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My Pageant Experience With MS: Why I Took This Journey

I am a MS Warrior, and when I walked across that stage, I thought about everyone who has MS

Disability Studies

As I took the subway home, I regarded my fellow travelers with renewed empathy.

The Distance Multiple Sclerosis Can Build Between Family and Friends

Here’s my biggest advice if you have someone in your life with MS: be flexible with your loved ones with MS.

Tips for Managing Multiple Medications

1 in 4 people living with MS take five or more medications per day; 1 in 20 were taking 10 or more medications per day.

My Dad: The Flying MS Superhero

Our dad, Skip (who is usually in a wheelchair most of the time), had just jumped out of a perfectly good airplane for the first time in his life at 68 years old.

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Vote Down MS

Our generation can be the generation that ends MS. Please join me and use your… Read More

Learning to Like My Cane

Whether you use a wheelchair, cane, walker, crutches, steerable knee scooter, motorized wheelchair, hoveround or… Read More

The Tale of the Concerned Wife and Resistant Husband

Today I realize that I’m not confined to a wheelchair. I’m enabled by my wheelchair.

Sex, Intimacy & MS

Intimacy with a neurological disease can make things interesting, to say the least.

(Not) The Sound Of Music

The truth is, I am claustrophobic. But really, is there anyone who enjoys having their… Read More

Advocating for My Father, Myself, and My Children’s Future

I want my children to grow up in a world where the phrase “you have… Read More

Thriving in the Face of Adversity

Life is going to challenge you at some point. When this happens you have a… Read More

Fatigue

Most folks have a pretty good idea of what the word “fatigue” means and how… Read More

Progressive MS: Looking for Answers Now

People who live with progressive MS have many questions, but one I hear often is,… Read More

Build with what you have

There’s a mantra in the disability community: educate or litigate. I much prefer the former,… Read More

MS Clinical Trials and Unlocking Your Inner Fighter

I received an email from the National MS Society regarding a clinical trial to investigate… Read More

Missed-Diagnosis : My 4 Early Signs of MS

I’m a smart woman, but even with my level of intelligence, I was ignorant to… Read More

To My Fellow Men With MS

I hope this has helped open the mind of those men who have MS or… Read More

Becoming

I have hope for my future and for all of us battling this mostly invisible… Read More

Accepting the Good

While I have my ups and downs in life, if we only focus on the… Read More

Little Engine That Could

I just thought to myself, isn’t that a story we, those who live with MS,… Read More