MS Shuffle and Shake

Music for multiple sclerosis to move to So this spring ushered in a blizzard and some company. With gale force winds and several inches of snow predicted for 3/26, my mom came to stay. For the record, these previous two statements are not complaints; neither about the weather or about my mom visiting. All is … Read more here…

Press One for Dumb

MS Stupid is as MS Stupid Does For the record, I’m not saying that people with brain fog or other cognitively limiting chronic illnesses like multiple sclerosis are dumb. That would be wrong. And it would get people really, really mad at me just as I am trying to sell them a book or two-too … Read more here…

Unbalanced Cycle

More multiple sclerosis NO balance issues and a contest winner My last blog discussed how I had failed the heel to toe test at my neurologist’s office and how that caused drunken memories and great concern. It concerned many of my readers too, which made me analyze this over and over. Then I decided to … Read more here…

I USED to Walk the Line

Multiple Sclerosis NO balance issues Because you’re mine, I walk the line     Johnny Cash Don’t worry friends, this blog isn’t another lame MS parody of a common song. This blog IS about sorrow. And heartbreak. And the realization that sometimes the life skills you learned before MS are just shot with the onset of … Read more here…

The Bladder and Fatigue Duke it Out

A multiple sclerosis war of the personal kind I am trying to better appreciate my bladder, but it sure doesn’t make it easy. By far, my most annoying MS symptoms are fatigue and the unruly behavior of my obnoxious bladder. Cognitive difficulties are high on the list too, but since my cognitively limited brain often … Read more here…

12 Days of Christmas, MS Style

A multiple sclerosis Christmas carol I love Christmas. I love Christmas songs. But personally, I don’t love the 12 Days of Christmas carol. I find it obnoxious. Recently however, I learned that it was actually an important and secret song. Folklore has it that this carol was written in the late 1700’s in England as … Read more here…