I Miss Me...I miss me. Reduced to its essence, the Gordian knot of emotions in which I find myself evermore entwined as my disease progresses can, I think, be summed up in...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
Heavyweight Title Match: Me 1 vs MS 0...My story dates back to about 2 years ago, when I was in great shape, living the good life and completely oblivious to what MS was other than something I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Relationships and MS...Has anyone experienced the destruction of relationships after your diagnosis of MS. If so, how did you cope?...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCoping
Too Sexy for MS...It is both a tough and a touchy subject. What I’m about to express is part humor, part lamentation, but most of all honest. The topic is one that is...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
My New Approach to MS - Thanks to My Toddler...Why does it seem that young children and older adults have things figured out? Really?! They take their time when doing things (mostly out of necessity but also to really...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Stop influencing me...I have MS since last 4 years. Just had a relapse, people around me never knew what I was going through before me relapse they saw in hospital and now...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Showing the mild(er) side of MS...The Today show ran a piece this week for MS Awareness Week to highlight that there are now 12 disease modifying therapies (20 years ago there were 0, nada) and...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Mommy Needs a Ritalin...You know, the ‘kid medication’ for those with ADHD. You see, what any college kid in the middle of finals week knows is that while Ritalin helps those who are...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Zero to Sixty...I am a 59 year old woman with Secondary Progressive M.S.. I was diagnosed only three years ago with RRMS but was re-diagnosed (is that even a word?) with Secondary...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Have You Heard of Restless Genital Syndrome?...Recently, I came across the name of a syndrome that was quite unfamiliar. It sounded somewhat similar to a condition that occurs more frequently in people with multiple sclerosis (MS)...Reactions0reactionsComments40 comments
'PTmsD?' My post-traumatic MS disorder...I came in to this MS world kicking and screaming a mere 6 months ago and have already had a relapse. I am saddened at the instant change in my...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
A glimpse into one MS Warrior's symptoms....It is MS Awareness week and so I thought I’d do my part and write about how MS affects me during my daily life. No two people are ever the...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Resentment...Resentment. It's a loaded word. If you mention the word to a psychotherapist, you'll probably be told that it's harmful and that you "shouldn't" be resentful. It's OK, they say...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesCaregiving
Full Moon Arising...It was bound to happen, and it was bound to be me that it happened to. It was a cold February morning, one of those cold windy mornings when it...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Visitors staying - why am I worried?...So in 4 weeks time we have wonderful friends arriving from overseas and they are literally traveling to the other side of the world to visit us. We've known them...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
To tell or not to tell in corporate America....Eight- the number of cities, hotel rooms with broken doors and ambulance trips alone...diagnosis "we think it is your heart but all tests come back negative." Then the defining episode...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Down With Busy?...I don't like being too busy. This is something I never thought about. Busy or not, I would get through the day just fine, even when I had been diagnosed...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
MS, my little buddy...MS you are such a joker! You make me play the fool, but I will foil you from behind with a sharp poker. You do not scare me MS, you...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Once a fighter always a fighter....I was raised in Christian schools all my life until I hit high school, then my parents placed me in a local public high school. I was trying to tell...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
MS My Beginning, by Cheri Lee...It was the end of the summer 1997 and I thought I had the world by the seat of the pants. I was twenty-four years old and attending college, one...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
