Cancer Trumps MS

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…

Just another Weird, Weird Day

“My MS is not your MS and your MS is weird.” Brilliant, semi-famous quote written by me Your MS is weird.  And sometimes, I suppose, mine is too.  Life with MS is certainly weird.  And then there are weird people and weird circumstances.  Recently, all this weirdness converged on what should have been a relatively … Read more here…

The Not So Golden, Slightly Tarnished Girls

Multiple Sclerosis is no match for a birthday The story starts like this.  Three besties gather at the home of a fourth to help her celebrate her birthday.  The friends are the serious Gidget, the shy Amber, and the wild child Traci. ******Note-names have been changed in this writing to protect the ages and the … Read more here…

MS Extreme Sports

Multiple Sclerosis sporting events Years ago, my 10 year old nephew spent the weekend with me and we went to the video store to rent some movies. (For you young ones who need clarification, my nephew is 21 now so this was back in the scary days before Netflicks, On Demand and Amazon. There was … Read more here…