I use ‘moonpig.com’ for special family/friends. You can upload pictures to the cards, really have fun with them.
My handwriting has never been tidy, I get my husband to write the Christmas cards
fine motor skills were shot to ribbons during my last relapse. neat writing was gone but has returned although my capital Ns still show remnants with the diagonal stroke persistently being horizontal. it made me chuckle and i was happy to adapt.
the inability to use chop sticks kind of got me down though and resorting to one finger typing at work presented some productivity issues.
but ho-hum… we soldier on.
My handwriting is absolutely terrible now which coupled with my cognitive issues is fun and games- at work I take notes and as soon as I have finished them I can’t read them and I can’t remember what was in them!
I can hardly handle a pen these days which for me is heartbreaking. I always used to write with a fountain pen and, although my handwriting wouldn’t ever have won any prizes it was clear and - to my mind anyway - looked stylish and unique.
I was really upset this year because, for my 50th birthday, my husband was going to spend a lot of money on a Mont Blanc pen for me (I have ALWAYS wanted one) but I had to tell him not to because I would never have been able to use it. I was heartbroken and TBH so was he
Boblatina, I really feel for you. When MS twists the knife like that, it is very hard to bear.
Alison
I was often asked to write letters for people, or fill in forms. Now i don’t even recognise my own signature. When i had to go to the JobCentre to sign-on, they had one of those hand-helded pads that automatically confirmed it was the correct signature, compareing to their records. I often had to sign several times, before the woman would say, it’s ok it doesn’t matter. I know who you are.
Hi Blade Runner, When my wife was sacked and then had her ESA taken away and was forced to sign on she had the same. The woman at her initial sign on could see her arm was in Spasm after the trip so suggested she sign on with initials,then tried just one, then an X and then eventually just a dash.It still often wouldn’t recognise it when she had to sign on!
When we eventually got to the ESA tribunal the panel seemed quite amused by this story!