A New Season, a New Normal? How’s Your MS Today?

They say here in our little town at the edge of the world that “the summer is out of it after the [local horse] races.” Well, it was a great race weekend a fortnight back and I can attest that the summer is, indeed, out of it. Cooler, wetter days and some nearly cold nights, coupled with a back garden littered with newly dropped sycamore leaves every morning, tell me that the seasons are changing. The wind now comes from the north more days, the mornings are darker, and the evenings shorter. The sunsets that I track across the westerly-facing window in front of my desk have long since started heading left again, and people around the town are getting “that look” in their eyes as they begin to realize that a long, dark winter and a short time of preparation for the same lay ahead. Seasonal changes can be tough on people with MS. For those in the northern hemisphere, the end of a long, hot summer could be welcomed. Under the Southern Cross, spring is about to burst and the warm weather isn’t far behind. Even if the new season will be easier on us, the changing patterns can be difficult. I’d say that I feel a continuation of the creep in my MS from last month. Using our LWM(3)S rankings – a simple 1 to 10 scale where 1 = The best I’ve felt my symptoms since diagnosis with MS and 10 = The worst I’ve felt my symptoms since diagnosis with MS – I’d have to say I’m feeling about a 6.5. Looking back this summer, that’s actually a little bit be...
Source: Life with MS - Category: Other Conditions Authors: Tags: multiple sclerosis back to school How's your MS Today? MS and seasonal changes MS-related depression new normal Source Type: blogs