When MS combines with visiting your heritage It is Portuguese Heritage Month!! To celebrate, Annmarie came up with a last-minute idea to visit Fall River, MA and get our Portuguese on. I did have plans to go dancing the night before with another friend, but I figured I could handle both. Back in my younger … Read more here…
Attack of an MS bladder Annmarie and I were due to catch up, and a simple phone call wasn’t going to cut it. Last Friday we decided to meet for coffee and she picked a local hot spot that was a combination of a high-end chocolate store and café. When I arrived, she was in … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis Goes Out It was almost 8 PM and I was retouching my makeup. Wait. What? Did you read what I just wrote? 8 at night and I was retouching my makeup? It was a wild night if I was still wearing makeup past 7:30. Most days, makeup comes off and comfy clothes or … Read more here…
Of friends, multiple sclerosis and heavy metal mania Welcome to the month of being thankful! I’m blessed and thankful for many things. And since great friends and good music (not that I personally consider Motley Crue good music,) are at the top of that list, I thought I would offer this previous adventure for this … Read more here…
MS fears falling at the Falls It was to be an exciting weekend. First, a long road trip to an important wedding and then a short road trip to Niagara Falls. Don’t worry my friends. While this post is a little bit about a mini vacation, I won’t bombard you with vacation pics. Even … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis heads to a party My boyfriend and I got invited to a Kentucky Derby party. It sounded very exciting and fancy, but I was a bit perplexed. What I knew about the Kentucky Derby is that it had something to do with a horse race and you were expected to wear a fancy … Read more here…
Back to the summer post drawing board I know in my July post I said that I hoped to have new material for you this month. But hope is a relative term. I hope to be a rock star one day but I can’t sing or play an instrument so that hope my never come … Read more here…
A story, an inspiration, a repeat Before Covid-19 if you had asked me what pod people were, I would have said zombies, aliens or frightening, dangerous creatures created in a lab. My answer would be based on which horror movie I’d recently seen. I definitely knew pod people weren’t anything I would want to be a … Read more here…
An HeV18 update-Growing Stronger Together Hi Friends I hope everyone is enjoying the month of May. It’s been a long time since I wrote to you. May has been a bit crazy for me but not necessarily in a bad way. It started with me resting up from another fabulous weekend in Chicago, courtesy … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis goes back to Chicago! Janssen covered my travel expenses to attend HealtheVoices17. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own. (Thank goodness! It would be scary if a successful company like Janssen thought the crazy way I do!) It was the first morning. Despite the super comfy beds in the wicked nice … Read more here…