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…
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 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…
Multiple Sclerosis helps move my mom Cold, Allergies, MS or Stress Cold, Allergies, MS or Stress Repeat 2 times Say it with me now Yes, a move was doing me in. And don’t worry, you don’t have déjà vu. My mom is moving, not me. How is it that 3 months ago I moved into … Read more here…