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 …
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Say YES to YOU! New blog on MSConnection.org!
Hi! Do you experience guilt when you have to turn down invitations or skip out early on social gatherings? Do you live vicariously through your friends on social media? I talk about this ongoing struggle in my latest article for the National MS Society--which is now live! You can read and interact with it here: https://www.msconnection.org/Blog/July-2016/Say-YES”-To-YOU! …
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Staying Cool While Still Looking Cool
Hey everyone! I hope your summer is fun and relaxing! How has your weather been? It's been so hot and humid over the past two weeks where I live and it's only going to get worse over the next few days. All I can think about lately is a story I'd recently read about a woman named …
Just To Be The Man Who Biked One Hundred Miles…
Many of my "longtime" (and I use that term loosely) readers remember my response to the "This Bike Has MS" video that was circulating several months back and I'd invite you to read it again. My only real critique of this inspirational video was that it only addressed what it would hypothetically be like to ride …
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I Hope The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree!
Something popped up in my Facebook Memories app today that I thought might be kind of nice to share, especially in the wake of Father's Day. At 11:33am on June 21, 2013, I posted this on Facebook: "This is the perfect morning. Dark, stormy, and watching this masterpiece with my dad." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKzrALaaOOE The day before, I …
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it's only a bruise. 