I have noticed that I'm experiencing double vision vertically every other day or so for an hour or more...neuro asked about it and I told him about it, but I also said it doesn't last for more than a few hours. I do feel nervous about this relatively new thing, tho...don't mess with my vision, MS!!

I feel worried. Worried about the SS situation that's looming out there. I hate it when some politician says "we don't know whether August benefits will be paid or not" and then moves on to another topic like it's not that important.

SS Disability is my payckeck. I worked for many years and paid into SS for just as many. It just makes me mad that these elected officials act like this is just another kink in the chain. I guess once they are depending on these benefits for their survival things will change.

I'm so sorry you're worrying, Kelly . It is completely unfair to do this to people who have paid into this system and now can't depend on it.

I guess come August, many of us on SS will be living in tents on the White House lawn. Ok seriously, I too am very concerned. I haven't read the news today but it completely freaks me out. I don't know how they can do that to so many people. I would like to think that us Baby Boomers will stand up and NOT let that happen to us. (Well, I'm at the tail end of the Baby Boomers, 1964.) So many of us in that category are or will be retiring. I wonder if they are trying to head off the cost of giving SS to that large of a group.

BTW - How many of us will then head to our state's economic department for assistance? This will certainly place a burden on state funds and thus, drain the state's budget.
I worry about all the elderly and disabled that are not able to work and not able to supplement their income, myself included. I'm just having a tough that the leader's of this country can do that in good conscience. It blows my mind. That's like firing anyone who is elderly or disabled. That's like someone coming in and taking away your retirement. Hey, that's Enron!!! They're pulling an Enron us!!! Only, the amount of people that will be effected is far greater than those effected by Enron.

Debbie, the heat can cause that dbl vision, but, if I were you, I'd see my optho to make sure.

Kelly, It's just the Right, putting on it's scare tactics, for the election year..

Well, all I can do is try to prepare as best I can. I'm not one of those who has 6 months of living expenses in savings. I don't know too many people who do! I'm trying not to spend a dime that I don't have to. I really should adopt that way of living all the time....and in a way I do.....but I always know that even if I get to $0 during the month the second Wednesday of the next month always comes around. Who wants to share a tent with me?!

A tent in Georgia, or a tent in Vermont?

I want a tent in GA in the winter time and a tent in NH in the summer.

This whole thing freaks me out. We want to buy another house, but we feel frozen in fear till the next two weeks pass and we figure out how much of a hit we will take. Will we be homeless? or will we be at the food bank? The last time things fell my IRA really took a beating! I lost about 60% of that portfolio. slowly I recovred about 75% of what I lost, but I am still in the down catagory, and if things are going sideways I cant afford the hit. Im already using teabags twice! reusing tin foil and rinsing out plastic bags. I have cancelled things like netflix, Hulu and the online game I played (well, I cant see to play it anyway) but I am cutting way back getting ready to be hit again.

My left leg is buzzy and dragging today and my left eye isnt happy. Such is the life of an MS girl. bleck!

I'm feeling nice and cool. I'm at DD21's apartment sitting in a/c and it's awesome!!! Tkrik is a happy girl right now. MS symptoms are at a minimum, I got my feet up on the couch, my ice water right next to me, and, get this one, she has CABLE TV. I feel like I won the lottery today.

We were lucky that when we were aorking that we had a retirement plan that somehow they made a deal for 4 1/2%. We have had this account for a good while. So it is growing nicely. We have another that is a 4 1/2% and another that is annuity. Then we both have our pension from the hospital and our SS checks, his SS and mine SSD. We haven't had to dip into our retirment plans yet and I hope it's a long time before we do.