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…

Happily Fatigued, Just This Once….

A multiple sclerosis break Holy, Holy Week Batman!!!! Happy Easter to my Christian friends and Happy Spring and everything else to everyone else! This past week has been crazy with many things, all of them mostly great.  And I can’t wait to tell you about them, later.  As with everything MS wise, any way you … Read more here…

100 MS Episodes

Multiple Sclerosis Comedy Stop the presses! Call Willard Scott! Light the candles! I’m turning 100 today! And believe me; I have the aches, the pains, the pills and the posts to prove it! Perhaps you’re confused. While MS often makes me feel 100, you are thinking to yourself, she can’t really be THAT old, can … Read more here…

Getting Dizzy With It

The spin in multiple sclerosis   When I was a teenager I worked at a card store. I still remember the best card I ever stocked. It was in the “Thinking of You” section and the front cover had a drawing of a person who was shaded in blue, sitting on a chair. The front … Read more here…

MS Shuffle and Shake

Music for multiple sclerosis to move to So this spring ushered in a blizzard and some company. With gale force winds and several inches of snow predicted for 3/26, my mom came to stay. For the record, these previous two statements are not complaints; neither about the weather or about my mom visiting. All is … Read more here…