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    hello again, old friends

    Well… it’s been a while, y’all. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve heard a little about what took me away from here for so long. I’m grateful, and excited to say, life has slowed down a bit for me. I plan to share more about my extended absence in…

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    Mental Health and Chronic Illness

    Mental health is such a hot topic for people living with chronic illness. Just do a quick google search, and you will see what I mean. It’s one of the first things that came up in my neurology intake appointment after I described my physical symptoms. Because it’s something I…

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    5 Years with Multiple Sclerosis

    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…

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    Traveling with Chronic Illness

    Traveling. Believe it or not,  this was one of my biggest thoughts in the first few months after my MS diagnosis. I know, I know… there are tons of other things I could have, and probably should have, had on my priority list when I was fresh on this chronic…

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    Grieving Your Old Life

    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…

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    Two Years on Rebif

    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…

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    3 Years with MS

    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…

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    What is EDS?

    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…

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    Hang In There

    I wish I had some upbeat, informational post to share with you today. I wanted to do a post on EDS, ableism in the chronic illness community, and others this month…I still hope to get another one out, but, we’ll see. So why am I here? Just to say –…