MS symptoms: Tecfidera Week 3 Update
Whew! The end of week three on Tecfidera has arrived without incident or side effect. Breakfast ends with a Tecfidera pill, an 81 mg aspirin…
Daily Life
MS symptoms: Friday Funny
Last night my dog insisted on going out at three in the morning. I stumbled out of bed, through the dark house to the front…
David Lyons of MS Fitness Challenge Guest Post
Hello MSsymptoms visitors. My name is David Lyons and I am co-founder, with my wife Kendra, of www.msfitnesschallenge.org (MSFC). Our cause connects people with MS…
Who Laughs at MS Fatigue & Short-Term Memory?
Too weak to do another thing, I plopped down on the couch and starred at the TV for half an hour. Then I turned it…
MS symptoms: TB Vaccination Study Results Out on MS Prevention
Could the TB vaccination prevent potentially new MS patients from having multiple sclerosis in the future? A study reported in Neurology on December 4, 2013…
MS symptoms: How fast can you walk the timed 25 feet walk in the doctor’s office?
Turns out the Timed 25-Foot Walk or T25FW does correlate “with real-life anchors, functional independence and physiologic measurements of gait and disease progression” according to…
MS symptoms: Taking Time Off from MS
Until I began this blog, I seldom thought about my illness. Keeping busy and only recognizing MS when it forced me to was my way…
MS symptoms: Tecfidera Day 10 Update – Apple Sauce DOES Matter
I was so busy I failed to remember to eat apple sauce with the Tecfidera pill. Two hours later I realized my mistake. The apple…
MS symptoms: Fatigue Swoops Down Upon Me
Fatigue swooped down out of nowhere snagging me in its grips as I attempted to fulfill a refreshments commitment I had made to the quilt…
Memory Issues in the Shower
Can memory issues be a problem in the shower? Yes. Memory causes me to forget if I have conditioned my hair. The shampooing is easy;…