MS - One Year Later

We've had an unusually mild winter, and yesterday was another 'warm day surprise' at the Boston Marathon - temps reached into the 90's! I stayed indoors and worked to avoid any possible impacts to my strength, so was happy to see a new day of cooler temps.

I'm trying to find a new direction in life - with my health and with my professional interests and strengths. Blogging is good for me as it taps into my writing strengths, does not require tight deadlines, and allows me to communicate about the positive and negative strides I experience while living with MS. So, I'm working to make this a regular update moving forward. Wish me luck;-)

Have a great day!

Andrea

MS - A New MS Perspective

I was thinking about my life with MS yesterday as I watched my husband working solo in the yard, while I sat in the garden house caught in an exhaustion moment, and held back my pain of not being able to jump to him and help. Now, dizziness, lack of balance and overheating issues are part of my day-to-day and I have to respect these moments. My doctor calls it 'pacing.' I call it 'painful'.

Years ago, I loved to get my 'hands dirty' and would have been a leading team player with him: raking and weeding, digging and trimming in sun, rain, heat or chill. Loving the land.

Multiple Sclerosis: The slow moving weed that I'd love to pull out of my body.

I pulled back my tears. Closed my eyes for a moment or two, and forced myself to sit up and exhale. I then turned to the gameboard to find another piece of my neverending jigsaw puzzle, fitted it in place, and made a point of noting to think about this MS-thing later.