MultipleSclerosisSucks.com, subtitled, “How to Suffer from a Chronic and Incurable Disease without Appearing to be a Total Loser”, is a site MS caregivers should revisit from time to time.
You should probably go no more than a year between readings of “The MS Perspective Kit“. It offers a unique way to help one understand what [...]
Spend time on the Family Caregiver Alliance website at: http://www.caregiver.org
Of particular interest to Multiple Sclerosis caregivers will be the Family Caregiver Alliance Fact Sheet on Multiple Sclerosis. In addition to common information about MS, the fact sheet includes important information about cognitive problems caused by MS and their impact on caregivers.
For example, “About [...]
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During the last weeks my wife’s legs have troubled her. She quit driving a few days ago. Walking is difficult.
I watched her in the kitchen from my chair in the living room as she literally had to think to slowly put one foot in front of the other to walk across the kitchen. [...]
My wife fell this past week. When she fell, I was in an airplane between Phoenix and Dallas headed for a connecting flight on my way home from the last session of the Faith-based Leadership Institute. She’s strong and independent, but a part of me imagines she wouldn’t have fallen had I been home.
She fell [...]
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We’ve enjoyed a fair amount of family travel this Summer. Most trips were by plane, but the best was a road trip across the South. Now that this Summer of travel is nearly over, I’ll share some tips I’ve picked up along the way about traveling and Multiple Sclerosis.
1. Take your medications and pack them [...]
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My wife made a comment last week that I’ve thought about a lot since she said it. It was said in passing in the middle of a conversation that I cannot remember (apparently, my wife’s not the only person in our family with poor memory). In this case, though, I think I fail [...]
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