MS Comic: Commercial Ads...Multiple sclerosis treatment commercials. We've all seen them. In addition to their standard language and repetitive phrases, they just can't seem to...reactions2comments
Electric Chair Boo Hiss...My wife always counsels me to turn off my powerchair when not in use such as a visit to the bathroom, a...reactions3comments
A Lifetime Story with MS...Yes, we all have a story to tell or write. I’ve done both and I want to share my story. I lived...reactions8comments
Calling All Artists! MSAA’s 2022 Art Showcase is Open for Submissions...We’re off to a flying “art!” Each year, the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America’s Art Showcase celebrates beautiful artwork created by people...reactionscomments
MS Movie Review: Crip Camp...I finally sat down and watched the Oscar-nominated documentary, Crip Camp. What is it about? In 1971, a camp in the Catskill...reactions12comments
How to Tell Your Child About MS...Children are more observant than many folks believe. They notice our behavior and often copy it. If one of their parents acts...reactions3comments
Why Not Now? Taking Opportunities When You Live with MS...I recently went on a camping trip to the coast—Cape Disappointment in southwest Washington state. Among its many beautiful features stands North...reactions14comments
The Invisible Abuser...MS is a straight up abuser of the worst kind. An abuser you never even dated. Just showed up, knocked at the...reactions2comments
Anxiety Does Not Live in Now...Anxiety is only in the future. I live with a chronic illness, with no cure, that only gets worse with time and...reactions8comments
Happy Birthday to Me...Age 57 is a few days away. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. I was supposed to be complaining about...reactions7comments
MS Comic: Isolating...Even having a good support system doesn’t mean we don’t sometimes feel like we are fighting this MS battle alone. It can...reactions6comments
Why Popeye Was Wrong About People...Popeye the Sailor Man was a comic book and cartoon film icon for decades. One of his signature lines went along the...reactionscomments
MS Comic: Walking In My Shoes...The process of being diagnosed with MS can shatter one’s world. This condition takes up so much of one's thoughts and reality...reactionscomments
Saying Yes to Sex After an MS Diagnosis, Part II...This article is two in a series about the positives of saying 'yes' to sex after a devastating MS diagnosis. In Part...reactions4comments
Life Plans...There are always seems to be the very driven among us. These are the people who knew what they wanted to do...reactions3comments
Are You Even Listening?...My MS flips the script and tolerates heat much better than cold. I, therefore, spend a lot of time outdoors during the...reactions5comments
The NMO Community We've Been Waiting for is Here...A vision problem is often the first noticeable symptom of MS. The same is true of NMO spectrum disorder. Both disorders can...reactionscomments
Painsomnia: My Journey...Folks, in light of recent discussions, I want to offer up my own version of painsomnia, that pesky portmanteau that describes a...reactions9comments
To Tell Or Not Is Your Choice...How many of you struggled with disclosing your diagnosis? Family, friends, coworkers, and other associates were all on the list for people...reactions5comments
Returning From an Exacerbation...The most common variant of the neurological disease known as multiple sclerosis is referred to as relapsing-remitting. This course of the disease...reactions1comment
