*A lighthearted alternative to Dr Seuss’, “Oh, the places you’ll go” with respect to someone like me who is really struggling with MS symptoms at the moment.
**Yes, I used Gemini 2.0 Flash to help me out with this.

Ah, the places you won’t go, my friend, it’s true.
Not the soaring heights, the zig-zagging view.
No leaping and bounding with effortless grace,
More like a considered and steady slow pace.

You’ll pack your trusty stick, your frame, strong and bold,
And dream of adventures, stories untold.
The stairs? A majestic, unconquered terrain.
The crowded dance floor? A shimmering pain.

Oh, the bumps and the grumbles, the sighs and the stares,
The inaccessible doorways, the vacant lift chairs.
You’ll master the art of the strategic slow roll,
Negotiating pavements that take quite a toll.

Your “Unslumping of Slumps” might involve a good rest,
Your “Higgledy Humps” a mobility test.
And though “Bang-ups and Hang-ups” might feature a fall,
You’ll learn to adapt and stand sturdy and tall (when you can, that is all).

So onward you tread, with a wry little smile,
Exploring the world at your own measured mile.
Perhaps not the places this ode had in mind,
But your own unique journey, one of a different kind.