I was diagnosed with MS in July of 2013, shortly after my 29th birthday. While doctors told me that it likely manifested years earlier, when weekend-long bouts of vertigo were brushed off as a possible symptom of a sinus infection, I don’t see those as my first attacks.Much like your first kiss, you never forget …
One of the best parts of writing for the MS Connection blog is reading the comments that readers leave. Yes, you read that right. Sites like this are some of the few places, it appears, on the internet where the “don’t read the comments” rule doesn’t seem to apply. I read every single comment that …
I’ll never forget him in his ill-fitting trench coat and his cartoonish large head towering over us, just a bunch of wide-eyed, snot-covered children at Tonawanda Elementary School. His name was Officer McGruff, the Crime Dog. He pointed his furry finger at us while an accompanying, un-costumed police officer warned us against the dangers of …
Well, not exactly. But! The beloved blog owned by the National MS Society will sunset on September 30, 2020 because the platform the website is built on will no longer be supported by the vendor. The blog will be rehomed, but not all posts will migrate. If there's an article of mine (or articles authored …
Well. What a year 2020 is turning out to be. Who could've guessed we'd be simultaneously facing a global pandemic and one of the largest civil rights movements in our history? I suppose it was just a matter of time. And it's about time. So here we are. The wounds of healthcare, the workforce, and …
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