Growl, Growl and Howl

Multiple Sclerosis is ticking me off! While my blog and my book both strongly suggest that laughter is a valid coping mechanism, I never meant for my fellow MS’ers to think that humor is all there is.  Lots of other emotions are necessary on this crummy, sucky journey of life with a chronic illness. For the … Read more here…

The World is coming to an End Part 2

Multiple Sclerosis is even uncooler than originally thought If you read last week’s blog, part one of this crucial two part posting, you might have felt that I was exaggerating.   But consider even more evidence as multiple sclerosis and aging continue to drastically combine, making me and my world even uncooler than originally thought. As … Read more here…

Lessons from an MS Semi Pro

Things NOT to do when you have multiple sclerosis, things your neurologist might not mention   A couple of weeks ago, I was preparing to do an injection of my DMD. For all you MS newbies out there, DMD actually stands for Disease Modifying Drugs. I’m not being condescending defining that for you; I only recently … Read more here…

Two Years Later- Still December Dates

An MS’er looks at the calendar   While this blog was written two years ago, since I just returned from the same trip, and dates do not change, I thought I would offer it to you again.  Mostly because I am way too wiped out to come up with anything new this week…. It’s the … Read more here…

Feeling a Little Icky, All Over Again

An MS inspired parody   Funny how things come around. I wrote this blog two years ago and while the children I mention here are now older (both are official toddlers,) the words in this blog post still apply.  So while I rest up after one of our yearly visits with these little ones, a … Read more here…

Loopy Fruit

Multiple Sclerosis and breakfast collide   I grew up as a child of the late seventies/early eighties.  What that means is that my Saturday mornings were spent in front of the TV, with a bowl of the best sugary cereal possible, watching classic cartoons. And by classic, I mean good cartoons; Scooby Doo, Schoolhouse Rock, … Read more here…

Scary Brain, Scary Movie

A multiple sclerosis movie mash So for Halloween fun, I thought I would repost one of the first blogs I ever wrote; a blog that my readers call a classic.  Happy Halloween friends!   It’s the afternoon and I’m shuffling around my house, trying to focus. I have my lists; all the MS helpful tip … Read more here…

Gina Blue is Disabled Too

A chronic illness companion My car and I go back a long way, 10 years to be exact.  She was a pretty, blue, 2005, used Toyota Corolla that I bought in 2004. No, that is not a typo or a result of MS brain fog.  Weird as it seems, the 2005 cars came out early … Read more here…

To Shower or not to Shower-that is the MS Question

Another multiple sclerosis dilemma   Don’t be gross.  It was a wedding; of course I was going to shower. And no, it wasn’t MY wedding.  Seems in order for me to have a wedding I would have to find a groom somewhere.  And that just sounds really, really exhausting. But yes, for my friend’s wedding … Read more here…