Hello everyone and happy March 1st! March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month and I'm kicking it off with the launch of my Walk MS fundraising campaign. This cause is, of course, very close to my heart (and neurons!) and it would mean so much to me if you might consider donating and helping me reach (and …
Behind the Bruise: What’s in a Name?
What's with that bandaged apple, anyway? I suppose I should've written about this earlier. Allow me to rewind a little bit. Hi. I'm Cat. I was diagnosed with MS in the summer of 2013, shortly following my 29th birthday. In those first 29 years, I'd managed to avoid broken bones, overnight hospital stays, stitches, allergies, and …
Coming Out Of The Closet
My On This Day Facebook app tells me that today is the second anniversary of my "coming out" with MS and I'd like to share that original post with you. I won't preface this with an explanation of why I waited seven months to broaden my support system past family and a very select group of close …
Tales From The Sickbed: I Choose Tattoos
Happy Hump Day, everyone! How are you? Me? I'm still sick. That is, I keep getting sick, it seems while my immune system is recovering, but still vulnerable (Thanks, Rebif!). It's been over a month of cyclical sickness, punctuated by the normal post-injection "flu" (No, seriously...thanks, Rebif!). So, here I sit. My complexion: pallid. My eyes: glassy. My hair …
This Bike Has MS
Hi! I wanted to share something that was sent to me yesterday, just in case you missed it in my posts on Twitter and Facebook. It's a very short video (about two minutes), a campaign by Grey Australia that offers, I think, a great visualization of what having MS is like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYYrJyGItvU I love stuff like this. I …
it's only a bruise. 