Multiple Sclerosis no concentration I love games; always have and pretty sure I always will. And no, I don’t mean people mind games, the stuff of drama and social network craziness. I mean good old fashioned board games. When I was 5 I was playing Candy Land with my grandmother. Since she didn’t speak English … Read more here…
New multiple sclerosis symptoms go musical I was sitting in a meeting a couple of weeks ago when my left hip started to vibrate and shake. It felt like how it felt in the old days when we had pagers or antiquated cell phones attached to our belts. Immediately I went looking for my phone. … Read more here…
Chicago MS Summit Part II Part 1 of this post appeared on my blog last week and is titled, Meet Me in the Windy City Novartis provided all the airfare, hotel, meals and travel costs for this summit. I surprisingly still had a lot of energy after the summit ended. Maybe I shouldn’t have been … Read more here…
A now old, but new MS symptom So my computer is back and I’m getting caught up. And I’m finally rested and refreshed after a fun, paid weekend away in the windy city. More on that later in the month as I can’t go to Chicago without coming up with at least one blog about … Read more here…
A new multiple sclerosis mode of being And then there’s Crasher. You KNOW Crasher. I know you do. Deny it if you want but I bet you’ve got the bruises to prove it. Crasher is not Crasher as in “I’m so wiped out. I’m just going to go crash for the next five days,” although … Read more here…
Another very scary multiple sclerosis moment mixed with some 80’s fun You’ve probably heard of the Spoon Theory. It’s an essay/story/explanation of how one woman uses spoons to describe chronic illness fatigue to her friend. It’s downright brilliant. I did some research and I think and hope the author of the Spoon Theory is Christine Miserandino. … Read more here…
A new multiple sclerosis sting I’ve been lucky so far on this MS journey, at least when it comes to pain. There are many different types of pain, manifested in many different ways, to those of us living with multiple sclerosis. How can there not be since MS is basically something no one knows what, … Read more here…
MS negotiates Holy Week Friends- my blog takes an aspect of my life living with multiple sclerosis and then pokes gentle fun of that aspect. For me, religion is a big part of my life and thus, is where this particular blog post developed. Please don’t let the religious topic alienate you as I think … Read more here…
A retro MS post for spring So this week’s blog post happens to coincide with Holy Week which means that it also coincides with religious obligations, family obligations, friend obligations, MS obligations, life obligations and resting obligations. What that means is no new blog for you! Hahaha! But I thought this post from two years … Read more here…
What a multiple sclerosis moment REALLY looks like This magic moment, So different and so new These are the opening lines of a sappy sweet song by the Drifters that is actually about a couple falling in love. Yet the song is stuck in my head as I am analyzing and over analyzing other “moments” … Read more here…