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 …
Continue reading What You Can Do To Help If You Have A Disability (and even if you don’t!)
I'm almost embarrassed to admit that the past 23 days (and counting) of COVID-19 isolation haven't been wildly different than most days for me. On a typical pandemic-less day, isolation is not foreign. I conserve my energy. I avoid crowds. I am mindful of the things around me that can make me and keep me …
Continue reading You Do Not Care What Happens To People Like Me.
Happy August! We're in the homestretch of summer, and I hope you're all staying cool and keeping your symptoms at bay! This post is embarrassingly long overdue, but I'm excited and honored to announce that I've been nominated in four different categories (Best in Show: BLOG, Best in Show: INSTAGRAM, Best Kept Secret, and Patient Leader Hero) …
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Ok. So. This is obviously not a movie review blog, but...my veteran readers know full well the depth of my Jurassic Park fanaticism, and I promise you that this post is about both dinosaurs AND multiple sclerosis. Just stay with me here, and let me get this review/rant out of the way first, and then …
Continue reading Of Gods And Monsters ***CONTAINS MOVIE SPOILERS***
May 30th of each year marks World MS Day, and this year's theme is research--or more specifically--celebrating the achievements made in MS research, and looking forward to what it will bring to the global MS community in the future. Here are five things you can do to get involved with World MS Day this year: 1. Awareness, …
Continue reading #BringingUsCloser: 5 Easy Ways To Celebrate World MS Day
it's only a bruise. 