Multiple Sclerosis is an eventful experience. It is in your mind ~ literally. It is all in the central nervous system. As you know, MS is an auto-immune disease. The immune system, which is supposed to be attacking any disease, instead attacks the protective coating of the nerves. With enough attacks, the protective coating is gone and [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 1, 2010
Time flies! I’m so grateful that I have this accountability with my new-found friends online. It is much easier keeping on with multiple Sclerosis when I have friends tracking my progress! Creating these movies helps me see where I am, it gives me a purpose to keep on! I have to stay focused on hope [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 17, 2010
A childhood friend, Mysti Palmer found me on Facebook the other day and we had a wonderful reunion online! She told me of her friend that was recently diagnosed with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Talking to Tom made me remember where I was back in Jun 2005. It was then that I realized I had to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 8, 2010
Elaine Delack works on a new compound that seems to show promising results in the treatment of the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis!Two years ago I went through a test-study at Johns Hopkins. You can listen to my story. The test drug was actually a chemo, Cytoxan. The Cytoxan annihilated my immune system which had been [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 1, 2010
I didn’t plan on it! I wanted to exercise! I didn’t mean to stop exercising! So many things got in the way! Excuses are like armpits, everyone’s got ‘em and they stink! As far as walking goes, I’m in the same place I was last month what a surprise- I’ve done the same things. What’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 30, 2010
As visitors came to see me when I was sick, in bed, my friends would start to talk about their significant experiences, and then they’d interrupt themselves saying, I’m here to listen to you! You don’t want me to do all the talking! On the contrary! I was so sick of thinking about Multiple Sclerosis, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 3, 2010
I’m having a blast online! I am still learning so much!! I have found many new friends! I am so blessed! As far as my health goes, everyday I run the gamut, I feel weak, strong, clear-headed, foggy, spacey, coordinated, walking (without a cane, very slowly), walking needing a walker. Honestly, my ‘up-date movie’ shows it [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 10, 2010
I am always amazed at the passing of time, but this is ridiculous! In January I said, "Just wait a few more days," that was four months ago! Unbelievable! Synopsis: September 1995 diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and denied it.
Continue reading...Monday, December 28, 2009
My son laughs, Everything is a Tetris game to mom! Have you played the game of Tetris? In Tetris, combinations of squares forming various shapes, continue to drift down from the top of the page. The player controls the orientation of the shapes and determines their placement as they set down at the bottom. When [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
I’m staying positive, exercising regularly, eating right and my area of needed self discipline is sleep! I am amazed how poorly I do when I don’t get enough sleep! I’ve always felt that sleep is a waste of time! Now I realize it is necessary! I only need 7 hours of sleep a night and [...]
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
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