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5. March 2010

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From the title, you might guess this My Odd Sock will either be about childbirth….or exercise.  (Although the more I think about it, what would “reach” have to do with childbirth?…Unless you were reaching  to strangle the guy who put you in this position!) So yes, if you guessed this was about exercise—you were correct.   I have [...]

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Snow Prints (In Pictures!)

28. February 2010

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A pictorial of animal tracks in the snow…..                

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More Botox Please

26. February 2010

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Wait, let me get this straight.  You’re saying you are going to take this neurotoxin, this poison….produced by a bacteria!….A toxin, which in its natural form causes botulism. And you’re going to inject it into my muscles?  And it’s going to ease my spasticity? That’s crazy! Crazy, but it’s true.  It’s Botox Therapy, or BT.  And I am [...]

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Gotta Go Right Now

19. February 2010

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  I hear ya.  You’re saying “Another MS post about bladder control?…We know the drill.  Take a pill would you!” Alas, you are wrong! This isn’t about the bladder or the enlarging prostate at all—it’s about my self-described “gotta go mode.” (Though I must confess I’m intrigued by those commercials in how a pill will know to shrink my [...]

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MS Embarrassment

11. February 2010

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  “Can you believe he goes out in public like that.” “He use to be a runner, now look at him.” “First, a cane.  Now a chair.  He has gone downhill fast.”   Have you heard comments like these? I have.  Fortunately, I’ve only heard them in my own head. That’s right.  With a head the size of a dirigible, one is [...]

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Two Minutes and Counting

9. February 2010

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    When you have multiple sclerosis everything takes longer.  Longer to get dressed.  Longer to go to the bathroom.  Heck, I can’t change my mind without a delay in my function-junction! So when you put me “on-the-clock,” it’s like telling someone with Parkinson’s not to spill. A good example took place this past weekend.  I thought the tires [...]

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