This content was created by Derek Cole. This content was uploaded by Derek Cole. This is a podcast episode titled "319. A Thank You and Life Update" (created 2021-07-05). The excerpt is a first-person monologue in English from a single speaker giving a personal life update: living with multiple sclerosis (MS), improved speech after a medication change, occasional dizziness/vision issues, dietary changes (avoiding dairy, homemade protein shakes), getting back into exercise, considering bringing the vlog back, and an upcoming set of local high-school commercials with Coach Bailey at Skyline High School. The speaker thanks supporters and offers holiday-weekend well-wishes.
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Of course, holiday weekends are always a good time for, for me anyway, to kind of reflect on what's happened. As far as me personally, my speech has gotten better. When I changed medications earlier this year, and honestly, why, why I stopped making videos. I stopped the vlog within the, you know, last couple of years. It's really because I was having trouble with my Ms. I mean, my, my Ms. Was causing me a serious speech problem. It is, you know, gotten better. It's still obviously a, you know, something there. But when I would make a video online and post it, you know, people would say, is he drunk? What kind of medication is he on? I mean, it was, it was, it was some bad stuff. But so far this year, I've been feeling better. Feeling better and feel like I'm speaking better. I'm wearing my glasses today because I've been having a little dizziness. Eye problem again, part of ms, multiple sclerosis. It doesn't happen a whole lot, but it seems to, to help when I wear glasses and take my contacts out. So usually when you see me in glasses, that is why I'm having that problem. But it's feeling blessed. It's feeling really, really blessed. I mean, going into year nine of multiple sclerosis, you know, it's, it's not been easy. It's not been easy. But you guys have supported me and been there for me and, and for that than. But really, the switching medication, I kind of switched some things up and going back to kind of homemade protein shakes, gotten off of dairy completely. Even though last night at someone's birthday party, that ice cream cake, and about halfway through the cake I realized, ah, it's ice cream. I can't have ice cream. So other than that, I'm pretty much off dairy altogether. Once I found out was a inflammatory thing and it was an Ms. Problem and. But anyway, so died up a little bit, went to making homemade shakes again, switch medications, working out not as much as I should, but I'm getting, getting back into it. But anyway, this holiday, holiday weekend, just wanted to say thank you, give you a little update on, on me and what's going on, but been thinking about bringing the vlog back. Since I can speak clearly in the pandemic and, you know, everything is opening back up. And so I don't know yet. We're gonna see. I know one thing for sure. I've been, I've been talked to multiple times now. So in football season starts back up, we're gonna have to do some brand new commercials with Coach Bailey at the high school, Skyline High School. We've been asked. I said yes, we are. So now we gotta deliver and, and come up with some. Come up with some ideas. But anyway, hope you enjoying the holiday weekend. If you see this after the holiday weekend. No problem. Hope you had a good time. It's been a beautiful day today. I mean, look back here, got sunshine. It's not too hot, it's not too muggy. Feels good. But I appreciate you guys and well, just keep pushing.
