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…
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…
An Official MS Flower As I do, I have been complaining about Spring quite a bit lately and will probably do it more in the future. But for those who actually like this season, I thought I would re-post this past blog in dedication to them. Please allow me to send you some flowers … Read more here…
A multiple sclerosis weather report update I have never before posted two blogs in one week. I felt it necessary this week however because Mother Nature seemed to take offense to my last post and shoved a whopping piece of humble pie my way. As a fan of pie I will take it, even if … Read more here…
A multiple sclerosis staycation Last week, EMD Serono/Pfizer invited me and nine other MS bloggers from around the country to a summit. They wanted to pick our collective MS brains about MS blogger things. It was an honor to be included among this talented and eclectic group, a bunch of folks as different as our … Read more here…
Multiple Sclerosis attempts to pretty up a bit I am terrified of my foundation. Ahhh, dear sympathetic readers, I must be psychic as I can hear your concern across the internet. “Yvonne must have fallen again and she is worried about her safety- that is what she means by foundation. She needs a more stable … Read more here…
Multiple sclerosis book update Well friends, it is officially, finally, really true. I have actually written and published a book and I have a print version to prove it! In last Friday’s blog, Of Books and Babies, I made the scathing claim that writing a book is almost like having a baby. This point was … Read more here…
Multiple sclerosis tries to clean up It’s not a secret that I have slight germ-a-phobe tendencies. I’m not quite ready to lock myself in a plastic bubble (scrubbing bubbles to be precise) just yet, but it is troublesome. On a yearly family trip with my mom and sister, I have to run and hide when … Read more here…
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…
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…