The Curious Case of Multiple Sclerosis Part 4

What’s good for you is impossible to get to   I first noticed this particular multiple sclerosis peculiarity about two months after my diagnosis.   I was at an MS support group meeting in a hospital.  This support group was sponsored by a local drug company and since drug companies have tons of money, they fed … Read more here…

Zen and the Art of Resting

Multiple sclerosis procrastinating, I mean, meditating When I was in college, some three trillion, billion years ago, most of my dorm mates had to read a book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.   I wasn’t in the class that assigned the book and so I didn’t have to.  Back then I cared very … Read more here…

Plumber Crack

From young to old, courtesy of multiple sclerosis Last week I minimally and tentatively gave multiple sclerosis credit for something good-my being mistaken for someone not old enough to legally purchase alcohol. Well I was wrong!   MS reared its ugly, aging head once more just so I didn’t go too crazy with sentimental gratitude.  For … Read more here…

Here Comes Gina Romani!

An MS Positive?   Possibly. Myself, and fellow MS’ers like me, have a tendency to blame multiple sclerosis for everything bad.  Not just everything medically bad in our bodies, but everything bad.  War, death, violence, hatred, Justin Bieber,….…you name it.  If it’s bad, it is MS’s fault. And why shouldn’t it be?  MS is a … Read more here…

Toe Story

Some MS science fiction Just this morning someone in one of my online MS Facebook groups asked how do you know when something new in your body is MS or some other medical issue? This is an excellent question without a definitive answer. I have struggled with this many, many times as each new weird … Read more here…

For Those Who Might Have Forgotten—Forget-me-nots

An Official MS Flower As I do, I have been complaining about Spring quite a bit lately and will probably do it more in the future. But for those who actually like this season, I thought I would re-post this past blog in dedication to them.   Please allow me to send you some flowers … Read more here…

Pink and Orange Creatures

Same MS symptom, new MS monster When you were a kid, did you have a monster that lived under your bed? Being a child growing up by the seashore I wasn’t capable of worrying about just any old monster under my bed. My monster had a twist. And he didn’t live under my bed. He … Read more here…

No Spring for You!

A multiple sclerosis weather report Harvey Leonard majorly annoyed me yesterday. What, you don’t know who Harvey Leonard is? He is the Boston area’s head honcho in the meteorology world. He’s been at it for over thirty years, cutting his teeth as a somewhat newbie during the infamous Blizzard of 78. What, you’ve never heard … Read more here…

The Noisy Bed, Rated G

A multiple sclerosis staycation Last week, EMD Serono/Pfizer invited me and nine other MS bloggers from around the country to a summit. They wanted to pick our collective MS brains about MS blogger things. It was an honor to be included among this talented and eclectic group, a bunch of folks as different as our … Read more here…