{"id":910,"date":"2022-06-23T08:16:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T08:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2022-06-23T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T11:26:06","slug":"the-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/?p=910","title":{"rendered":"The Bucket List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-914 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-182270428-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-182270428-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-182270428-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-182270428-500x236.jpg 500w, https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/iStock-182270428.jpg 861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A positive thing about getting MS is that I don\u2019t put off tomorrow what could be started today, because tomorrow may never come. \u00a0I learned this before my MS dx at 25 yrs. of age. I was only 17 when my dad unexpectedly died.<\/p>\n<p>Things like this alter not only your life, but your perspective<strong>. <\/strong>Whether it was my youth or personality, I had goals in life that included a huge bucket list of things I wanted to see and do. I love travel, nature, history, and culture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-912 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_xs_192480963-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_xs_192480963-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_xs_192480963-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/dreamstime_xs_192480963-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Going to Alaska was a dream on my bucket list that came true. I was in my fifties, and despite the nervousness about my ability to handle such a trip, I was determined to go.\u00a0 I often say that my legs don\u2019t work, but I have a mouth and a brain to get what I want. It took a ton of planning that was done a year in advance, but boy, it was worth it.<\/p>\n<p>My accessible trip&#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Used planes, railroads, coaches, boats, a cruise ship\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Toured Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Vancouver\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Experienced Glacier\/Denali\/ Wrangell St. Elias National Parks\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Included roadhouses, the Alaskan pipeline, gold mining, northern lights\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Viewed moose, eagles, caribou, bear, and even an Iditarod race husky \u2018boot\u2019 camp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>If you or someone you know in a wheelchair wants to go to Alaska, here is repost from my blog explaining what I learned and how I did it&#8211;.<a href=\"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/?p=287\">Tips to Cruise\/Tour Alaska in a Wheelchair (with videos)<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>MS is unpredictable, but so is life. If there was an obstacle at some time point, at least I tried.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p><strong>Debbie Petrina<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<em>Author of\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CyU3R2\">Managing MS\u00a0<\/a><\/em><em><br \/>\n<em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0B14115VL\">Kindle Unlimited<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nModerator, MultipleSclerosis.net\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A positive thing about getting MS is that I don\u2019t put off tomorrow what could be started today, because tomorrow may never come. \u00a0I learned this before my MS dx at 25 yrs. of age. I was only 17 when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/?p=910\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,40],"tags":[451,450,452],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handicapped-accessibility","category-travel-accessibility","tag-accessible-travel","tag-ms-multiplesclerosis-msawareness-livingwithms-msprevalence-mseducation-msrelationships","tag-travelalaska"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":919,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debbiepetrina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}