If you’ve been reading Stumble Pup for awhile, you know I’m very passionate about mental health awareness. I’ve previously talked about how depression is associated with MS, and covered how I personally deal with it here. I’ve also talked about how therapy helps with my anxiety and dealing with trauma. So why am I bringing… Continue reading Chronic Illness and Therapy
I last checked in when I’d been on Rebif for 9 weeks; it’s been 5 months now. That’s 63 injections, if anyone is counting – oh no, just me? (If I had time to grab my phone to add an eyeroll emoji here, I would.) I’m mostly joking; overall, Rebif is treating me much better… Continue reading 5 Months on Rebif
In my last post, I went over some of the best tips I’ve found for surviving the holiday season when you have a chronic illness. In this post, I’ve come up with something much more fun – a list of the coolest presents I’ve found this year. I also included what my family has started doing… Continue reading 9 Unique Gifts For The Chronically Ill
Now that Halloween has passed, and we’re well into November – I’m beginning to notice around me everything holidays. The store shelves have been wiped of all things spooky; replaced with shimmery tinsel, shiny ornaments, and a couple of tree toppers for good measure. All the trees have changed colors, and they’re beginning to drop… Continue reading Chronic Illness and the Holidays
Last week, I was lucky enough to have a blog post featured on the Overcoming MS blog. When I started the protocol, I can wholeheartedly assure you, I never expected to be able to give it a voice. If you’ve been reading Stumble Pup, you know I’ve posted about the Overcoming MS protocol before. I’ve… Continue reading Overcoming MS Blog Post
The last month has really flown by for me – how is it already October?! Where did the time go? Oh yeah, it all went to recovering from pneumonia, getting through school, and starting back at work. I’m not complaining; I’m just exhausted. I posted a couple weeks ago about Managing Chronic Illness and College,… Continue reading Medical PTSD
I’m currently in my second year at college, pursuing a degree in Social Work, and eventually hope to get my Masters, too. I’m also a year and a half deep into a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis. Learning to manage the many hats that come along with those two titles has been a real struggle for me.… Continue reading Managing Chronic Illness and College
This coming Monday, September 23rd, is the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. What exactly is this, what does it mean, and why am I bringing it up on a chronic illness blog? The September equinox is when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. Day and night are about the same… Continue reading Why Change Is So Good…And Scary
In my last installment in my Intro to MS series, Part 1 of the Hx of MS, I left off at the end of the nineteenth century with Jean-Martin Charcot. He was the first physician to diagnose MS in a living patient, and spent years trying to help her. He was also the first to… Continue reading The History of Multiple Sclerosis: Part 2
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how”. Friedrich Nietzsche Funnily enough, I named this post, “Finding My Why” loooong before I ever read that quote in Viktor Frankl‘s book Man’s Search For Meaning, but the book seriously brought this post back to life. I was kind of struggling with some of… Continue reading Finding My Why
