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 …
First, a barrage of things to read/look at: It's Only A Bruise was recently named the #10 Best MS Blog of 2017 by HealthLabs.com! Be sure to check out the other blogs on this list! I have two new articles live on MS Connection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind Silence: A Missed Opportunity for Education? …
Continue reading SO MUCH NEW CONTENT and This is NOT Spinal Tap!
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 …
Continue reading My Meeting With Madame President and My Thoughts on Ocrevus
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 …
WALK MS 2016 was a success! As with previous events, my favorite part is walking around the corner to check in and being enveloped in a sea of orange and so many beaming faces! It's such an honor to walk for those who cannot and alongside other people who are walking (or rolling!) with MS, …
it's only a bruise. 