Having MS, not to be cliché, I try to keep things positive. I try to laugh more than I cry. Like when recently, over the course of one week, I saw a pulmonologist, gynecologist, naturopath, and radiologist, and checked into the…
Category: Managing MS
How MS Has Changed My Daily Life
After spending most of yesterday in agonizing pain from annoying MS symptoms, I am sitting at my kitchen counter debating whether or not I should go to dinner this evening with my husband and friends. I keep telling myself…
Telling People You Have MS
While I wasn’t fully prepared for the diagnosis, I could handle it. However, I was not prepared to tell my mom who was waiting at home…
New (School) Year’s Resolutions
Now that the last few days of summer vacation are upon me, I suddenly have an overwhelming feeling that I need to make a fresh start. Both of my children will be going to school and I will…
Inflammation: What It Is and How to Fight It
Chronic inflammation occurs when the body continuously pumps out the chemicals that cause short-term, localized inflammation, leaving your body in a constant inflammatory state. When this happens, the immune system is, in effect, mistakenly…
7 Tips for Coping with the Emotional Stress of MS
The physical and mental symptoms of multiple sclerosis are tough enough, but it’s often the emotional aspect of having MS that’s hardest to deal with. Being diagnosed with an…