The Straight Poop on Bowel DysfunctionIf you suffer from constipation, sudden urges to move your bowel that make you desperately hobble to the toilet, fecal leakage between bowel movements—or the entire list, like I do--then... By Kim Dolce3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
How I Manage Cold Weather SymptomsNow that temperatures in southeast Michigan have dropped, I have, once again, begun experiencing the particular symptoms cold weather brings. Spasticity gets worse for me in cold weather. It starts... By Kim Dolce3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Biological Warfare: Fighting Infection and MSSeptember can be a restorative, healing month during which daytime temperatures cool down enough to allow us to take outdoor walks again, something we avoided during the hot, humid summer... By Kim Dolce2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
Famished but Full: Digestive Problems and Their Relation to MSWe who have MS are accustomed to experiencing sometimes daily changes in our body. We cope with pain, mobility problems, limb weakness, fatigue, and many other symptoms. It comes with... By Kim Dolce3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments24 comments
Jaws: TMJ, Bruxism, Their Relation to MS – And Why We're Gonna Need a Bigger BoatIn my mid-1960s youth, a jawbreaker was a newfangled kind of gumball that was not a regular on my candy store wish list. Every Saturday afternoon, I’d walk or bike... By Kim Dolce4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments13 comments
Ocular Aura, Asymptomatic Optic Neuritis, and Multiple SclerosisLast month, a strange thing happened. I was sitting at the computer engrossed in my moderating/writing stuff, when suddenly my vision went wonky, sort of the way it does when... By Kim Dolce4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
Diagnosis: Denial, Its Consequences and SolutionsThink back to the beginning of this whole ordeal, back to that whack-a-do diagnostic disease pitch your docs threw out there that caused you sudden major brain freeze: Two or... By Kim Dolce5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Love, Interrupted: When Should We Disclose MS on Dating Sites?There has been a lot of discussion about when to disclose your MS to an employer. It’s a complicated, nerve-racking subject; the decision about when to disclose a medical condition... By Kim Dolce3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Physical Therapy and the Promise of Improved Mobility, Strength, and BalanceEvery so often, the nihilist in me comes to the surface. Not in a late 19 century Russian let’s-kill-the-Tsar-and-exile-all-the-aristocrats kind of way--and definitely not in a modern day ISIS extremist... By Kim Dolce5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Moving into Menopause with MS: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your FunStarting in December 2013, when winter launched itself in SE Michigan with single digit temps and hat-high piles of snow, my mother and I locked horns in a power struggle... By Kim Dolce5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
A Portable History of MSEver wonder how far back in time people had MS? What they thought about it, and how they treated it? Naturally, our knowledge about MS in times gone by is... By Kim Dolce9 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments10 comments