Ever have one of those other-worldly days? Tunnel vision? Unprompted paralysis? The dropsies? Uncontrollable muscle spasticity? Nonsensical emotional outbursts of laughter or sobbing (Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA)? Unreachable itching? Just when you suspect that aliens have possessed your body, you realize you could be right and they are crawling on your skin. Hundreds of thousands of…
MS Awareness Month 2023 IS HERE!
I wrote a book. All you need to do is read it! The eBook version is available for only $1.99. UPDATE: My book is now also available in paperback. Living with Multiple Sclerosis provides an ongoing blank canvas, sometimes within a few scant hours. What worked at breakfast is history. Lunch is a new story…
Summer Heat and the MonSter
What do you do when heat exhaustion and the MonSter don’t mix? It’s that time of year. You know what I mean. The sun is shining, bikinis are on sale, coolers are loaded, and summer invitations are distributed. Unfortunately, a majority of MS Warriors face the disappointing reality of being inside looking out. According to…
In my Daily Life with MS, the more we learn, the more we know
According to legend, if you say the name Beetlejuice three times fast, the magical trickster himself will appear before you. Let’s reverse that. Wouldn’t it be great if we could say MS three times fast to erase the existence of this ridiculous disease? I’m pretty tired of my personal trickster. Since the Monster refuses to…
Water Works
Incontinence. I know I talk about it a lot. It’s something I stress over every day. A friend of mine used the word incontinence once to describe a strange physical symptom she experienced. Because of her habitual hypochondriac tendencies, I really thought little of it. We were impressionable college students looking for IT. Cheers to…
Stop Feeling Guilty about being You
MS Warriors are like a fragile plant, struggling to rise from the earth to be recognized in the world. We require nurturing to survive. Unfortunately, that nurturing is of our own creation. Talk about pressure! If you’re like me, sometimes it’s a chore to stand upright in the morning; and there is no amount of…