning. It’s very different than my existing wheelchair. This one is aluminum instead of titanium. I have no leg attachments, which I never used. There is a curved bar that goes straight down with a folding foot rest. I was able to choose a…

  • Pool Lift

    A couple of weeks ago, (4th of July week) we stayed at our home in Wilmington, North Carolina. We were on a mission to buy furniture. I wanted to spend time in the pool. Needless to say, all week was spent furniture shopping. On Friday, (we were leaving the next day) I finally got to…

  • Monthly Weigh In – July 2024

    I’m pleased, 143.4, almost down 2 lbs. Not much but something. I have been watching what I eat and I made a major change. It used to be that if I was full and Pete brought out ice cream, carrot cake or some other sweet I would eat it. Now I recognize when I’m full…

  • Physical Therapy II

    When I returned to physical therapy the following week there was a complete attitude change. My PT, Jessica, addressed my concerns about strengthening my core to hopefully stand up straighter. I was given printouts of stretches and exercises to do daily, (see below). She stated that because of the arthritis in my hips, it might…

  • Monthly Weigh In – June 2024

    145.2 lbs. I took this on the 9th and forgot to post

  • A Day in the Life

    A Day in my Life, I will wake up anywhere from 12:30 am until 4 or 5 am. I cannot go back to sleep because my mind is full, so much always going round and round. I will put the TV on, Nick at Nite, it has mindless TV and is enough to distract me…

  • MetLife Stadium, Accessibility for Handicapped Individuals

    First and foremost I will state that Met Life Stadium in Rutherford, NJ is handicap accessible. I’m sure because of ADA guidelines they have to be. The personnel there are very helpful. The following is my experience when going to see The Rolling Stones on May 23, 2024. In February I went online to Ticketmaster…