Category: My Life with MS

  • Catching Up

    It seems like I haven’t made an entry in a long time, with so much going through my mind, driving me nuts, I’ll try to remember where I was with all of these feelings. I left off with my son coming down for Easter, with his girlfriend and my beautiful granddaughter! What a wonderful visit!…

  • I’m so Excited…..

    All I can really think about is my granddaughter coming tomorrow for 5 days. I’ve been buying things; a Mickey Mouse bouncing ball, regular size, an big plastic egg filled with small toys and crayons and stickers. bracelets, (she knows me as always wearing bracelets, and wanting to wear mine so I bought her some…

  • Easter Surprise

    I am so happy! My son, his girlfriend and my little granddaughter are coming down for a long weekend, Friday till Tuesday. I’m making Mussels and Shrimp Fra Diavolo with an antepasto style naan with pesto from my garden, sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, kalamata olives and fresh mozzarella with a traditional salad with added grapes…

  • Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Endocrinologist

    Having MS contributes to Osteoporosis, most of us will develop this because of the different drugs prescribed to help with MS symptoms, such as steroids. This really started seriously when I wanted to jump out of a plane when I turned 60 and my primary physician sent me for a new bone scan. It came…

  • Monthly Weigh In

    April, today I weighed in at 139.6, same as February. I don’t know how accurate my scale is. At the doctors office on Thursday I weighed 142, not a digital scale like mine, typical doctors scale. Let’s just say I’m abut the same. Not great news for someone who is disgusted with their body. I’m…

  • ADHD in Women

    Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, (ADHD) is a chronic condition that is usually diagnosed in childhood. When it comes to diagnosing girls/women, it is usually not diagnosed until we are adult. The reason being girls don’t experience the same symptoms as boys. There is less emphasis on the ability to sit still, (which is one of the ways…

  • Lessening My Carbon Footprint

    Among the many many things I write about and are swirling around my brain, lowering my carbon footprint is another daily thought. Every time I wash a dish, take a shower, use deodorant, leave home for an extended amount of time, use cleaners, put my medicine bottles in the recycle, etc., etc., etc. First is…

  • Latest Struggles with MS – Dave Bexfield

    My favorite website, newsletter and blog for Multiple Sclerosis, http://ActiveMSers, put out by Dave Bexfield has informed all followers that Dave has been having an exceptionally hard time. His latest battle has him down, but if your familiar with him, certainly not out. This man is such an inspiration to me. I started this blog…

  • I Wanna, I Wanna…………Blah, blah, blah

    Today is Thursday March 24 and it is now 12:40 in the afternoon. It is cloudy and rainy. I won’t be going out in the garden and I’m not volunteering today so what to do, hmmm. I took apart the coffee maker and cleaned, went to clean the air fryer/toaster oven and had no Brillo…

  • FOMO

    Fear of Missing Out – One of few few abbreviations I know. Most of the time it refers to people who can’t get off they’re phones for the obvious fear of missing something that is going on, I’ve heard it referred to teenage use but I’m sure adults are guilty too. Not me, as previously…