Mornings With MS: Was I Hit By a Bus?As the first wisps of the morning sunlight begin to feather through the shades on my bedroom window, I am already very...reactions25comments
How I'm Losing Weight Despite Being Lazy and SedentaryIt’s finally happening: I’m losing weight. High time that pendulum starts favoring the other end of the fulcrum. I was beginning to...reactionscomments
When MS Stops You From Being ThereWhile reading through our forums the other day (and I can’t recommend them enough, we have some great discussions there!), someone mentioned...reactions7comments
Mom Guilt with MSI’ve heard about mom guilt long before I ever became a mother. Whether a woman is a CEO of a business or...reactions4comments
MS Comic: Going to a Support GroupIn Brooke's comic below, she is attending a support group for people with MS and listening to stories from people sharing how...reactions6comments
The Joy Of Evoked PotentialsThe process of diagnosing someone with Multiple Sclerosis is not easy. There is no one test that guarantees you have MS. Instead, doctors...reactions21comments
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...reactions9comments
Foot Edema, What Causes It, and How I'm Treating MineAt first, I blamed my Sasquatch feet on prednisone. But two months after being totally off steroids, I still had bloated ankles...reactions12comments
Night and Day: It's Like I'm Two Different PeopleI know I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m a morning person. I always have been and probably always will be. In high...reactions47comments
Don’t Forget to Remember EverythingWhen I was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), all my symptoms felt so new and strange. At the time, I couldn’t...reactions8comments
The Itch Is RealI’ve recently been weaning off of Cymbalta for personal reasons. With the wean I have noticed a lot of withdrawal symptoms. My...reactions5comments
Cold Hands-Hot Body: It’s All Bothersome To Some DegreeGrowing up in central Oklahoma, I learned to love the feel of the sun on my skin. As soon as spring rolled...reactions3comments
Scanning Speech and Multiple SclerosisLast year, I wrote an article talking about some of the speech issues that I encounter because of MS and how they...reactions11comments
MS and Vitamin D: What You Need to KnowIf you have seen an MS specialist recently, the topic of vitamin D might have come up. You may have had your...reactions9comments
Chronic Illness BurnoutWhen someone utters that they are “burned out,” I think people normally tend to associate this with one’s work. A quick search...reactions42comments
Feel the Burn — of MS Neuropathic Pain!I don’t know how many times during my pre-MS life I exercised to yet another workout video where the instructor needled me...reactions10comments
Does MS Ever Get Better?Multiple sclerosis is such a mysterious disease. There is still so much that just doesn’t make sense. Reports from recent MRI scans...reactions16comments
Empathy Versus SympathyA natural response to want to help someone is to give them sympathy – “I’m so sorry to hear about your diagnosis”...reactions23comments
That Crazy Itch You Just Can't SatisfyIt’s the height of the summer and everybody in our household is feeling the heat. I tend to melt like a snowflake...reactions26comments
9 Tips for MRI AnxietyThere are more questions and unknowns that come with multiple sclerosis than certainties and regularities. I think that’s one of the many...reactions2comments
