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Missed-Diagnosis : My 4 Early Signs of MS

I’m a smart woman, but even with my level of intelligence, I was ignorant to the signs that something was going terribly wrong inside my body.

I hope this has helped open the mind of those men who have MS or were recently diagnosed.

I have hope for my future and for all of us battling this mostly invisible disease.

While I have my ups and downs in life, if we only focus on the negative aspect of life, we won’t make it.

I just thought to myself, isn’t that a story we, those who live with MS, strive for every day?

I can look back to that experience with MS and know that I am stronger… Read More

Take the information you can, keep smiling and do what you need to do.

I think the key takeaway here is to always be mindful of others’ situations.

Address racial disparities and inequities in the healthcare system that impede access to care, and ultimately, a cure, for MS.

The tricky thing about MS and the symptoms is that you are not guaranteed that… Read More

It seems like winter just left and now it’s back again.

Recently, I made the big decision to move my life south, and moving is the… Read More

A cure for MS. That. That’s the ultimate dream.

I made a list of the five ways—one for each year of the disease—MS changed… Read More

Recently, I sat down with my daughter, Rebecca, to discuss our dynamic and how caregiving… Read More

Yes, raising awareness of multiple sclerosis is a noble and necessary thing. But frightening MS… Read More

Lucy, our Papillon-Dachshund cross, my fur baby, I love you always. Thank you for always… Read More

Even if we don’t see each other on our paths, we know that we are… Read More

As long as I can, I will try to climb mountains, travel the world and… Read More

“She cries a lot,” I said. “And she says such strange things. Are you sure… Read More

MS rendered me ineligible for deployment, dead-ended many assignment opportunities, and I eventually decided to… Read More