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
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
Like a lot of the rest of the world right now, I’m practicing social distancing. Being stuck in the house is nothing new for me, or a lot of the chronic illness community. Feeling well and isolating is new for me, though. As such, I’m finding new things to keep me occupied, and decided one… Continue reading Creating a Medical Binder
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
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
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
A couple weeks ago, I asked my friends on Instagram what they would like to see on StumblePup about mental health and chronic illness. Their suggestions did not disappoint; everything from cost and accessibility, to medical PTSD and lack of information about the mental health connection in general from providers came up. Rest assured, I… Continue reading Depression and Multiple Sclerosis
This is my second book review, but far from the last. I love reading, and this novella did not disappoint. …in abeyance is one of five books Kevin Byrne sent me. He is a veteran, a father, and a fellow MS Warrior. This book, just like the last one I reviewed, is very much a… Continue reading …in abeyance – My Review
