Planning The Unpredictable

My mother is one of those outgoing types that talks to strangers. She will randomly talk to people on the bus. THE BUS! There are lots of weird people on the bus. She is also related to half of eastern Washington it seems. A good example of this was many [...]

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Since less than 10% of folks actually keep their new years resolutions, I decided to do the opposite and post what I don’t want for my resolutions. That way, I have a much higher success rate.
I would like more lesions for my MRI in May.
More pills! I love pills!
More doctor appointments! I [...]

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The shared solutions nurse came for a visit and she was much more helpful than the first person. I did my shot manually instead of with auto-inject. I think I will like doing it this way better but it will take some time to get use to it. Anyway, she had a [...]

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There have been a few articles over the last couple weeks on how people are using the internet in relation to health issues. Microsoft published a research study. The results are interesting:
Our results show that Web search engines have the potential to escalate medical concerns. We show that escalation is influenced by the [...]

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I think the winter time depression has hit. I haven’t had much motivation to do anything. I am still going to the gym 6 times a week but everything else is kind of blah. The last two years, Tom and I have spent a week in Hawaii. We were going to [...]

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Being a bit of a computer nerd, patients like me is kind of up my alley. It is a new idea that sharing information with other patients makes for happier and healthier patients. They believe in the Openess Philosophy which is the complete opposite of all the HIPPA/privacy laws out there:
Currently, most healthcare [...]

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When I was first diagnosed, I heard a lot of stories how people with other medical conditions just stopped putting up with the crap. If someone was being an ass, instead of dealing with it… they might just say stop being an ass. Cut the the chase. This has never been an [...]

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I have been getting some very interest comments from Ruby over on my Spinal MRI blog entry. I first made the mistake of calling my highly educated doctors “dudes”. I didn’t realize at the time that some anonymous internet person was diagnosing me and that I should reply in a highly [...]

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I noticed someone found my blog by googling the cost of MS. I think we all know the cost of MS is huge. The question is were they asking about the cost in financial, emotional or physical terms. I decided I would show the cost of MS for the 6 months in [...]

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I have a pretty darn good blood pressure. It’s pretty much always 110/70. So the lady that does the blood pressure/pulse is always telling me she would like my blood pressure. I always say with it comes other problems. It brought up an interesting question. Would I exchange MS for [...]

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