If you have multiple sclerosis, and have MS-related foot drop, you probably already own an AFO. AFO stands for Associated Foot Oreopie or something like that (Don’t quote me) and one is worn on the lower leg to help “pick-up” your foot when walking. Beneficial as the AFO can be, you can’t wear one …
The house is still. Too much so. After ten days our family guests left several hours ago and already I miss them. The two children mostly, ages five and almost two-years old. For ten days this house was a storm. A chaos of activity. Patter of non-stop little feet. Shrieks. …
Sometimes it’s good to revisit an old My Odd Sock. Let this be one of them….. You’ve had a rough go of it lately. The weather hasn’t been cooperative. Neither has your body. Your spirits seem as low as your energy level. You try to shake it. Change your routine. Mix it up a …
A look-back at an old My Odd Sock. Enjoy….. It was his passing comment that stopped me in my tracks. “Wait, what did you say about your MS?” I asked. He repeated…”Sometimes I think I got MS as punishment for some bad things I did many years ago.” “You really think so? …
This could possibly be my last posting to this scrap-heap of a website. It has been fun while it lasted, but soon My Odd Sock will be filthy rich. That is, according to the email I received below… “Greetings you have been gifted $5 MILLION USD From Mr. Bill Gates. …
Let’s challenge our brain a bit with MS Jeopardy! You know how to play…I’ll supply the answer–you give me the question. Let’s begin….. The Answer: The Question: What is a well-balanced diet? ********** The Answer: The Question: What is the average annual cost of MS medications ($60,000)? ********** The …
Me: “I’m off to the store.” Voice: “Get some milk.” Me: “Okay.” Famous last words. Because a short time later, a breezy chill of refrigeration tickled exposed skin. There I was, face to face, with a behemoth wall of dairy. Jugs, cartons, bottles…large & small…bedazzled my milk-toast mind. When did milk decide to diversify? …
Life with multiple sclerosis is all about making adjustments. Small changes to make things easier. Convenience over struggle. It’s what coping with chronic disease entails. But I’m not telling you anything you anything you don’t already know. It’s what we do, right? Like my situation lately. Due to an injury during a fall, …
Leftovers. What’s left when all is done. Nary to waste a single morsel, here are a few remaining topics found deep in the folder. Leftovers. My Odd Sock style….. ZZZzzzz Can’t sleep? Try reading this petty website before sack-time. If that doesn’t work, Bose has your answer. Bose introduces their …
The tabloids. Journalism at its lowest. I don’t buy them but I do admit reading the eye-popping, ridiculous headlines while in line at the checkout. (That’s why they are there, right?) As much as I enjoy keeping up with the latest alien abduction, Elvis sighting or who is currently dating Bigfoot, I notice the …
