Spoons Revisited

As I mentioned in prior posts, I have not been doing all that well in regards to the MS. For the past week I have been getting really dizzy and need to lie down pretty often. I have also been getting worn out rather quickly.

This afternoon, for example, I went shopping with my mom. She wanted to get a new chair and asked me to go too. Of course I went! After the first stop I was done. We got back in the car and all I could think was "I do not have enough spoons left". I did not say anything to Mom though. I wanted her to find her chair. So, we continued the search.

After two more stores we found the chair and returned home at which point I could barely make it inside. I just needed to find a bed or a couch or a floor... anywhere I could just lie down and rest. After a couple hours I was fine but by that point it was too late to make it to church.

Just not enough spoons to make it through the day.

At least in my case, the MS allows me days with unlimited amounts of spoons. I don't think I have been treasuring those as much as I should... or at least as much as I could.

Funny the things we take for granted.