A Message from the Editor This edition of My Odd Sock has been rated “S” for “serious.” The usual low-brow humor has been replaced by a lot of wah-wah, belly-aching chit-chat and visions of the world’s smallest violin playing “My Heart Bleeds For You.” –Helen Eleanor Saggybags, My Odd Sock Editor-In-Chief * * * * * * * * [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Multiple Sclerosis has taken a lot from you. Maybe it’s your balance…ability to walk…your vision …or bladder control. Or maybe you are one of the lucky few where MS has taken all of the above! (Too bad you weren’t that lucky with a lottery ticket!) Swallowing some pride, many of these problems can be corrected. I can walk [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Nah, this isn’t about the work of legendary folk-lore author, I. P. Freely It’s about bladder control pure and simple. Or lack thereof in regards to many of us with multiple sclerosis. You see, most of the time I HAVE bladder control. This is about the times when my bladder controls ME! Like a loyal dog to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 12, 2011
So you want to write about your MS in a blog? That’s great! What you’ll need to do first is think of a unique name for your blog and register it as a domain name with a company like Go Daddy.com. (Yes, I hate Go Daddy’s sleezy TV commercials too, but they are a legit [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 3, 2010
It’s a race every morning. A grit-your-teeth, forehead-vein-popping, tendons-in-the-neck-straining, all-out-footrace-to-the-bathroom struggle to make it before it’s too late. Call it the “morning rush,” “bladder patter,” “porcelain jog,” or the “rush to flush,” however you refer to it, making it to the bathroom in the morning for me can be trouble. If you too have multiple sclerosis, you know [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 19, 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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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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