Just had a major MS moment!!

[lisa1014]

Ok so my son wanted some easy mac. I put in the microwave without adding the water! We are now sitting in 20 degree weather with the windows open trying to get the smoke smell out of the house.

I would like to hear some other MS moments then maybe I won't feel so stupid!

[lorib]

This one isn't as bad, but my daughter and I are having spaghetti for dinner and I didn't realize I'd only cooked the noodles for half the time before I added sauce. I assume it's okay to boil sauced noodles...some spaghetti sauce ought to hide the mistake. :0)

[CaroleL]

Hi Lisa!

Sorry but I can't help laughing! We have such good moments that when we find the humor in them, we can retell the story and still laugh.

Don't feel bad. We all have them! I just don't remember where they are all posted. Seriously!!!

I hope you're managing to at least smile through this one. Maybe after the smoke clears!

Take care!

[MinnieGirl]

Not Diagnosed So...

I don't know if this will count.

I haven't been to the ER in years. My daughter made me go due to some symptoms I've been having that made my vision blurry and arm numb.

While there, and no, I wasn't on any mind altering meds, I answered a question, "No, knock on FEATHERS." I knew the second it came out of my mouth it was wrong and I said, "Wood, wood, I know it's wood!"

My daughter and the nurse exchanged a look. I tried to laugh it off but that, along with the fact that I couldn't move my eyes side to side and my gait was way off made me just want to cry.

Thankfully no signs of stroke or tumor or anything life threatening, but I was strongly encouraged to keep my MS Specialist appointment Wednesday.

Hugs and blessings,
Minnie

[Karenkay]

I twist my words around. One day we were talking about knotty pine and can you guess how I said it?

Potty Nine.

[Debby]

I ordered my husband's favorite cookies, and hid them because he's trying to lose weight and I figured I could just get a few out at a time so he wouldn't be tempted to overeat them...that was 8 frickin' months ago! Once he found out they were in the house he assisted in the "tearing the house apart search" - and still we haven't found them!

[Debby]

Was making spaghetti. Got the frozen garlic bread out of the freezer to check how much time I needed to plan at the end of cooking for the garlic bread. Then when I was ready, I went to get the garlic bread out of the freezer, and it wasn't there! I frantically searched (spaghetti was almost done).....and finally found it in the cupboard I'd pulled he spaghetti sauce from, thawed out, and EVERYTHING smelling so wonderfully garlicky!

[Thinkimjob]

I spent a year genuinely believing I was 43. I was looking forward to my 44th birthday, because I like "44" as a number better than "43".

Trouble is, I was born in 1970, so I am in fact 42, and will be turning 43 in April.

It's not like it was hard to work out, or anything.

[Debby]

Oh, remembered one more thing....went on a road trip in Wyoming with some girlfriend's when I was in my early 20's...and told them the one thing that COULD NOT HAPPEN was getting a flat tire because I didn't have a spare (that's what my Dad told me!).

And wouldn't you know it, on our way home we took a less-used "short-cut"' and got a flat tire. We all just sat there stunned! This, of course, was pre-cell phone days. A couple of guys stopped, kinda scary....three girls out in the middle of nowhere. We told them we didn't have a spare, and they said, "well, let's take a look"....and imagine our complete and utter shock when we opened the trunk and there was not only a spare tire, but our LUGGAGE was ALL AROUND IT!

They changed our tire while we laughed and cried, and it has forever been a lesson to me on the "power of suggestion". ALL week we'd been in/out of that trunk, and because I said we had no spare tire, neither of my two friends or I ever saw it!

My dad later said, "I'd NEVER have let you go on that road trip "without" a spare tire, so I don't know what he said that made me think that.

I'll tell you one thing, that experience has made me think twice about the things I say to my kids, friends, family, co-workers.....I would never want to say something terrible/untrue, and have someone believe it through the amazing power of suggestion...a family member told me things when I was growing up that I believed completely, until I moved out and realized I "wasn't a slob", guys "did want to date me", that I "wasn't FAT", and shocking, "that someone actually wanted to marry me". Words are incredibly powerful....and somehow I turned a funny thread into something a little more serious....sorry about that!

[lisa1014]

I can never remember how old I am. I keep trying to make myself older. I always used to ask my husband how old I am now I call my cousin who is a year older than me because my husband is tired of my asking. I don't this this is an MS thing though unless I had it alot longer than they know because I have been having having this issue for at least 8 years and was diagnosed in 2011

[CaroleL]

I was driving home one night and totally forgot where I lived. My town has only one main road, so I kept on driving hoping I would recognize it. I was so scared. I thought of stopping a police officer but I was scared they'd take my license away.

About 1/2 block before my home, reality came knocking and I knew where I was. I made it home.

I'd gotten so scared that it took me about 2 months before I drove again.

It hasn't happened since! Phew!!!

[ilovejesus]

One morning I was rushing around trying to get my child to school when I couldn't find my car keys any place. So my husband finally says for me to just take his keys since he was still getting ready. I don't really like to drive his car and this kind of flustered me a bit. So I took my child to school, drove super careful and all. I was pulling in to the house when I realized that I could have just driven my own car since my husband also has my key on his keychain. And, of course, that's what he meant for me to do. So the first thing he says when I walk in the door, why did you take my car?". I felt so stupid, major MS moment.

[Wordsgood]

I was driving home one night and totally forgot where I lived. My town has only one main road, so I kept on driving hoping I would recognize it. I was so scared. I thought of stopping a police officer but I was scared they'd take my license away.

About 1/2 block before my home, reality came knocking and I knew where I was. I made it home.

I'd gotten so scared that it took me about 2 months before I drove again.

It hasn't happened since! Phew!!!

Hey! I did that driving to work one day. Gave up after a couple hours and called in sick with some kind of lame excuse. Certainly wasn't about to tell them the truth!

[a.nukem]

Last night I was drinking a soda and making green chile enchiladas for dinner. I had gone into the kitchen to check on the enchiladas and for some reason I turned, put on my oven mits, picked up my soda, and asked my mother to hold it please but be careful...... We looked at eachother for a few moments and started cracking up.

I walk into doors/walls and apologize to them. I can't find my words so instead I talk around them. These things actually can be very amusing if you find the humor.

Best one yet.. I was trying to ask my darling boyfriend to find the camera for me. We were going to enjoy one of the rare perfect-temperature days in Kansas at the Zoo (my favorite place) and I love taking pictures. Well I was trying to tell him what I wanted him to find and what came out of my mouth was not the word camera but "Find me the.... uhm... the ... with... uhm......... the clicky-clicky-oooooh-aaaaaaah. That!" .. He paused for a moment and said... "Porn? What do you want that for?"

Can we say a terrible moment. I finally got through that I wanted the darn camera and frankly could we please just go to the darn zoo while I still felt up to it. To this day I still can't look at the camera without laughing.

Find the humor. We are all tough people going through a lot, and a little humor can take you a long way.

[kshloss]

mine is scary/funny. I work in a building where I either have to pay 8.50/day to park or shuffle my car around every two hours or so to prevent a ticket. One day I ran out on my last break moved my car and ran back in to work. When my shift was over I looked for my car keys but could not find them. I went out to my car and it was right where I parked it Running. I had gotten out of the car without turning it off and it sat there running for 2 hours and no one bothered it! Scared the stuffing out of me!