More about how MS and cancer hang out Warning- if you are struggling with cancer, know someone who is struggling with cancer or have lost someone to cancer, you may not find this blog amusing. Please know that I’m not minimizing cancer at all. It’s just how I deal. BUT, if you have kicked cancer’s … Read more here…
MS meets the big C With a title like that you probably thought this blog was about something juicy- perhaps even pornographic. Maybe R rated or at least PG-13. Sorry to disappoint you my friends. I’m not ready for THAT kind of writing. And while this post is about an actual boob, as in body … Read more here…
Part 2 of the EMPOWER Study by DxTerity I’m sorry if I mislead you my friends. I didn’t realize it until it was too late. I got my DxTerity EMPOWER Study kit and it didn’t come with the cup of coffee that was shown in the picture posted on my first blog about this project. … Read more here…
Join an at-home MS study and receive $50 for your time! With annual flu shots, regular blood draws, and thrice weekly injections to keep the MS beast at bay, I’ve decided I’m pretty much a human pin cushion. The memories of my grandmother’s sewing kit overtake my brain and not in a good way. It … Read more here…
When science helps you kick butt I know that it’s really, really obnoxious to say “I told you so,” but man, sometimes it just feels so good. Does that make me obnoxious? What if you say “I told you so,” with a smile? Is that better? What if you are clueless and inept when it … 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…
Of rodents and multiple sclerosis A super crazy week in August equals a repeat of an old blog. This happens to be one of my favorites! “Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage..” Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Smashing Pumpkins According to the Chinese zodiac (and no, I didn’t just … Read more here…
Are you an MS zombie too? Earlier this week, someone posted the above picture in one of my Facebook MS groups. (Sorry, fellow MS’er and poster. I didn’t want to steal your pic but I really liked it and was desperate for a blog post idea.) I laughed out loud at the picture and immediately … Read more here…
A little peek at a little MS Madness! As the writer I claim to be, I could lie and make up some brilliant excuse as to why today’s blog is not as creative as I usually try to make it. I could write that I am in Paris being wined and dined by a handsome … Read more here…