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…
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9 Unique Gifts For The Chronically Ill
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…
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Chronic Illness and the Holidays
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,…
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Overcoming MS Blog Post
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…
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Medical PTSD
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…
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Managing Chronic Illness and College
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…
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Why Change Is So Good…And Scary
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…
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The History of Multiple Sclerosis: Part 2
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…
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Finding My Why
“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…
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9 Weeks on Rebif
This should be a relatively short update, like my last one about Rebif. I’ve been on it for 9 weeks now! My last update was at the one month mark – I’ve been on the full 44mcg dose for awhile now, and new side effects results in a new post.…