Know Multiple Sclerosis

Wow - so I started my new job this week and it's been a blur. I'm commuting 90 minutes each way (last night took 2 hours because of a police chase at the train station which I got to watch....awesome) so it's been quite an adjustment. Soon I'll have a laptop set up to work on the train.

But the job is awesome. The work is cool, the people are cool, and the environment is cool. I'm hoping to achieve a good work/family balance after I get settled down.

By the time I get home at night, I'm exhausted. I don't necessarily think it's the multiple sclerosis (although I'm sure that doesn't help). It could just be the 12 hour day. In any case, I'm going to have to be cognizant of the MS and my health. After you've had MS for some time, it feels like a relationship. You know what makes it happy, you know what makes it mad, and you know how to calm it down if you make it mad.

That's a good lesson for any of us. Watching stress levels and fatigue can be a very important way to keep MS in check. Eating right, taking meds, and exercising are also good tools. This new job is a big test for me - I'm confident I know my MS well enough to manage everything - we've been together for 10 years.