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Navigating Life with PPMS

Buried Beneath MS: I’m Still Me

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) most often affects people in ways that are not easily visible to others. You can’t see our fatigue, you can’t see our poor vision, and you can’t...

What Are the Differences Between CIS, RRMS, SPMS, and PPMS?

In 2013, the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials of MS defined four types of multiple sclerosis (MS): The classification and accurate descriptions are important for treatment decisions, as well...

I’m Not Broken Because I Use a Wheelchair

I opened my email and read the headline, “Out of the Wheelchair and Onto a Bicycle: Dr. Terry Wahls' Story.” I looked at Dan and rolled my eyes. Not that...

The Importance of Keeping Your Gut Healthy When You Have MS

The focus of my work is about living our best life within our abilities or feeling thankful for our blessings despite our difficulties. Lately I haven’t been taking my own...

Independent, Dependent or... Helpless?

Recently, someone used the word ‘helpless’ when referring to me. I was taken aback. I actually had a ‘funny’ feeling about being termed or viewed as such. I often note...

Persistence of Hope, Persistence and Hope

We must free ourselves of the hope that the seas will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. – Aristotle Onassis Of late I’ve been navigating choppy...

Using Physical Therapy to Stay Active

My doctor continues to prescribe me physical therapy (PT). I've been going for a couple of years now. I even have certain therapists I prefer because we have built a...

The Problem with Progression

Of late, the MS has been giving me a pretty good a** whuppin'. It's getting harder for me to stumble around my apartment, and I'm pretty close to making the...