Monday, April 20, 2009

Another Wedding


1993 brought the 3rd wedding, and an empty nest. Doug married the sister of Curtis' wife. In other words, brothers married sisters. My sister also had 2 sons who married sisters. It makes for a pretty close-knit family with the in-laws.

At time of the photo, my MS had progressed to the point of my using an orthodic, on occasion, for foot drop. And, I used a cane—for balance—mainly so strangers would be aware that I had a problem and wouldn't be so concerned about my staggering. But, I could still hold my own at the restaurant, for the most part. I had to slow down, and compensate here and there for some rather strange incidents. But, I attended two different MS support groups, and was learning some good coping skills. 

Hugs!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Love the wedding pictures. So you used an orthodic a cane but do you still?

My Road thru Life said...

Beautiful picture. Sounds like why I use a cane. I'm like Lois and wondering if you ever use a cane now?

mrsmel said...

I use my cane rarely. It is for balance purposes only, any more. I only used the orthodic occasionally, but haven't needed it since we moved from the Wichita house, in 1997. YAY!