Oh, bummer!
Just got back from a check-up at my endocrinologist and it seems that the crossover between diabetes and MS is showing--big time. My left foot is pretty much entirely numb and the knuckles cannot feel the tuning fork that doctors use to see if there is nerve damage, neuropathy. It's there and I cried. You see, in August (my last check-up) there was plenty of feeling in that foot compared to my right foot that was found to have neuropathy in it way back about 10 years ago. Now, the right one feels the vibrations way longer than the left foot.

Have I ever mentioned that I'm very sensitive about my toes? NO ONE touches my feet! NO ONE! Even me, myself, and I have a tough time washing the tootsies with soap and water. They are just too ticklish for anyone's good! But doctors insist on touching them, feeling them (for pulses etc.) and that drives me crazy! Now one is "dead" and I must grieve for the loss...and must concentrate (even harder) NO distractions!

Enjoy!

First frost!

And right in time too! Was beginning to wonder if the robins left early for no reason at all, but it seems they know more about nature than I.

The landscape company that our association hires for yard work, did the first half of the leaf-blowing for this year yesterday. But to look at the streets and sidewalks today, you'd have thought that nothing happened. Translation? We have a lot of deciduous trees around here. We didn't get much of a color show this year either due to the heavy week-long rains of last week, but now it's onward to snow time!

My allergies will begin to calm down now, thank goodness! I survived!

The MS is doing ok, but new pains shooting along spinal cord between shoulders has me a bit, yes only a little bit, worried. Am guessing that a new MRI would be nice, might show the cause, but I really am in no mood to go through that anytime soon. This last week, though, even more scary, I had another coughing spell at a restaurant. Embarrassing. You see, swallowing food and drinks is getting harder and harder. Must concentrate--NO distractions! This time a piece of peppercorn lodged in the area in the back of my mouth, top of my throat, that I cannot feel easily, cannot clear easily, but with it being a peppercorn, every pore that shoots out saliva, snot, or tears did so and before I knew it, I could barely breathe, needed a tissue, a towel, and a hiding place. The most scary part for me is looking forward to those occasions becoming more and more prevalent! Not fun.

Anyway, back to the fun stuff--Xbox 360 games! Am in the middle of the newest game, Borderlands, and am having a good time with it. I never thought that shooting baddies could be so rewarding or fun! Gamerscore has to be the best idea ever! Chasing after meaningless points that total to an ambiguous number...geezh! Fun!

There's a family thing going on in the background that I need to think on a bit more. The one beauty of losing one's memory is that even bad things can be forgotten about and not fretted over too much because I can't remember which it was that I was so worried about in the first place! Yes, there are blessings in losses.

Back to coffee, breakfast and figuring out which quest to do next in a video, er, console game!

Enjoy!

Ahhh, the wonders of fall!

Was lucky enough, this morning to see a moonset. Not my first, mind you, but another special moment that I feel lucky enough to see! And it's all because of the dog. She wakes me around 6am for outside and food, so has succeeded in turning a night-person into a semi-morning-person (I'll revert when she leaves). And the mornings ARE special!

Our main road that we usually do our walk on, (by accident I'm certain), seems to connect the sunrise and moonset at this time of year as if they were dots on a paper. Straight line. Look one way and at the end of the road is the rising sun, look the other, the setting moon. It actually makes driving east in the morning hard to see, and driving west in the evening (sunset), hard to see. Those of us on foot MUST be aware that drivers cannot see us at those times of the day and must be extra careful crossing.

Anyway, take a brisk fall morning, crystal clear skies, a full moon at about 30° above the horizon...we usually start our walk heading east then turn back toward home around 6:20am EST after she's finished and there it is! Magic! The beauty of Mother Nature at her best! One of the small blessings, simple pleasures that makes getting up at un-Godly hours of the day worth every minute — the earlier, the better!

Enjoy!