How has it already been five years? I remember half walking, half dragging the numb side of my body into the hospital in 2018. The day before my husband’s 30th birthday, incidentally. After a month of dealing with steadily worsening numbness, fatigue, and pain, amongst many other troubling symptoms. I knew what was going on,… Continue reading 5 Years with Multiple Sclerosis
Well hello there…long time, no talk….or type? Not sure how to phrase that, but you get the gist, I’m sure. I’ve taken a long break from this blog, for various reasons, most of which are mundane and not worth mentioning. Some, however, took my full attention, and for good reason. When I last left off… Continue reading Welcome Back
Grieving is a difficult process, no matter what you’ve lost. I’ve posted tips on dealing with grief after losing a loved one before after my grandmother passed away. Today, I’m discussing something a little different – ways to deal when you’re grieving your old life. Although it’s guided my personal perspective, this is not a… Continue reading Grieving Your Old Life
Today, I’m talking about my Disease Modifier – Rebif. An Interferon injection I give myself 3 times a week; if you’ve been here for awhile, you know I’ve been on it for two years now. If anyone’s counting, that adds up to 312 times that I’ve injected in the last couple years. The last time… Continue reading Two Years on Rebif
It has been SO long since I’ve posted anything – and with good reason. My last post dabbled into what we’ve been dealing with this last year or so, after the pandemic turned all of our lives upside down. It’s hard to know what to say when others are going through so much. But a… Continue reading 3 Years with MS
So I’ve had this odd habit of popping my hip in and out since I was a kid…anytime I was standing still, I could feel this little bone popping in and out of place when I moved just right. Little did I know, this quirky subluxation would end up helping my doctors finally diagnose my… Continue reading What is EDS?
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
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
