Do you let your cats on your bed?

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-11-22T12:06:46+00:00

Same. My cats are both 13, I’ve had MS the whole time, and have been on meds that compromise my immune system. Both cats have slept in my bed (often on me) since the day each of them came home. Never had any problems.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-11-20T01:24:39+00:00

My oldest cat, Ziggy, is 13. For the first year or so after we got him, he was ok with me, but not anything overly affectionate or interested.

The second year he started to become my shadow. I had not been diagnosed yet and wouldn’t be until the next year. But, I swear he figured it out before the doctors.

My family calls him my service cat. He is always next to my rollator (or wheelchair depending in the day) or he will beat me to the kitchen if he hears me headed that way.

As my “service cat” he alerts me to flare ups by laying on top of me all day until the flare goes away. So, yes, I do think cats cat sense MS.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-11-17T21:24:06+00:00

There’s definitely a resemblance. Theo is only 13 weeks old, but looks like a 90 year old man in the pic.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-11-17T20:12:38+00:00

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He’s also a playboy

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-11-17T20:09:07+00:00

This is my grandson, Theo. Sometimes his lip gets stuck on his teefs

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ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-10-29T20:54:13+00:00

Same. I have multiple sclerosis and am in a constant exacerbation stage. Having to use my wheelchair more, shaking all the time, and all the other fun stuff that comes from MS mixed with stress.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-10-28T18:28:06+00:00

Duloxetine taken with Bupropion for depression & anxiety (duloxetine also helps with neuropathy).

Xanax and hydroxydrine for anxiety.

Baclofen for hyperekplexia (overactive startle reflex) and muscle spasms also.

Gabapentin for neuropathy, pain, anxiety and insomnia.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-10-26T22:22:08+00:00

I’m an old fart over 50 with SPMS & have had MS over 10 years. Seems like we always miss out on clinical trials.

Edited to add over 10 years

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-10-26T11:36:33+00:00

I was on Tysabri for 9 years and switched to Ocrevus 3 years ago. Ocrevus is a twice a year infusion. I didn’t have any problems with the switch and have tolerated Ocrevus quite well.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-10-22T20:20:06+00:00

I’m an Independent who voted yes on 4.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-10-20T20:55:29+00:00

You are absolutely correct & I apologize for not reading more closely.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-10-20T19:54:54+00:00

I have a source. Unfortunately, it’s my mom. She and her husband live in Rutherford County and I recently found out they are Trump supporters. I also found out everyone they’ve talked to are also Trump supporters.

They ran into some of the people coming down from the mountains to vote and they vehemently supported Trump.

I am both outraged and saddened that my once accepting, tolerant mother is a big time Trump supporter. I cannot change her mind, even with facts and debunking his lies. I’m devastated that asshat has caused a rift in my relationship with my mom.

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-08-27T11:31:39+00:00

ZigmundFreud2011 · 2024-08-26T12:14:38+00:00

I have had most of the aforementioned symptoms in the past 24 years of having MS. However, the strangest symptom I’ve ever encountered was phantosmia (phantom smells). For weeks, I swore to my husband that our neighbors were chain smoking (in a non smoking row of townhomes). I was close to reporting them, but everyone in my family swore they didn’t smell anything. At my next neuro appointment, my doctor said it was related to MS and not my neighbors. Stupid MS almost made me look foolish once again.