Category: My Life with MS

  • Isolating

    It started about a month ago. The garden shop shut down for renovations, (painting and new carpet). I didn’t know how I would feel but as time went on, I felt myself turning inward to the same old worries and obsessions. The things I push aside to go about daily living came soaring back. The…

  • Monthly Weigh In – March, Options Weighed

    I knew this one would be more; 142.8, I feel it and I look it. What to do? I need to get serious, yet I’m not ready to commit. I understand there are exercises I can do with MS but honestly none of them appeal to me. They all seem like work. Without MS I…

  • Quick Trip to NY

    President’s Day weekend – Left Friday am and came home Tuesday am. Best trip as far as traffic. We took my Highlander, which I was excited about because I can drive it wherever I want (because of the hand controls). We went up so P could help my son finish putting up the cabinets in…

  • “A Man called Otto,” and my friend Cat

    Last Tuesday I finally got to see “A Man Called Otto.” Cat and I had plans two weeks ago to see it and then she died. She had read the book and from when we saw the previews in November, she was excited to see it. I had not read the book. Nevertheless, I went…

  • Setting Goals cont’d

    Now that I am over myself and realized, yes I did set many goals such as going to college at 29 years old, getting a second job whenever I wanted something that I could not afford on my day job, going to Italy after I was diagnosed and before I wouldn’t be physically not able…

  • How Poor Sleep can ruin your Eating Habits

    This post is taken directly from a Washington Post article written by Anahad O’Connor. You can read the full story here: There’s no paywall, although you may be asked to provide an email address. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/09/13/eating-lab-sleep-food-weight-loss/ I don’t know how successful that link is, (I tried), anyway if you google this exact title, “Why poor sleep can…

  • Monthly Weigh In – February ’23

    I weighed myself on February 7, but haven’t been able to post till now. I did it twice and both times showed 140 lbs. even. I expected it to be more because I am still not watching what I’m eating and continue to gorge. I keep looking for quick fixes such as lipo; a new…

  • Setting Goals

    Setting goals works. Unfortunately I am not one that has ever set goals. You can tell that by how I’ve lived my life. I wasn’t raised with the thought of setting goals or to be goal oriented. My first memory of having goals and meeting them happened when I was in my early thirties. I…

  • My Friend Cat

    I met Cat, (Catherine Walker) at the garden shop, she is also a volunteer. We immediately hit it off. Cat did restocking, solving problems, really anything that didn’t involve the cash register. We both worked Wednesdays and Fridays, first shift. She loved cats, (sans her nickname) and had two which she loved and would come…

  • Handicap Parking Placard (Permit)

    I have a blue Handicapped Parking permit for the state of Virginia and I also have one for the state of New York. This year I had to renew both of them. First I went to renew in Virginia. This was done online. All you had to do was put in the number assigned to…