What's the One Thing That Helps to Make Your Day Easier?

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Stacy, ,that really does help, doesn’t it? Thank you for sharing.




Stacy Rees said:

what really helps to make my day faster is when my boys choose to help me and hang out with me instead of arguing and making messes of things!! I have an awesome support system and they help to keep me focused on the things that are good and joyous in my life and remind me that dwelling on the bad things or the things that bring me down are not worth worrying about and not to let those things or times control my life or shake my faith!

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yes Athena…it really does make a big difference in things! :smiley:



Athena said:

Stacy, ,that really does help, doesn’t it? Thank you for sharing.




Stacy Rees said:
what really helps to make my day faster is when my boys choose to help me and hang out with me instead of arguing and making messes of things!! I have an awesome support system and they help to keep me focused on the things that are good and joyous in my life and remind me that dwelling on the bad things or the things that bring me down are not worth worrying about and not to let those things or times control my life or shake my faith!

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knowing my own physical,emotional limits and sticking to them. One of the hardest things this disease has taught me is to say No. :)

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Comfy PJs cuz clothes are painful. I wear clothes only when I go out, then get them off ASAP when I get home.

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Hi totally agree with Mechelle...it's organization with myself once i'm out of bed and know i'm able to walk instead of paralization...mind you i don't think my OCD helps one. LOL

Mechelle said:

Organization. When I'm not organized, my days get away from me. Lists keep me focused, too.
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acceptance and gratitude, acceptance if it is not such a great day with the lupus/fibro and gratitude for the days that are better, my faith and my family and of course friends here :)

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-iPhone

-Ativan (sometimes necessary, very helpful when it is, and I’ve learned to appreciate that rather than resenting taking it!)

-Friends who understand (for one, LWL, but 2 real friends with MS, too.)

-Doctors who care

-Parents who support me, even when they don’t always help me feel better or understand

Also gratitude and acceptance, when I can access them, which I’m having a hard time with this week in particular :frowning:

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I really appreciate all of your answers. Thank you so much for sharing. I think that we can all learn a little from each other here.

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Hello Athena,

It really does show how each and everyone of us look at life although we go through so much...lovely thread mate. :)

Athena said:

I really appreciate all of your answers. Thank you so much for sharing. I think that we can all learn a little from each other here.
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Thanks for asking a great question. My fAith and
My family get through my day

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Hi Sue,

As long as you have faith and your family there's not much we need otherwise :)

Sue said:

Thanks for asking a great question. My fAith and
My family get through my day
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working on my paintings and talking to my best friends

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Hi Taya,

I bet that's a lovely way of relaxing painting...never gifted myself, instead it was carpentry and pattern making which i gave up years back through illness. Lol xxx

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Hi Athena and all , Well there are many things but if i really have to give one,seeing my grand kids ( the 2 that visit regularly ) and there is this thing that i thought them as little babies that we ( they ) still do - it's called the LOVE knod( placinge my forhead on theirs and looking each other i the eyes and saying I LOVE YOU !! that ALWAYS makes me feel GOOD all the time nomatter how much am in PAIN or whatever it works and it's something to let them know Grandma can't always be there to do things but she LOVES you and for them to do a good job at doing whatever they are doing - The LOVE knod.... Beverly L.

P.S. it's funny that sometimes i 4get to do it and they remember to do it ... HA!! ... Beverly L.

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Using my heating pad on my painful areas....the heating pad is my best friend lol

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I hear that :) and bengay has become my "scent" luckily hubby likes the way it smells

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Luv the replies! I have a joint reliever called bio freeze, it’s a roll on. It smells better than Ben gay n it works!

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Hey Sue that sounds great no more getting the stuff on my hands, where did you get it?

Sue said:

Luv the replies! I have a joint reliever called bio freeze, it's a roll on. It smells better than Ben gay n it works!
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Hey there, I get it through my brother in law, who’s a chirp, but my husband gets it at a physical therapy office. I looked it up online, seems it sells many places. Look it up for the closest place to u. It really works. Smells for a minute then goes away, works just like other run ons but rolls on. Good luck!

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Hi Taye , you don't have to say it twice - my HEATING PAD has been on my BEST FRIEND list since Aug. 2010 and i've only been through 2 . So keep it close to you and if you think that your going to be gone long away from home -"Take it with you " , cause i thought one time to leave it at home , after doing so errans with my daughter , who takes all day to do nothing , she didn't want take my home that nite, Thank GOD for me thinking fast on my feet and bringing it with me - Something just said, you know i( the heating pad) want to go with you , which my daughter kept saying , Am going to take you back home later - but that didn't happen until the next day . So NEVER LEAVE HOME with out it - unless you know for sure that you will be going back home !!! But keep it CLOSE .... Beverly L.

Taye said:

Using my heating pad on my painful areas....the heating pad is my best friend lol