You just get stronger. It never occurred to me, that one day I would wake up sick, and never recover. But if you know me, you know I’m out there fighting to do all I can!

Create your own rhythm and dance anyway.

Vegetables: Thoroughly cooked or canned, seeded and skinned pumpkin, eggplant, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, wax beans, asparagus, yellow squash, and zucchini. I can also drink juice from these vegetables. Fruit: bananas, peeled and cooked apples and pears, peeled and ripe peaches and nectarines, papaya, melon, avocado.

Accepting where you are in life and making the most out of every day.

It’s not happy people who are thankful. It’s thankful people who are happy.

That maybe I should go outside with a lightning rod on my head during the next thunderstorm. It’s possible that a strike by lightening could be a good re-set for my messed up nervous system.

Difficulty urinating can occur with colitis due to the close proximity of the bladder and colon nerves, meaning inflammation in the colon (from colitis) can sometimes affect bladder function, leading to symptoms like urinary urgency, frequent urination, pain while urinating or trouble starting urination. This is referred to as cross-organ sensation.

Like many, my disease started as elapsing-remitting. At the time, (1989) Solu-medrol was the steroid used as a disease modifying treatment. Again like many, my relapsing- remittent MS progressed to Secondary Progressive (SPMS).

I choose to feel blessed. I choose to feel grateful. I choose to be excited. I choose to be thankful. I choose to be happy.

But remember this: When you walk up a mountain, your legs get stronger.