Fighting an MS Relapse
They say moving, beginning and changing jobs are three of the most stressful things a person can go through. We all know stress causes multiple…
Daily Life
A Day of Rest, Okay – Maybe Two
March and April have been busy months for me. Feeling great I believed I was my old self and could do anything I wanted. Lessons…
MS Optic Neuritis Partially Reversed by Antihistamine
A recent five-month study revealed a common over-the-counter antihistamine, clemastine fumarate, “partially reversed damage to the visual system in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in…
Cheating Death Ignites MS
Last weekend I cheated death. Later that day I posted on Facebook, “Imagine this. .. a fully loaded logging truck taking a corner too fast…
Entering Retirement with MS
My disability will be converting to retirement this summer and it has me thinking. First, a substantial pay cut is looming. Second, a new phase…
PV13 Vaccine & Multiple Sclerosis
Pneumococcal illnesses are dangerous for people with compromised immune systems – 20 times higher according to www.medscape.com. As we get older additional vaccines are recommended…
Potential New Oral MS Drug on the Distant Horizon
The Medical University of Vienna has discovered “a specially synthesized plant peptide (cyclotide),” where, “there is no further progression of the usual clinical signs of…
Environment’s Role in MS Risk
We moved to an extremely isolated location in SE Montana in 1990 for my husband to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. Despite only a handful…
Dipstick Test for MS Employment
Today is my first day of work in nearly five years. I won’t be walking into a classroom nor will I command the salary or…
MS Life is a Box of Chocolates
Forrest Gump – “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.” Multiple sclerosis is…