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…
An old look at an old issue Happy 2020 my friends!!!!! My plan for the New Year was to kick it off with a brand new blog. But then life got in the way with good things (fun stuff,) healthy things (I’ve joined a gym and have actually gone once or twice,) bad things (tech … Read more here…
MS meets EMS and it ain’t Pretty Have you ever wondered how you would handle an emergency? I have. Fortunately, I haven’t had too many experiences to know for sure. One time, I thought I’d lost my 4 year old nephew in my own yard and I screamed his name over and over for … Read more here…
Medicare and those who rock my medical world As you, my dear readers and friends know, I have faced some medical trials of late. On top of the whole MS nightmare I’ve dealt with breast cancer and, perhaps most bizarre of all, hives! I’m frustratingly itchy (again,) and directly in between the whole MRI workup … Read more here…
Or, how I’m spending MS Awareness Month See what I did there, my political friends??? Cancer and Multiple Sclerosis are both terrifying illnesses with mixed prognoses depending on many factors and each individual patient. Still, I don’t think too many people would disagree if I were to say that cancer, posing the most immediate risks … Read more here…
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…
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…
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…