[SallyC]

Now that our AMN is home safe and sound, after a wonderful Jaunt, I have a question of all you MS drivers..... Is your driving as up to snuff as it used to be?

Driving was always a joy for me. I loved jumping into my car and taking off for known or unknown places and I was, indeed, an excellent driver. Never had an accident and only two speeding tickets, in 45 years of operation..

I was OK for a long time, while having MS, but there were times (bad MS days) I wouldn't drive. This was the whole time during my 18 year remission, but at 53, when I had a bad exacerbation, I noticed a difference in my driving, even after I healed from the attack.

Since my right side was my strong side, I had no trouble driving, except I started to slowly notice a weakness in pushing the brake and a slight lack of co-ordination and response time. Not enough, yet to make me quit, but, worrysome.

I had had a few minor close calls...one with not being able to keep pressure on the brake and another one, when hitting the gas instead of the brake, while parking.. ..I pretty much stopped driving, after my husband died in 2004 and in 2006, when my DL was due to renew, I didn't renew.

I've always had, in the back of my mind, that, in an emergency, I could still drive, but I never did. There are million of peeps out there, thanking me..

You don't have to be honest with me, but in being honest with yourselves, are you still a good and safe driver? Are there days you should not/will not drive?