Question of the Week: Blue Plate Special

Hi Amy and welcome to the fold!  On my plate, and I have a big one with a lot of compartments, spascity, hurting knees, and no balance, with a touch, no not a toucha great big old helping of Fatique.  But I manage to handle it all in a day.  I have no choice, it is called "life".  Oh I forgot the bladder thingie, hey without Poise pads I would be lost, but I got it under control.  MS, well you just learn how to deal with the cards that life has given you.  I have.

sherry/smomdukes 

i never thought of it as a menu--what a novel idea. i have concrete legs from about mid-thigh down. they are numb but they hurt-something only another ms'er has understood. the dizzies--the floor and i have a good relationship going. we meet regularlly over coffee. it's a good thing that laughter is served for dessert.-remember to tip your waitress--djax59 

Appetizer: Nystagmus and left-overs from previous bouts of optic neuritis

Main dish: Lack of balance and ability to walk straight

Side dish1: Weakness in legs and persistent numbness on various body parts

Side dish2: Fatigue (nuf said)

Desert: Spasticity and RA symptoms

H Amy, Welcome

Today, I suppose it's chop suey, the American-Chinese odds and ends concoction with no clear nationality, no clear taste or even a consistent recipe.

Hey Amy I'm glad someone is gonna do the question.  It's good for me.  Ok..my buffet includes: numb fingers--dropping things a lot & having a hard time typing;  poor balance; weakness & spascity....could probably go on but....I'll need an attitude adjustment if I do

L e t's share some coping stories

Hello Amy & welcome :)

The most significant for me is numbness, and some tingling in my legs..and my feet feel like ice cubes in the evening!  The desert dish (sleep time) my arm goes to sleep.

I am grateful in the am when I am getting out of bed, even with stiffness and some dizzinss. 

Look for something special to be grateful for every am, and every day.

Hey Amy,

Well, I'm not here to eat, just want to grab a drink that will give me the illusion of energy, so . . . I'll take one large strawberry milk shake to go.  Surely all that sugar will put some pep in my step and  even if it doesn't help with my fatigue, it will sure taste good. Plus the calcium is good for the bones, which as we all know is the primary reason we indulge ourselves with milk shakes.

Well, like any good meal plan, I tend toward variety, but with some daily standard menu items. My standards include a big helping of walker, the mid-day meal of fatigue, with snacks throughout the day of debilitating leg fatigue and varying lack of function in my hands.

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       When I think on this again, I realize that each day with MS is  like going to the neighborhood potluck-----you never quite know what will be laid out on the table, and there is sure to be a few dishes which are not as desirable as others.  For instance, tonight I am 'enjoying' a tater tot casserole of insomnia.

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Low Dose Naltrexone~  Four years and going on with life~No relapses and my doctor tells me I am his only patient not getting worse.  They all take shots.

The CRABS!  I still have MS but it isn't progressing.  Thank God for that! 

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