An MS whine without wine I’ve been thinking about bears a lot lately. And it is not because it was just bear week in my hometown- a lovely week catering to Provincetown fun in the sun with the loveliest of bear visitors. Nor is it because I miss the cool temperatures of the fall when … Read more here…
Happy 2024!! Hope all of you are having an awesome start to the New Year! I have been well, but busy so far in 2024. I am working on some new adventures and with anything I do, the potential for new blog material is great. In the meantime, what I am doing, what I INSIST … Read more here…
A new multiple sclerosis fear It is a tradition at yvonnedesousa.com to post one of my Halloween blogs this time of year. But I decided I wanted to share this new blog with you instead. If you are missing the usual, alternating posts, you will find the links to them below. When I was a … Read more here…
Major Radioactive Insanity Someone near and dear to me is having an MRI soon. They’ve had MRI’s before, but this one is with contrast and it’s not even to look at MS lesions! I thought contrast was ONLY to look at MS lesions. Who knew that radiologists would inflict such a weird thing as an … Read more here…
The confusing new role of an MS flare Headache? Check. Pins and needles feeling wicked bad? Check. Exhaustion? Fatigue? Weakness? Lethargy? Whatever the hell you want to call it? Check. Gastrointestinal- don’t even make me say the gross D word? Check. Temperature? No. Came on suddenly? Check. Cough? No. Sore throat? No. Weird kind of … Read more here…
The medical spawn of unknown weirdness I was not an attractive baby. I’m not stating this for sympathy; it’s a known fact. I was born with a goofy looking face, dark hair all over, including on my back, and my feet smelled no matter how often my parents bathed me. You know how older siblings … Read more here…
An ode to Multiple Sclerosis, Covid and Christmas Read to the end for a thank you, a celebration, a suggestion, a condolence, and some bad Christmas jokes Back before I was diagnosed with MS, a friend wasn’t feeling that great. When asked, she said she was suffering from a malaise. What a perfect description, I … Read more here…
A Covid 19 ode to a great rock Disclaimer- Please remember that my blog posts are tongue in cheek which means they should not be substituted for medical advice. If something I say sparks your interest, it’s best to do your own research. I recommend Google. I just read an article in the Huffingpost that … Read more here…
A test for illness that your doctor is NOT trying to get Happy Month of Green and Orange! Green for St. Patrick’s Day and orange for MS Awareness Month. For whichever you may be participating in, I tip my orange shamrock hat to you. If you participate in both, then double orange lucky leprechauns are … Read more here…
Medical observations of the bizarre kind No chemo! Those two words are blessed music to my ears. As I go about this “living with MS” journey, and this “dealing with breast cancer” journey, the words “no chemo” are helping me through. Though very fortunate, this latest diagnosis has brought new weirdness into my life and … Read more here…