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Living a life with Multiple Sclerosis and all the rest.
This blog will include my views on current events, disability issues, entertainment and silliness, politics, health issues, and I am sure to offend some; but the celebration of diversity is my main goal.
2016-08-10 21:00
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2016-07-24 22:34
Since I am having such trouble using my fingers and speaking, I have made some YouTube videos. You can see them here Living with MS and All the Rest(Others are Second Video )If this lin… Read More
2016-06-24 20:15
I need to build up my muscles so I find it I have lost much mass during my last year in assisted-living homes.With all the uncertainty revolving around this disease is impossible to prove th… Read More
2016-06-23 01:33
Since my poor treatment at assisted-living homes has left my MS all a fuddle, I can no longer stand or use my hands very well. So since my philosophy is to use what works, I have decide… Read More
2016-06-21 20:14
The first assisted living home we lived in was once a grand place. By the time we got there it was about 20 years old and showed it. Some residents remembered when it was still grand, with a… Read More
2016-06-18 21:00
Assisted-living homes offer apartments for rent. They run from studios to two-bedroom units usually, with rents that can run from $2,000 to $10,000 a month.Yes, this is going to be a ve… Read More
2016-06-17 19:51
The evaluation process for assisted-living homes is for the assessment of how much money you will be giving them each month.That is what it is in a nutshell. Again, if your goal is to find a… Read More
2016-02-22 22:08
They first assisted living home I was that was not making enough money for the owner. He sold it and we all had to leave,That first place I will discuss at a later date, for now I will focus… Read More
2016-02-21 23:06
Assisted living homes are not ready to handle people with disabilities or diseases. This is a huge problem and hole in our society.Assisted-living homes are for those who have the money… Read More
2016-02-15 20:38
I was 50 years old when I moved into my first assisted living home, my spouse and I had been checking several out in the Seattle area years before---just in case they came I needed one… Read More
2016-02-12 21:04
I was 50 years old when I moved into my first assisted living home, my spouse and I had been checking several out in the Seattle area years before---just in case they came I needed one… Read More
2016-02-10 20:49
My hands have become week, my fingers are not functioning as they should. Keeping up this blog will be very difficult. I use my Apple iPhone for voice recognition technology and speak the po… Read More
2016-02-08 21:01
I am so angry about what the last two very expensive assisted living homes have done to me. Somehow I must channel this anger and do something positive.My first step in doing that is to move… Read More
2016-02-07 21:29
So much has changed since I was diagnosed with MS in 1990. For one thing, there were only about 12 MS blogs; now there are thousands. I really don't know how to make mine unique except to te… Read More
2016-02-07 21:27
I am so angry about what the last two very expensive assisted living homes have done to me. Somehow I must channel this anger and do something positive.My first step in doing that is to move… Read More
2016-02-06 22:34
Although my condo unit was described as an ADA unit, nothing could be farther from the truth. Job one was getting access to my own balcony And that required having a ramp built… Read More
2015-09-22 19:08
My spouse, a graduate of NYU drama school, has shared with me some amazing advice for how to improve your breath and speaking. I think all of us with MS eventually Will have to deal with slu… Read More
2015-09-13 21:04
Food may be affecting your brain more than you know. Alzheimer's is on the rise, and a new research shows that if your parents had Alzheimer's you probably will too. In my last post I asked… Read More
2015-09-12 22:11
That vicious attack of a high school football referee is disturbing on so many levels.Whether or not that student was directed by his coach to attack that referee is beside the point.The poi… Read More
2015-09-12 22:10
My mother was extremely shy. I will even go as far as the say she suffered from shyness.She had not one friend in the entire time I lived with her until the age of 21. She never went out at… Read More
2015-09-05 19:43
While speaking to a friend yesterday. Who is currently in rehab for an infection, she mentioned that she would be seeing a speech pathologist because she felt like she forgot how to swallow… Read More
2015-09-03 16:08
Is always important to try new things.My mother began putting puzzles together around the age of 70. I was very proud of her for trying something new. She would send me a photograph the comp… Read More
2015-09-01 07:44
The idea that we can conquer multiple sclerosis is really a misnomer. Since it was discovered as a disease in the 1800s there have been no significant advances toward curing this condition… Read More
2015-08-30 17:47
Why stress so harmful to the body? We all feel it we all know when it's happening – – but what is it doing our body?Yesterday I had one of the biggest relapses I have had in year… Read More
2015-08-28 17:21
A recent article in the New York Times has proven out something I always suspected:"Dr. John Ioannidis, a director of Stanford University’s Meta-Research Innovation Center, who once es… Read More
2015-08-27 16:38
In 2008 I found myself at a local ICU unit during the worst snowstorm Seattle has ever seen. There was a big window behind me and while I could never see any of the snow I was given firsthan… Read More
2015-08-26 17:51
TV News reporters were shot and killed during a Live broadcast they were doing this morning. The shooter, recorded it all on camera and put it immediately on Twitter.When this type of u… Read More
2015-08-26 17:49
The doctor in charge released my spouse from hospital. Her culture came back positive for MRSAhttp://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/understanding-mrsa?page=2, I am still figuring… Read More
2015-08-26 17:46
Sure Hands lift system: looks fantastic on YouTube videos and just what I have needed: a grab around back, then a push up. I met with the state sales rep. At first she seemed very hesitant… Read More
2015-08-26 17:27
Our 36th anniversary (and legally our first one) was spent with my beloved in a hospital.Below is a post from my wife:Home from the hospital, at last! It's frightening enough to be shuffled… Read More
2015-08-26 17:26
They say that one degree in an increase in your temperature rise can cause a rise in MS symptoms.In my first years after DX, this was true for me, then the HEAT EFFECT stopped. I could hang… Read More
2015-08-26 17:25
WATERMELON!To cool down your inflammation (you KNOW you have it!) eat lots of red foods--fruits and vegetables, even red peppers.No, red velvet cupcakes don't count.My longest remission was… Read More
2015-08-26 17:24
Today it is important to differentiate 1. Nursing Homes 2, Assisted Living HomesBoth are places where health care is given. Both are very expensive.That is pretty much where the simila… Read More
2015-08-26 17:23
The main difference between nursing homes and assisted living is the level of care. Be certain that any assisted living home you sign with can give the care needed. They will ask many… Read More
2015-08-26 17:21
A woman who read my blog wanted to visit. She came to the assisted living home I was then at.Was I JEALOUS! She used a walker,but got around well. That was about 5 years ago. Today she… Read More
2015-08-26 17:20
My friend, Susi, had MSA (Multiple System Atrophy.) It is a disease just as it sounds. Your bodily systems become inactive. The life expectancy after diagnosis is 7 years. There is no w… Read More
2015-08-26 17:18
The social worker was not happy with the lack of care Susi got. Before I had a proper good-bye with her, she was moved to a hospice two blocks away. We texted as often as we could. She was n… Read More
2015-08-07 20:23
My spouse noticed a pimple on her leg. By next day it was very hot and growing. She went to see her doctor that very day. They decided to start her on antibiotics and if it didn't… Read More
2015-08-05 18:28
One week ago we began moving from an assisted living home to a condo.My spouse and a dear friend met with the real estate agent who showed them some condos. I used the on line real estate si… Read More
2015-08-02 19:30
Let's recap: I was DX with MS in 1990. I work for the City of Seattle for 48 years with MS.Starting as.most do, I was relapsing/remitting for abut 10 years. Now I am secondary progressive.I… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Well, my "New Life" posts come to an end. I will move by end of May to new home and have new stories to tell.I am so stressed out right now, not knowing what awaits me at new home, arranging… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My birthday is today. I am 57 years old.On my birthday I like to reminisce about past birthdays, but I could only remember 3 of them until this morning. My 33rd birthday was wonderful. I was… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My SPMS (secondary progressive MS) was going along pretty fine until the last 12 months.First I was DX with Bell's Palsy on my 'good side'--my right side. It really stopped my walking accomp… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It is all so ridiculous, really. I was diagnosed with MS in 1990 and I find no better "awareness" of this chronic disease than there was almost 25 years ago.Oh, there are more books about it… Read More
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