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    All The MS Symptoms

    Ok, fair warning, this is going to be a very long post, unlike the last. Not just because there are a ton of MS symptoms, but because this deserves a spotlight. A lot of our symptoms are invisible. I don’t think this subject should be. Moving on to the fun…

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    The Different Types of MS

    So in my last post in this series, I went over what exactly MS is. In this installment, I’ll be going over some of the different types of MS. MS has four generally recognized courses. There are a few rarer types I’m not covering here in depth. I may be…

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    Dealing With Trauma

    If you follow me on Instagram, you know my weekend was a little haywire – you’d also have seen that I can’t talk much about it during the investigation. What I can say is that bad things happen to good people  all. the. time.  When trauma does occur in our…

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    Overcoming MS – Revisited

    I first wrote this post a year ago, shortly after my diagnosis. I’ve learned, and changed, so much in that time. Living well with a chronic illness forces one to become a professional at becoming more in tune with our bodies and adapting. I felt the need to revisit this…

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    One Year MRI

    This past week, I got the results of my most recent MRI. Among a couple other things which I address later, two new lesions made an appearance as well. Good news is they were subtle, and they’re not actively demyelinating. That basically means that while they’ve arrived in the last…

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    Feelings Check In

    The past couple of weeks have flown by around here. We attended a class called Relationship Matters, put on by the National MS Society. Its focus is on serious relationships with ms as a third wheel, and we definitely fall into that category. The facilitators of the class were excellent,…

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    One Year on Plegridy

    This month marks one full year that I’ve been on Plegridy. It’s an Interferon beta-1a used to treat Relapse Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. I inject it subcutaneously every 14 days. The last year has gone by quickly, but I’ll never forget it. When I first started Plegridy, I was just chomping…