joannmaxwell

It all started when my mother had a heart attack. The week before she had a bleeding ulcer and was also hospitalized. My niece came down from Ohio to see...

I read a recent article by Devin Garlit. It was titled “Some Bizarre Life Hacks I've Adopted Because of MS”. I liked it so much that we are going to...

I have recently returned from a trip to Seattle to see my son and his family. Traveling across the United States is tiring if you have a chronic disease or...

What kind of day is it? Is it a “need to hibernate” kind of day or a “life is good” kind of day? The instability and emotional roller coaster of...

I heard on the news last night the men's football head coach from the University of South Carolina answering a question about how he felt about playing football on Thanksgiving...

I was fearless. I had the world by the tail. I knew what I wanted and went after it. I was successful and felt good about my life. A brief...

I was 60 years old when I received the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. About four years prior to that, I began experiencing some mobility and hand weakness problems, but the...

I began working at Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilites (TACID) in January 2012. Little did I know I would come to use it's services in a very personal...