What If It's Not All MS?I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in August of 2010 at the age of 20. I have been told by more...reactions19comments
Easy Assembly: The Life of My Hands After MSIn 2012 I had a major relapse that sent me to the hospital in excruciating pain that a shot of Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)...reactionscomments
FES As a Way to Improve Mobility of People with MSFoot drop is when disruption to the nerve pathways between the legs and brain means that the front of the foot cannot...reactions3comments
An Uncomfortable Truth: No $ In CuresIn a development more shocking than the capture of a live Bigfoot, a recent Goldman Sachs research report (click here and here)...reactions5comments
Struggling To Be PerfectAs he drove the car, I stared out the window from the passenger seat. Daydreaming. Watching my life pass me by. Reflecting...reactions43comments
The Emotional Roller Coaster of an MS Diagnosis, Pt 2In Part 1, I shared how the news of some recent friends' diagnoses (or suspected diagnoses) of MS have, in some ways...reactions2comments
Independence Valued“But I wipe my own a--! I wipe my own a--!” cried the little boy, Julian, in the movie Big Daddy as...reactionscomments
I’m Not Broken Because I Use a WheelchairI opened my email and read the headline, “Out of the Wheelchair and Onto a Bicycle: Dr. Terry Wahls' Story.” I looked...reactions56comments
Cognitive Dysfunction: When Reading Becomes a ChoreThe symptoms that go along with cognitive dysfunction because of multiple sclerosis are areas that I talk about a lot. The cognitive...reactions17comments
Something Worse than MSMultiple sclerosis is hard to live with, on that we can agree. But I’ve heard some pretty strange things from people over...reactions2comments
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
Dating with a Disease – Part Three: Intimate Issues (Doing It Dilemmas)As I continue on in my series about dating topics, I may not being going in any particular order. I may also...reactions4comments
Touch Typing: One Way MS Has Affected My HandsI used to type pretty fast. Growing up, I remember taking computer classes that (among other things) focused a lot on the...reactions31comments
My Muddy Multiple SclerosisAttempting to describe what living with Multiple Sclerosis is like can actually be a very difficult venture. Cognitive problems, limited knowledge about...reactions45comments
Finding Direction When Newly Diagnosed – MSAA’s Newest Edition of The Motivator Available NowThe Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) is excited to announce the latest edition of our magazine, The Motivator, is now available...reactionscomments
Driving & MS: Realizing Potential DangersAs I write this, it’s been about two weeks since a Staten Island woman, claiming to suffer from Multiple Sclerosis, mowed down...reactions10comments
Do You Know Enough about Where to Learn More? Here's How to Become Better-InformedThese days, you have to know an awful lot to know the right thing to do. People with MS can never know...reactionscomments
MS and a MovieI love movies. I love how they can be used to tell so many different types of stories and evoke so many...reactions25comments
PML, the JC Virus, and MisconceptionsMany people with Multiple Sclerosis live with a pretty big fear of three letters: PML. The very mention of this acronym, which stands...reactions5comments
Your Bladder Issue Questions Answered by Your Pelvic Floor FriendsTheir first video for MultipleSclerosis.net got a lot of attention - and a lot of questions. Kathy Reagan Young of FUMSnow.com and...reactionscomments
