Stumbling Down the Street
It is not every day that I stumbled down the street. In fact it’s rather unusual for me to stumble around at all. Yesterday was…
Could you live on $30.40 a day?
It seems our friends on Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) are in trouble. A 20% pay cut is looming for 2016 if action is not…
Eagle Eyes
As a child one could have called me Eagle Eyes due to my exceptional vision. Even as an adult in my twenties and early thirties…
Taps to & from Caregivers: A Graduation Speech
The graduating class of 2005 in Thorne Bay, Alaska received this graduation speech from me, their former teacher. The message is a solid one for…
Could “Thinking Like a Freak” Solve MS & Arthritis Progression?
The new book, Think Like a Freak, by Steve D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner recommends people set aside time to think. Many of us…
Super Powers to the Rescue
It is amazing to me that as I go through times in my life when I actually must perform to achieve a task, my body…
Medical Trip
I am out of Alaska on a medical trip to WA & AZ. Will return to posting on February 5th. Thank-you for visiting.
Speech Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
I was prescribed speech therapy a few years ago for short-term memory problems. I went one time and thought the evaluation given was extremely elementary…
You mean that could be MS?
Neuropathy in my feet, tremors in my lids, strange itching in my hands, the constant ringing in my ears, difficulty swallowing (dysphagia), the pain in…
Another MS Trick?
A rogue pain in my big toe has come and gone for six months. The pain moved to another toe. Then to my hip. I…