Hello and Happy Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week! Walk MS 2018 is just around the corner, and so is my fifth MS-iversary! This year will also be the first walk without an original member of Team Bruised Apple--my dear friend Krysa, who passed away just three days after last year's walk. As you may know, I've recently started a …
Hey everyone! I'm giving away a copy of Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis! The contest runs through 11:59pm CST May 28, 2017 and I will announce a winner on Monday, May 29th. This contest is open to US residents only (sorry!), ages 18+. You may have up to five entries to win--ENTER HERE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0Y25ZHcHI&t=5s …
I recently had the honor of meeting with Colleen Kalt, President and CEO of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Wisconsin Chapter, so that she could hand deliver my Big Cheese shirt (Big Cheese=the top 100 fundraisers in the state--something you've helped me accomplish each of the three years I've done WALK MS so far) this year …
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This summer really flew by, didn't it? This year's heat and humidity seemed to make a pretty noticeable difference in my day-to-day--more so than the last few summers. Or maybe it seems that way because it's still so fresh in my mind. I went in for a routine visit with Dr. Brain last week and, while …
We're almost there! My husband is riding in his first BIKE MS this weekend. He's really jazzed about it and is really taking to heart that the pain, fatigue, exhaustion, heat sensitivity, and even bladder urgency that he will experience during and after his ride is just a small taste of what we MSers experience every day. He's …
it's only a bruise. 