Community Views: How Does Being a Caregiver Impact Your Life?Most of us know what a caregiver does, but not everyone fully understands what it is like to be a caregiver until they are in that role. To start a...reactionscomments
Beyond Exhaustion: How Life Changes with FatigueFatigue: It’s not “just being tired”, and it’s an experience that individuals living with a chronic health condition know all too well. Fatigue can impact every aspect of daily life...reactions1comment
Diet and Exercise Tips to Fight MS Deconditioning and FatigueWhen it comes to the wide variety of MS symptoms, there may be none more dreaded than that of fatigue. A common symptom that is much, much more than simply...reactions4comments
What Having Poor Eyesight Taught Me About Being a Proactive Patient, Part OneAcute diseases come and go. Chronic diseases are here to stay. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease that would be enough to handle for most people. But there are many...reactions3comments
Coffee, Tea, or Choosing Effective Therapy (Part 2)MS is a lot to handle. There are a plethora of symptoms that are attributed to this chronic, and often debilitating, disease. As I stated in my article Coffee, Tea...reactions2comments
In Search of the Ideal MS ClimateI live in the great state of Maine. What's so great about it? Let's start with lobsters, blueberries, and potatoes, sometimes all in one sitting. Maine is home to Stephen...reactions141comments
What Would I Tell My Newly Diagnosed With MS Self After 15 Years?Fifteen years doesn’t sound like a long time. Twenty years, now that sounds impressive — two decades. That’s how long I’ve lived with multiple sclerosis. Although I wasn’t officially diagnosed...reactions7comments
I'm Not Pulling Your Leg, I Really Do Need HelpI recently wrote about how I hate having to ask for help doing things that I could once do on my own. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is remarkably good at robbing...reactions13comments
Lessons From My Grandfather's MS: Part OneRecently, I wrote a piece about how I worry about inconveniencing people with my illness. In it, I mention some of my experience growing up with someone else who had...reactions8comments
Multiple Sclerosis is a PainSome medical professionals sometimes use the casual term “LP” as shorthand. It's shorthand for lumbar puncture, previously referred to as a spinal tap, which “is a procedure in which a...reactions10comments
Infographic: Stress, Depression, and the Emotional Side of MS In AmericaWe collected information about the experiences of 5,023 people living with MS in the 8th Annual MS In America survey. The survey ran from March 2020 until July 2020, a...reactions3comments
MS and My Path to Being a Better PersonAs someone who is pretty open about his life with multiple sclerosis, I tend to engage in discussions with anyone who desires. When folks learn that I was diagnosed at...reactions24comments
Am I Lazy or Is MS Actually to Blame?Most people living with multiple sclerosis have probably experienced the feeling that others think they are lazy. Or maybe they have flat out been accused! At the very least, I'm...reactions117comments
What Refusing a Mask Says to Someone Like MeThis isn’t intended to be political (and it baffles me that anyone can consider this a political topic), but I’m sure some people will try to take it that way...reactions3comments
Caregiver Concern Overrides Personal FearThere I was sitting knee to knee with my mother-in-law (MIL) in the doctors' office waiting area, offering her hand sanitizer after she had been rubbing her nose and scratching...reactions4comments
Others May Not “See” It. But I Feel It.During Invisible Illness Awareness Week, we want to recognize and shed light on all those affected by an illness that may go unnoticed despite the major impact your illness has...reactionscomments
Coffee, Tea, or TherapyI remember the stress, frustration, and anxiety I endured when trying to grasp the concept of multiplication. I recall sitting at the kitchen table doing my homework with my mother...reactions1comment
Dealing With the Many Setbacks of MSRecently, someone who’d been newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis asked me for some non-sugar coated thoughts on my life with the disease. In particular, they wanted to know what they...reactions11comments
Looking Back at Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ChoicesPeople living with multiple sclerosis (MS) are faced with countless decisions about how they want to treat their condition. These decisions can have far-reaching consequences on all areas of life...reactionscomments
The Embarrassment of Brain FogWhen it comes to frustrating and embarrassing symptoms, multiple sclerosis has the potential to bring on a number of ones that can seem downright humiliating. Problems with my legs (such...reactions52comments
