Full Mind

Category: My Life with MS

  • Gotta Pee

    I have to pee, real bad, all of a sudden. As I push my walker towards the bathroom, I’m saying “please God let me make it, Please?” I sit down, say, “thank you” and nothing! This happens every day, its called hesitation. I am taking Trospium Chloride ER caps, 60 mg. once daily in the…

  • Confusion

    Since my essay was published in Brain & Life, I have received several responses. I’m thrilled that all of them have been positive. I also have notifications that two people have subscribed. I have responded to the comments made, (approved and replied) some I thanked for their input and others I answered questions, I have…

  • Social Media and Me

    I have a love/hate, no I don’t, I certainly don’t love and I don’t altogether hate social media. Social media boggles my mind. I find it too much to take in. I’m a self titled “phone-o-phobe,” so why would I like people expecting me to quickly reply to a text, and then feel guilty for…

  • Surprise Party

    In the meantime I have been planning a surprise 60th birthday party for P in October. His birthday is the 2nd and I’m planning it for Saturday the 1st. I had previously sent his family a save the date email. I’ve been speaking to my son because he will be handling most of it since…

  • Since Essay was Printed….

    I haven’t written anything in a week and I feel bad about it. I had two responses since my essay was published in the August/September issue of Brain & Life. Both were complimentary about the gardening. I answered both hoping to keep up a dialog, and feeling neglectful that maybe they had written back and…

  • Brain & Life, I’m published!

    In early June of this year I wrote an article for Brain & Life, www.Brain&Life.org (I have mentioned this magazine previously). In the back of the magazine is an area titled, Speak Up, where people write about their experiences living with a neurological disorder. This is what I wrote the article for. I wanted to…

  • Monthly Weigh In – August

    135 lbs! Yes, finally some progress, (3 lbs). I have been sticking to my daily 1200 calories, plus I have been riding the exercise bike, 2 miles daily and lifting 2 lb weights for multiple reps throughout pedaling. I don’t ride on volunteer days, (Wed. & Fri) although I could in the afternoons. By adding…

  • Friends

    We moved down here about 12 years ago. I have had an extremely hard time making friends. Girlfriends are very important to me. Having a friend to do things with helps me physically and mentally. Having someone to commiserate with, laugh and have fun with, and share interests with is priceless to me. I am…

  • Procrastinating………..Again

    Here I go again. I haven’t done anything that I need to do. I need to upload pictures from my phone and put into new albums and also resize. I’m intimidated and feel overwhelmed. I get very frustrated when working on the computer. I also need to sign up for another month of one on…

  • MS and Cold Feet

    For the past week my feet are like ice cubes. This is not the first time and it won’t be the last. The temperature outside is in the 90’s with a feels like in the 100’s. I am wearing sneakers with no socks, my usual during the summer. For the past couple of days I…