Hello

 I think the  day after Thanksgiving a good time to start this blog.  When I think about being thankful, I definitely think of all the usual things.  I am incredibly fortunate to still have both my parents are wonderful and supportive.  I have a wonderful husband an amazing offspring and a brother and a sister who are absolutely my best friends, not to mention a lot of unrelated friends!  I'm thankful for all the usual things, but, since I have multiple sclerosis I am thankful for a lot of things that you wouldn't normally think about.  Right now I am very thankful for having Dragon NaturallySpeaking software since typing is such a drag.  I am thankful for being able to walk across the room without dragging my knuckles on the floor.  I am thankful that, (knock on wood,) I haven't had any significant cognitive problems.  Okay,  I'll admit to the usual senior moments and some retrieval issues occasionally, but generally I think my IQ is pretty intact.
I decided to start this blog because, regardless of all the things I can still do, I'm starting to have more and more difficulty doing a greater number of things.  Walking is harder every day.  I have to make sure a is close bathroom at all times.  I want to sleep all the time, but a full night's sleep is something I have not  experienced in several years now.  It's getting more and more obvious that I will probably need to be on disability very soon.
Yeah, sure it will be a relief to not have to worry about working and making money.  It will be a huge relief to not have to worry about whether or not my insurance company will stop paying for my treatments.  But, thinking about it as leading to my somewhat delayed midlife crisis.
I am not ready to quit thinking about moving forward in my career.  I am not ready to quit thinking about learning new things and training new people, and seeing new clients.  I don't want to give up all of my toys in my play room.  Especially that! 
So in order to counteract the feeling of everything I'm giving up, I am going to start blogging every day (or at least as frequently as I can) in order to feel like I am still part of the world and still not invalid even if I have to be an invalid.
I'll be back tomorrow with more thoughts and feelings and hopefully a little humor.

(I realize that if I am going yto use voice recognition software, I must still edit)