New Year Resolutions

[Jesmcd2]

I can't believe no one made this post yet! OK what are they? And if you didn't make one, how come 😕 Inquiring minds want to know. 😁😅

Jes🌠

[jennie62]

I've always wanted to play the hammered dulcimer, maybe this will be the year? Who am I kidding, so what is my New Years resolution? Finger painting with oils instead of complaining I can no longer paint using a brush. Yeah, that's my resolution.

[Good_enough in reply to jennie62]

I can't hold onto brushes either. Frustrating . I wonder if there is a market for low motor skill art supplies ?

[jennie62 in reply to Good_enough]

Oooh, never thought of that! I know there are pens that are easier to hold, I got a few after I had carpal tunnel surgery (in 2006). Now I have to see if there are any brushes like the pens! Of course I should just create a new abstract form called Jiggly Paintings! Kinda stinks when you just started getting good at realistic painting. Hahaha!

[Fancy1959 in reply to Good_enough]

@Good enough it's Fancy1959. I've had a thought about your dilemma but not being able to hang onto your paint brushes. I know when I was newly diagnosed I had a terrible time hanging onto pencils. And I needed to hang onto pencils at work to do certain tasks. What I wound up doing was slipping the rubberized funky looking a little grips over top the pencil where you would hold on to it. You find them in the school supply section right next to pencils and pens. They come in a wide variety of colors and textures and they stretch. Why don't you see if you can find some that are big enough to slip over top your art brushes. I bet you they would work and you can continue to pay with your brushes. Anyway to give it a shot it's only going to cost you tops two to three bucks to buy a package of them.

Please follow up with me and let me know if this idea works Good Enough. I always like to hear about successes because I can pass them along to other people knowing it's a viable alternative or idea to beat MS and whatever it's trying to deny us from doing! As always we're stronger together and we have more ideas together! Don't you dare think about giving up your painting! We can figure out a way to make it still doable for you and others that love to paint and no longer can!🎨😆🖼

[Amore55 in reply to Fancy1959]

Fancy, I am so excited to tell you that I had a perfect day today. Hardly any pain, felt fabulous, completely normal! It was so wonderful. I am going to keep thinking only positive thoughts and see what happens. I hope you are well, dear friend. With love, Kelly xx

[WAshingtongirl in reply to Amore55]

So happy to hear your feeling so much better Amore55 !

[Amore55 in reply to WAshingtongirl]

Tutu, thank you so much! Appreciate your concern. With love, Kelly xx

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to Amore55]

Amore55 so glad to hear that you had a great day! 💝 Praying for more!!!🌠

[Good_enough]

I'm going to try to try

[jennie62 in reply to Good_enough]

Hee hee...me too!

[jimeka in reply to jennie62]

Hi jennie62 and Good_enough, if you Google it, there is company called Da Vinci who make artist paint brushes for arthritis. There maybe more in the states. Let us know how you get on, as there are quite a few of you on here that like to paint, blessings Jimeka

[jennie62 in reply to jimeka]

Thank you so much for this info Jimeka! I'm going to Google this right away!

[dmaskal1]

I'm going to finish what I started.

[jimeka]

Every year, I say I am not going to eat as much chocolate, every year I eat more. If only Cadburys would finish making it? Blessings Jimeka 🍫🍫🍫🌈

[Good_enough in reply to jimeka]

Well, @jimeka, you could just switch to the "healthy " chocolate . I think it's 82%' ( or higher?) amount of cocoa. We need our antioxidants too. I've also heard that at night it helps with depression/anxiety .

[Amore55 in reply to jimeka]

Jimeka, I found a tee shirt this morning on a web site I shop that said " chocolate: the immediate answer to all of life's problems"! Pretty good, huh? How are you? Write to me on our board and let me know what is happening, okay? I think of you each day and keep you in my prayers. I hope Razor is good. With love, Kelly xx

[Miriade]

Hi Jes, at least it is not only me. For some weird reason make me fell part f the group with similar ??? about what is going on. I am not very happy with the postpone of ocrelizumab I was planning to get with my Neurologist. I could not enroll in his ofatumumab clinical trial because I pass the age cut max 55. I am now reviewing research from the years 1998,1996, where all the MS medication started. All the new ones are there, and now yet not approved for us.

[1RiskyRich]

I don't make them but if I did, it would be that I fight harder to make HSCT known and available for all MSers. I think the reason I don't make resolutions is because I believe doing is better than hoping.

[Fancy1959]

@Jessmcd2, so sorry Mam for not replying sooner. Time got away from me yesterday and I didn't get on the chat room. I have thought about putting a similar post on the chat room but didn't get around to it so I'm glad you did. Oh and by the way I love it!

I have 5 New Years resolutions for the year. Realistically I'll be happy if I can do to maybe 3, but anyway here they are:

1. Lose the other 15 pounds I need to lose. I'd be happier with 20 but we'll see.

2. Keep better organized, haha, with my MS brain at work.

A. Keep my closet better.

B. Finish projects I start in a timely manner.

3. Keep the house cleaner.

4. Watch my money better. I tend to go over budget quite a bit.

5. Work on my leg strength and balance continually, and hopefully getting back to physical therapy as soon as I can.

Big list huh? But I've always firmly believed that if you set high expectations you will have high results. And if you set low expectations your results will be mediocre at best, or no results at all! Happy New Year Jess! Happy New Year's to everyone else in the chat room as well! Fancy1959.

[Amore55 in reply to Fancy1959]

Fancy, I posted my resolutions, but when I read yours they inspired me to add put. I must get back to it. Otherwise,as you might have read being positive in all things is my number one. Know you will like that! Happy new year! Love, Kelly xx

[Morllyn]

Mine is to be more positive.

Do not let things that I cannot control get me down.

[goatgal]

I seem incapable of making and keeping a resolution for a year, but I do resolve day by day. Today's resolution: unclutter one drawer. This is manageable. When it is done I will feel as if I accomplished something.

[Amore55]

My resolutions are 1) think only positive thoughts. If a negative one tries to sneak in, I will shoo it out with the broom! 2) get my house organized. My husband and I calculated that we have approx 3000 books. But I have a shirt that says "it's not hoarding if it's books"! We both just love to read, and those don't count our kindles! We are having floor to ceiling bookshelves put in in the spring, unless we decide to move. So I admire all of your resolutions, mine are simple, but the positive one is important. Love to all, Kelly xx