Margesmn
Active member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2016
- Messages
- 66
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2015
- Country
- US
- State
- MN
- City
- Minneapolis
Hello all,
My name is Margaret and I was diagnosed in November 2015-onset in right foot. After reading some posts, I feel blessed I received my diagnosis so quickly. (First Dr. Visit was July 2015.)
I have read a number of posts and appreciate all of the information, suggestions and support I found. I am looking to connect with others who understand this journey.
I have a wonderfully supportive husband and family and great friends who have rallied around me. I feel so blessed to have so many who care. I feel it would be helpful to talk with others who are struggling with the same issues.
As for where I'm at physically, I am still able to use a wheeled walker to get around the house. I use a wheelchair when I go out anywhere. I feel my walker days are numbered as my right leg is becoming very weak. I can currently shower alone using a shower chair. Again, I feel those days are coming to an end. My right hand is becoming get shakey when I eat which is starting to be make eating more challenging.
Mentally, I feel I'm doing pretty well. I have my days but I have accepted where I'm at and try very hard to live one day at a time. I just finished reading Tuesday's With Morrie, which was great. He was a wonderful example and one I'd like to follow. I've moved on to the book he wrote himself, Morrie Schwartz, In His Own Words. It contains awesome aphorisms which, I think apply well to living with a terminal illness.
Thanks for reading my ramblings.
Happy Easter!
Blessings for all of you,
Margaret
My name is Margaret and I was diagnosed in November 2015-onset in right foot. After reading some posts, I feel blessed I received my diagnosis so quickly. (First Dr. Visit was July 2015.)
I have read a number of posts and appreciate all of the information, suggestions and support I found. I am looking to connect with others who understand this journey.
I have a wonderfully supportive husband and family and great friends who have rallied around me. I feel so blessed to have so many who care. I feel it would be helpful to talk with others who are struggling with the same issues.
As for where I'm at physically, I am still able to use a wheeled walker to get around the house. I use a wheelchair when I go out anywhere. I feel my walker days are numbered as my right leg is becoming very weak. I can currently shower alone using a shower chair. Again, I feel those days are coming to an end. My right hand is becoming get shakey when I eat which is starting to be make eating more challenging.
Mentally, I feel I'm doing pretty well. I have my days but I have accepted where I'm at and try very hard to live one day at a time. I just finished reading Tuesday's With Morrie, which was great. He was a wonderful example and one I'd like to follow. I've moved on to the book he wrote himself, Morrie Schwartz, In His Own Words. It contains awesome aphorisms which, I think apply well to living with a terminal illness.
Thanks for reading my ramblings.
Happy Easter!
Blessings for all of you,
Margaret