From The Nudist War – Day 43
Jess was officially diagnosed with MS ten years ago, not long after she posted for the position at the CDC in Atlanta. She noticed that she had a “floater” in her left eye that didn’t go away. When she saw her Ophthalmologist he diagnosed her with optic neuritis, for which he prescribed a course of oral steroids to reduce the inflammation. “One thing you should know,” he told her, “there is a good chance that you have Multiple Sclerosis. Let me refer you to a Neurologist who specializes in MS treatment. She’s the best one in Atlanta.” After a CT scan, several MRIs and lumbar punctures, the diagnosis was in. “Ms. Munroe, I am so sorry to have to tell you this. The MRI analyses and spinal fluid tests both indicate positive for Multiple Sclerosis.”

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Since I was diagnosed with MS (July 24) I have met several people at extremely random times that also have MS.  Perhaps at the rate of nearly one a week.  And to date, not one of them, not a single one, takes any medication.  I know I have some followers that have MS- do you take medication? What kind? What were you diagnosed with? Tell me your situation, I’m curious.  Are these people I’ve met just really good at handling MS? Or have they been misdiagnosed? Or are they self-diagnosing? Or maybe the medicine isn’t effective enough to be worth the hassle.  TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW.

So I had previously claimed that I hoped to never have anything in common with Ann Romney, but I think I’m going to take up horseback riding to help manage my symptoms.  Uno poco problemo mi amigos, I’m absolutely terrified of the equine species…

As a small boy discovering the world of philosophy and sciences I learnt to think for myself. The answers that I could not find in the Bible, novels, comics and encyclopedia were somewhere else. The most important lesson of every philosophical book I read was always to wonder and perceive whatever you were reading or observing as if it was the first time. Then after perception, you would have an impression in your mind and process it for yourself to work out what it was, in short thinking.

Now thinking is more than just deep processing of impressions of perceptions and stimuli. The human mind and the brains are such complex phenomena in our existence that not everything is yet understood. From old cults, religions to Plato and a given person on the street now, when you ask “can you explain how the human mind works?” there is no standard…

Patently Apple is reporting that Consumer Reports has done their own test regarding bending iPhones.

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Much ado about nothing?

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As a weggie – one of those people fated to live with Wegener’s granulomatosis (AKA GPA) for the rest of my life – I’ve had well-meaning people try to offer strategies and advice on how to deal with chronic illness. Yesterday, I came across this item posted on Facebook by a fellow weggie, Anne Wellings.

Spoon theory is something new to me. I understand it on some organic level, having experienced an illness that sometimes left me exhausted but not visibly sick, of being at an age where everyone else in my cohort can name an ache or pain for every one I experience, though theirs more likely than not aren’t signs of a body rejecting itself…. The “Chronic Illness BINGO” chart below covers a lot of the things others either said to me or implied in their effort to “deal” with my illness.

My all-time favorite, though, was by…