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My uncle just drove my Mom to pick up the van for tomorrow’s ‘go time.’ It will only be a one day rental this month.

I have been grappling with this fact for a couple months now, but I think that I have finally accepted it.

My life is just small now. 22+ years in, my life is reduced to scheduling my doctors appointments and renting vans. I except that now. At least I am good at it. I can make schedules for everything and I have for this year. I had that completely scheduled back in April.

Last night, I asked my mom in disbelief, “ is this really all my life is made up of now?!” And the answer is just a simple, yes.

I am having memories of hearing this song in the backseat of our station wagon! I’m not sure if my cousinT is with me or school friends but I remember hearing this song when my Mom would listen to 104.3.

The reason I thought of this song is because yesterday, I changed out my therapy putty. I first learned about therapy putty from one of my MS groups. I posed the question because I was quite concerned about my progressive hand strength loss..

I got the wonderful suggestion for therapy putty, and I bought some last year:

I quickly figured out that if I squeezed the putty for 17 minutes a day during an audio rosary, my hands feel a little bit better. So I had worked my way all the way up to extra firm. It’s red. But I started to notice that it was getting too soft and I needed new putty. I searched for and was able to get these:

I got this 2 pack in January. It was January 18 when I started using it so I knew I would have to change it out on June 18 which is what I did. This is what my therapy putty looked like after 17 minutes of squeezing it:

I think that it will take a couple months for it to soften with my daily,squeezing it for 17 minutes. To close it, I just smash my palm down on the top so I can close the container. That’s why I thought of that song because it looks like a red rubber ball!

Today I woke up even later than I woke up yesterday. I felt nauseous today and actually cried a little bit. Looks like it’s going to be a recovery weekend. I think that it was the 1 o’clock appointment that was a little bit too much for me…

I am so tired from going to see about my wheelchair, but I have to report that it’s FINALLY about that time!!!:

I smelled the hint of spring, and I have made the executive decision to, and I have decided: CUCUMBER MINT!!! Granted, there is still Chapstick in my pomegranate Chapstick tube, but I will have cucumber, mint now, and I will use that bit of Chapstick toward the end of September, when I transition to fall flavors on October 1 when I watch Hocus Pocus!!!

*** I am well aware that life is all about the extremely monumental decisions you make on a daily basis! For me, Chapstick flavor is a big one!!!

You have to choose your battles and after 22+ years of having MS, this is a battle that I choose to engage in because I no longer work and I need something to occupy my mind away from the ever present pain.

I saw this video at 3 o’clock this morning, and I actually shared it with my cousinT, Shannon, right after I saw it! I apologized for sending it, but I didn’t want to do to her! I thought of her immediately!:

My son recommended the new White Men Can’t Jump movie. I liked it, but I had never seen the original one. I liked the soundtrack a lot! I really dig old music. Because I guess that’s what cool music is called nowadays by these young kids! I like this one the best I think:

Scrolling through my phone lately has been not that exciting because of the writer’s strike but I was able to come across this video that I watched in its entirety. DUH!!!:

This song has easily fit into my top five for the past 22 years! It took me a while to watch this entire video, because I started crying within seconds of hearing the first bars with the drumsticks.

I have seen a number of people review this song after never hearing it before. I liked hearing her interpretation and breakdown.

I think I will want to hear that classical song that it reminds her of. I know Pachelbel Canon in D but I don’t know the other one. I guess that will be homework for me!

I just finished my May “Go Time.”What I needed to do was to see my naturopath, get my hair cut, and see my internist to write a prescription for a new wheelchair because my my chair will be five years old in July.

She just emailed me and told me that she will call next week to schedule a visit for her to get me sized for a new chair that will be with her and my wheelchair tech, Dave. Dave has come out to my house a couple times in the last time he came by, he had me preview a seat cushion to be put on my new chair because my disease and my sensitivities are progressing.

I will tell you that I never thought that things would progress to where they are now! But, I have to say since going back to see my naturopath, (getting out of the house is EXTREMELY difficult for sure), but I will tell you that I am tired, but I am not as exhausted since I have been on a supplement he prescribed me last month! He also gave me one for this month and I’m kind of excited to try it out! I will “Pillage”on Saturday!

I went back to see Dr. Clark last month because I was having a problem. It had been eight years since I last saw him, but I was still on three of the supplements that he prescribed me! I think that helped, he added some thing, and now I feel so much better and I will see him again next month. My June go time is only a one dayer!

I really can’t see the road as I sit in the back of our rented van, but Flat Rock, where we go to see Dr. Clark, is so familiar! He is wonderful!! You all should check him out!:

Porter-Clark Chiropractic Center
(734) 379-9200

This weather. It’s KILLING me!!! This INSANE variation in temperature it’s too much for my body to handle!!! PICK A SEASON, ALREADY?!