Busy Weekend

Well since I have MS I suppose I should mention it once in a while on my blog. Friday was a busy day. Had a doctor’s appointment, went out to lunch and then there were some taxing hygiene activities to deal with later that day. The trip to the doctor included a few hundred yard drive in my wheelchair. This really taxed my right hand capacity. So at the end of the night I was having serious problems driving my chair.

I could go forward fairly easy. Backwards was okay. Pulling my right hand to the left was fairly easy but going to the right my hand kept slipping off the joystick. I had one beer with lunch and my wife said “the beer probably caused problems”. I said "no way", but in the back of my mind I needed to find out if she was right. I don’t drink much but I do love the taste of beer. Dark beers, Ambers, and Browns are my favorite.

I decided the next time I had a beer or two (two is about the maximum) I would see if that caused my problems driving. Saturday we went to listen to our nephew at a local barbecue spot. I had a couple beers and found my hand worked as well as could be expected. My conclusion is that one or two beers is not a problem. The difficulty was from a fairly abnormal amount of activities on that Friday.

We had a great time Saturday evening. I was glad to get out and find out for sure what my capacities are again. This is how the disease works on the mind. There is always a constant assessment, reassessment and adaptation to deal with this ever-changing disease.