Multiple Sclerosis goes whale watching Forgive me please if this blog post gets a little off the multiple sclerosis topic. There will be a connection, I promise. Aren’t we with MS always connected to MS in some way? The harder we try to disconnect to it the more connected we seem to be. The above … Read more here…
A little peek at a little MS Madness! As the writer I claim to be, I could lie and make up some brilliant excuse as to why today’s blog is not as creative as I usually try to make it. I could write that I am in Paris being wined and dined by a handsome … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis Advice You may think today’s blog is another one that has me whining about my obnoxious bladder. Well, it’s not. Although, to paraphrase my sister Laurie, “my bladder issues do still piss me off!” When you tell people you have a chronic illness you find yourself on the receiving end of a ton … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis investigated by a six year old Lucy is my cousin and she is six. Technically, she is my great, great cousin. And, as she is a great, great kid, that would be great except that two greats simply means that I am aging, greatly. (MS friends-if you were able to follow that … Read more here…
Multiple sclerosis meets two forces of nature named Arthur I was fortunate to grow up in a beautiful, quirky, fun town that managed to be a fishing port and a gay resort; an artist colony and a tourist destination. I can’t imagine growing up anywhere more interesting than Provincetown in the 70’s. Hanging out … Read more here…
Multiple sclerosis nutrition woes again…. Yes, I’m trying to get healthy for summer. And yes, this blog is a repeat, originally published spring of 2013. But I figured it was ok as my menu issues continue….. I swear that I really am taking this whole healthier diet thing seriously. Yet, I just seem to … Read more here…
What’s good for you is impossible to get to I first noticed this particular multiple sclerosis peculiarity about two months after my diagnosis. I was at an MS support group meeting in a hospital. This support group was sponsored by a local drug company and since drug companies have tons of money, they fed … Read more here…
Multiple sclerosis procrastinating, I mean, meditating When I was in college, some three trillion, billion years ago, most of my dorm mates had to read a book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I wasn’t in the class that assigned the book and so I didn’t have to. Back then I cared very … Read more here…
From young to old, courtesy of multiple sclerosis Last week I minimally and tentatively gave multiple sclerosis credit for something good-my being mistaken for someone not old enough to legally purchase alcohol. Well I was wrong! MS reared its ugly, aging head once more just so I didn’t go too crazy with sentimental gratitude. For … Read more here…
An MS Positive? Possibly. Myself, and fellow MS’ers like me, have a tendency to blame multiple sclerosis for everything bad. Not just everything medically bad in our bodies, but everything bad. War, death, violence, hatred, Justin Bieber,….…you name it. If it’s bad, it is MS’s fault. And why shouldn’t it be? MS is a … Read more here…