get any shopping done in the middle of a flare when you're on steroids and have no energy and have to take a parent who also has mobility issues with you to go shopping??

I also have absolutely no idea what to get my dad for Xmas this year. We were able to get my mom a couple of things, but I have no idea what to get my dad other than a watch. (he's insisting he needs one, and he does need one)

I still need to get my mom some more stuff, and I have to take her to get something for my dad. I'm about to see if my sister will take my mom shopping for me. Problem is, my mom has no clue what to go buy either, and she gets a bit...grumpy...when she doesnt have a specific thing to go get. My sister hasnt had to shop with my mom since she was a teenager, and that usually ended in fights with my mom screaming at my sister. Maybe if I get a list from my dad and give that to my sister and send her out with mom, then my mom wont feel so stressed out about shopping.

I think I'm going to go (gently) beat my head against my desk in frustration. Why does the MS always pick the most inconvenient times to make things really really difficult?

My dad is going to take me shopping (hopefully) to get some stuff for my mom tomorrow. But he has mobility issues (heart problems) that doesnt give him a lot of stamina. He's suggesting using my mom's wheelchair and pushing me in it if I'm still not physically up to walking thru a store tomorrow. (then he has something to lean on with the chair, but he'd be pushing my big butt thru the store)

I suppose that as long as I have something to lean against and push, like a wheelchair, I could push him thru the store, or we can take turns or something.

I just dont know how to deal with Xmas while dealing with MS crap.

ArGh!!!!

Tell those little steroids to work magic on me...I'd like my $5 worth of 'roids to break the continuous streak of flaming flares. It's getting really annoying. At least they're helping the back pain.