When you love someone who has MS, you begin to realize how wonderful and precious each moment in life is. You inhale each breath more deeply and appreciate otherwise unnoticed joys like long walks in the evening, dancing with your children, and the squishy feeling of muddy ground beneath your feet.
When you love someone who has MS, every moment of joy in your loved one's life becomes your joy too. That is why I am so grateful for this book, which my friend, Judi has co-written, and for this diet which has allowed such a beautiful, wise, and thoughful woman to live into her wild and precious life even more fully. Knowing that she and others who follow this course are able to embrace each moment with more mobility and less pain is a precious, most appreciated gift.
All blessings and many years of happiness to you and yours.
Maria Housden, author of HANNAH'S GIFT and UNRAVELED
link to my blog
It takes a minute to have a
It takes a minute to have a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone, and an day to love someone...
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It breaks your heart to see the one you love is happy
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the one you love is unhappy with you.
I usually try to keep my
I usually try to keep my blog un-personal (with the exception of occasional silly posts about my dog), but developments of the past 1.5 weeks are going to impact my family, my job, and my side projects.
I'm not sure how much of this floated through the grapevine - Dale and I tweeted it pretty regularly over the holiday. Those tweets were short, so I'd like to share a synopsis of what's been going on. Please excuse me if I reply to any emails, IMs, etc. asking about Dale's status with a heartfelt "Thank you" and a simple link to this post. On Christmas Eve, testking 640-553 my wife Dale began to have "strange" aching sensations in her right tricep and everything felt warm (even cold metal) to her left hamstring. On Friday, our general practitioner drew blood, thinking a vitamin deficiency may be the cause. After we went for a 2-3 mile walk on Sunday, her entire left leg (navel to toe) felt numb: I pinched her hard enough to leave marks and she didn't feel it. On the advice of our GP's on-call line, we went to the emergency room to rule out stroke. testking 650-175 After a CT scan to rule out stroke, the doctor in the ER consulted the on-call neurologist who recommended we make an immediate appointment. They snuck us in the next morning (Monday), performing a 2-hour exam of Dale that resulted in us going straight from the neurologists' office to our local hospital for more testing. Dale was admitted on Monday afternoon, and discharged late Wednesday night after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (using two MRIs, spinal tap, and evoked response nerve studies). While in the hospital, she lost the majority of her control of her right calf and foot - something very unsettling for a new mother who's used to walk 2-3 miles a day around our neighborhood. We'll be seeking a second opinion after starting a course of treatment, testking JN0-303 but the diagnosis is "strong probable / definite" - about as sure as you can be for someone who hasn't shown symptoms for years.
Each day is a
Each day is a blessing
Maria,
Thank you for the beautiful reminder. Since the best day of my life 13 years ago when I was diagnosed with MS (yes!) and recognized I was free to decide I began to live with a new kind of empowerment and joy. Each moment is equally precious for each and every human being, however sometimes it takes not taking little things for granted to make you really experience that gratitude and express it.
When someone begins to be able to do something again for the first time I hope she or he will hold onto that moment and call it up whenever feeling discouraged or bothered.
Mary C., Cary, NC