Yes Please...I'd Love That!...MS has certainly taken its toll on me over the years. Though it may not be quite finished, I primarily deal with the damage it left during its reign when...reactions1comment
Kicking MS Butt!...After a few years of being quite well, I decided to take the opportunity to do a fund-raising adventure for MS Australia. This adventure has been on my bucket list...reactionscomments
I Did It...I was very saddened when I heard I had MS. I wasn't sure what that meant. I had not one in my family that even had this illness. So often...reactionscomments
Weight Loss Battle with MS...My story begins back in 2014 when I was diagnosed with MS. Afraid and disappointed, I started to pack on the weight. I reached an unhealthy weight of 420 pounds...reactions1comment
Taking Back Control with Assistive Devices and Physical Therapy...My journey in 2017 with MS. Working full time traveling as a nurse consultant for a great company. I noticed when I went to the gym that I could no...reactions9comments
Vindicated, Scared, Win...It's 2018 and I just found out I have MS. All these years I've tried to make doctors understand that there is something wrong with me. Vindicated! I have only...reactions1comment
I Didn't Need a Cheeseburger...The summer of 2018 was a tipsy one for me. It was before I was diagnosed and before any of us knew why I was so wobbly on my feet...reactions3comments
Chugging Along...I was athletic. In construction. I was rolling along in life. Loving and enjoying it. Then little things started happening. What turned out to be MS hugs, I thought were...reactionscomments
There Is No “Why Me?” There Is Only “What’s Next?”...We make do with the cards we are dealt with. There is no "Why me?" There is only "What's Next?". We are here because we took what life gave us...reactionscomments
Still Living With a MonSter...I’m not sick, but I fit the description. So, I keep going back to the hospital. We exit the car, check in, and wait for my name to be called...reactions8comments
Coaching Up!...I was a college soccer coach. While on vacation in Jamaica, I had my first known encounter with MS. The doctors there thought that I had suffered a stroke. After...reactions2comments
MS and My Lost Cause: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?...I appreciate order and consistency, and I imagine many others in my multiple sclerosis community feel the same way. MS serves up enough unpredictability and unknowns, so stability is appreciated...reactions115comments
A Person Has to Accept What They Cannot Change...A person has to accept what they cannot change. In order to move on, to learn how to breathe again, to climb above that obstacle that never ceases to expand...reactions13comments
It's A Funny Life...It’s been two years and I’m still wondering where it all went wrong. I remember having bad headaches and thought “Oh, it must be the weather!” I remember losing focus...reactions1comment
COVID Paid Me a Visit...This particular Sunday was like any of my other Sundays. I woke up, chatted with my J's (children, Justin and Jessica), and played with Bailee (my Chihuahua "fur baby"). I...reactions7comments
Question about MS hug...Back in June I started having a relapse which involved amongst other things a loss of sensation in my legs, and over the course of a few months started to...reactions9repliesSymptoms
legs give out and I fell...A question about my falling and is it related MS. The first time I fell I ended up in the hospital for one week .I had a bacterial infection. I...reactions3repliesAwarenessHealthcare TeamSymptoms
Bridging the Beverage Divide in My Marriage...One of the biggest cultural divides is between the coffee-drinking world and the tea-consuming world. For decades, that divide existed in my marriage; I was the coffee gal, and my...reactions12comments
The Power of Bare Feet...Recently, actress Christina Applegate accepted her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She did so barefoot and posted an image of her bare feet on her star to social...reactions14comments
long wait to see neurologist ...I have a new, tentative diagnosis of MS. My neuro-opthalmologist said that I meet criteria and they've found a few active demyelinating lesions on my MRIs that I am currently...reactions1replyHealthcare TeamNewly DiagnosedTips & Advice
