Stories

“It’s ok, Beach…we got you.” Although I was a practicer of the “Ostrich Algorithm”….you know, head deep in the sand, bottom up, I can’t see you so you can’t see...

We are fair people. I’m not talking about fairzy squarezy…although we strive for that. I mean FAIRS. 4H houses filled with beautiful gingham handmade blouses and gigantic pumpkins, cow barns...

Thirty five years ago, I developed a slight limp. For some reason, I had trouble making my right foot get into its shoe. I began to notice other women my...

MS showed up with a vengeance in September of 1999. It hit in my brainstem and I was completely debilitated overnight. In the space of 5 hours or so, I...

Life's journey is always unpredictable. And, when I was diagnosed with MS more than thirty years ago I was totally unprepared for my new reality; unprepared for how my life...

I was briefly hospitalized in Torshavn on the Faroe Islands and was told by the doctor that I was treated to Rosen the same as Multiple Sclerosis. I got a...

Devin Garlit's last article, "Did MS Ruin My Marriage?" certainly has given me pause to think and process a few things. Day by day I'm trying to bring balance to...

Devin shared his disability story so I thought I would share mine here. I was diagnosed in November 2003. For 5 months before that, I went through the diagnosis process...

I have had MS for 15 years. My neurologist said to me one day. “Don’t loose your positive attitude or your sense of humor.” It is what saves you. My...

I was taking Gilenya last year and it "allows me" to get Cancer. I am in remission now but now have another scary problem, my MS doctor does not feel...

I have lived my life by the bell for as long as I can remember. First… grade school, middle school, and high school. Then, junior college and university. Then, as...

There are ten minutes before the final bell of the school year rings. The students are buzzing around my classroom like little bees. What’s the buzzzzzz? “Ms. Beach will you…...

We searched and we searched. We put our ears on it and listened. We sprayed every inch with soapy water. We submerged it, longingly looking for bubbles. It seemed hopeless...

This morning I woke up overwhelmed with all the things I could or should do today. MS causes me fatigue when I have to make all the little decisions of...

The first Friday of the first week of Mrs Beach's sixth grade is proclaimed the “Day of Differents” in Beachland. It’s the day that I share with my kiddos my...

I thought I'd share my experience with Ocrevus thus far. My first infusion was last week on Thursday and today is Tuesday, Day 6. I tried to quickly find other...

One of the many adorable things that my daughter did as an infant was to keep her pudgy little hands balled in tight little fists. I remember having to pry...

Sure…we’ll get by with out friends Yes they may reckon… Just because I have MS or TM That I’m through with looking And I’m through with searching That I’m not...

I am currently in the throws of a deep and very dark MS depression. It has me consumed with periodic thoughts of suicide. I don't have emotional help from my...

I've had secondary MS for 15 years and the paths of communication between brain and left side, arm, leg, have become more and more impeded, and for many years I...