How do you know? The Date- 12/8/18 The Mission- Get my damn apartment decorated for Christmas so that I can get into the damn holiday spirit! It was later in the season than I like to be decorated. I’m not a before or day after turkey day decorator, but don’t like too to wait too … Read more here…
Less an MS blog but more of a look at what makes me so damn persnickety Please indulge me with an MS blog that’s not exactly about MS at all. My friend Kristin and I were going to dinner and a movie. We’d been eager to see Bohemian Rhapsody since the first trailer appeared for … Read more here…
How do you know? I bet you didn’t count the dots above and assume I mean that other word, F..king. But I’m talking about F…king as in freaking as in being freaky weird. But multiple sclerosis is very sucky too so F..king does apply as well. Those with chronic illness regularly talk about the things … Read more here…
Halloween Holiday Spirit Call it tradition. Call it writer’s block. Call it laziness, boredom or the result of today’s brain fog. But here is one of my most popular blogs, just in time for Halloween! Get ready for your own horror movie marathon and I would love it if you answer the question at the … Read more here…
From a blog called Stumble to Rise Since I last posted I’ve had the chance to virtually meet and chat with a very talented, fellow MS writer. Her name is Gina Whitlock Fletcher and I think she’s awesome! I plan on following her blog, Stumble to Rise, and can’t wait to read her book. Hopefully … Read more here…
What’s so smart about a smartphone, anyway? So this post is a new, old one. Here’s the complicated tech deal. I wrote and published this blog over 2 years ago. But just a few days after I did, a virus attacked my website and killed it. So I’m posting again. You’ll be happy to know … Read more here…
Without the humor, I wouldn’t make it through each day! Fortunately, my 12 year-old-son (who never knew his Mom pre-MS) has a very honest and wise perspective. Between my dad’s Alzheimer’s and my own MS, my son (who we adopted as a newborn) asked me this question a couple years ago…”So if Grandpa has Alzheimer’s … Read more here…
Helping the world understand MS fatigue Today, in this very blog, I’m going to explain MS fatigue to the masses, ie. you, my loyal readers. I’m finally going to really, really spell it out. This is something no one else has ever been able to do. Not scientists. Not Neurologists. Not care takers. Not writers. … Read more here…
MS and my spirit animal For this post I offer you a vision into an overheated MS brain and a potential new diagnosis. But first, some history. When I moved several months ago I had to change pharmacies. Trust me when I say this was a HUGE deal. I mean, the grocery store pharmacy in … Read more here…
MS hits the beach and crashes Just months after my MS diagnosis I went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. That’s not as big a deal as it sounds. This beach was a beach of my childhood. At least it was when the piping plovers weren’t hatching. When they were, the beach was closed which drew … Read more here…