Lifestyle

To Your Health DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 74-year-old man.

DEAR ABBY: I am struggling with an invisible illness and losing patience with friends, family and acquaintances. I’m working with doctors to manage my conditions, and I’m tired of all the suggestions and seemingly positive comments I’m hearing, like, “You can do it; just put your mind to it!”

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two months ago. I spent the past week hospitalized after an exacerbation during a shower, when my legs turned to jelly and I could not walk or even stand. I have a lot to learn about my disease. Are these incidents common? I’ll be starting Ocrevus infusions in the next month or two. I am home and mobile now, using a wheeled walker. Am I permanently disabled? -- M.K.

Hot Summer Nights and Music on Main have both officially kicked off. Most graduations in Texoma have already taken place. Local public libraries are jump starting their summer reading programs. That means the warm season is well underway and with June just beginning, there are a lot of events to help get people outside.

Fifteen pairs of thoughts for those graduating to a new stage in life, regardless of age: Find in yourself the nectar, the cravings that bring sweetness to your passions. Find in yourself the stories waiting to be lived and live them despite age or opinion.

Sherman Rotary Ben Blackburn Sherman High School senior Victoria Blankenship was recently awarded the Sherman Rotary Club’s Ben Blackburn Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Blankenship plans to attend Texas A&M University to study animal science.

DEAR ABBY: I am struggling with an invisible illness and losing patience with friends, family and acquaintances. I’m working with doctors to manage my conditions, and I’m tired of all the suggestions and seemingly positive comments I’m hearing, like, “You can do it; just put your mind to it!”

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two months ago. I spent the past week hospitalized after an exacerbation during a shower, when my legs turned to jelly and I could not walk or even stand. I have a lot to learn about my disease. Are these incidents common? I’ll be starting Ocrevus infusions in the next month or two. I am home and mobile now, using a wheeled walker. Am I permanently disabled? -- M.K.

Don’t you just love spring? It’s simply glorious. Trees blooming.