I gave a bunch of money to the National MS Society last year, and now I'm on their mailing list. Today I received "Inside MS", the magazine for members of the National MS Society. Now I don't know what to do with it.
I'm not sure how I feel about the NMSS. On the one hand, I support them because they do offer services to MS sufferers and their families, and because they raise awareness of MS. On the other hand, they're heavily funded by drug companies, so any "therapies" they push are skewed towards the pharmaceutical industry. But I still give them money.
I don't want to read this magazine, because I don't want to dwell on my MS. But I do want to read this magazine, because maybe there will be an interesting article that will help me draw a connection to something I've been doing for my health. But I don't want to read too much of the magazine at a time, because too much dwelling on MS makes me depressed. But I'd rather just sit and read the whole thing so I can get it over with.
OK, I just read the Table of Contents, and I skimmed a couple of the interesting-sounding articles (one on dealing with cognitive problems on the job, and one on B cells), and determined that this magazine will go in the "MS and Related Info" file in my file cabinet, to be used when I get worse to the point of serious cognitive or motor function problems. If I get worse. I think the "when" is my newly sugar-free body talking.
It occurs to me that the best medicine for cognitive function might be teaching and playing the violin, which together definitely exercise all parts of my brain every day. Now, if I could just get a little more sleep...