A new multiple sclerosis skill People not living with multiple sclerosis or another chronic illness can’t possibly understand the fatigue we talk about unless they have actually spent hours trying to find the energy to take a shower. It doesn’t matter if my achy body slept in til 11 or I had to get up … Read more here…
A new multiple sclerosis test I don’t mean to brag but I think I opened MS Awareness month in a truly MS aware way. Late in the morning of March 1st I found myself at a local hospital undergoing a new, previously scheduled MS test. This test was called a Modified Barium Swallow. I was … Read more here…
Lessons from the tube It’s time for another MRI later this week. This will be my 7th. Or 8th. Or maybe this is the 9th. Who can tell anymore? Despite all the time I have spent in the tube, I thought I should review this old post to remember some of the lessons I previously … Read more here…
Doing something a little different my friends. This blog today is a guest blog by a colleague who wanted to share what the state of Nevada has going on in the way of fighting the MS beast. To be honest, I’d never thought of Nevada as a game player in this particular battle. When I … Read more here…
An MS think tank My new favorite song is a perfect song by my favorite band recorded back in 1973. Yet, I’d never paid much attention to it before. How can that be? The song is 100 Years Ago by, of course, the Rolling Stones. It is basically a look at aging which is ironic … Read more here…
“My MS is not your MS and your MS is weird.” Brilliant, semi-famous quote written by me Your MS is weird. And sometimes, I suppose, mine is too. Life with MS is certainly weird. And then there are weird people and weird circumstances. Recently, all this weirdness converged on what should have been a relatively … Read more here…
A multiple sclerosis Christmas carol I love Christmas. I love Christmas songs. But personally, I don’t love the 12 Days of Christmas carol. I find it obnoxious. Recently however, I learned that it was actually an important and secret song. Folklore has it, that this carol was written in the late 1700’s in England as … Read more here…
The return of an MS smoothie master When I first started bloggin,g one of Montel William’s peeps sent me a free Healthmaster Elite in the hopes that I would blog about using it. I did and the result was this blog post from July of 2012. I’m reposting now because I have vowed to get … Read more here…
A multiple sclerosis Thanksgiving post “Over the meadow and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go…” Lydia Maria Child In my world the song goes something like this- “Over the bridge and around the city to my cousin’s house we go…” And by “we,” I mean multiple sclerosis and I. Yes, I am traveling … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis checks out a nature trail Lest you think that this blog hiatus has been solely for resting and being a sofa bum, I offer the following experience. (Yes I know most people use the term couch potato but due to my issues with veggies, I offer sofa bum instead; which is silly as … Read more here…