Author: Lorna
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More feed yourself
I feel like I just got comfortable with having salad for lunch every day in a wrap. But it’s so cold now! (Ha, OK: February in San Francisco!)
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1M U.S. MSers
When I got the same answer that they had been giving for years: that there were approx. 400,000 people in the US living with it, I knew that wasn’t correct. Does’t everybody know at least someone afflicted with this disease?
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I’m an MSer and a debt-oholic
When I was in college the credit card companies were eager to get us to sign up for a card. In our own name. How could I not? Now I recognize that as the seduction of a drug dealer. Just a little taste and then they got you.
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Lorna’s brief history of the ADA
As an MSer, I feel like I’m kinda late to the party with regards to understanding how important the ADA is. I was diagnosed in 1991 but didn’t really experience physical disability until later in my life. Why I care The NMSS says “The ADA covers almost everyone with MS — not only people…
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How you think matters
When the logical part of my brain shuts down at night, the right side, the creative part, is always on. And, as it turns out, is very gullible.
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MS and the DMTs
There still is no way to definitively diagnose and no cure but there are now more than 15 drugs to try to halt progression, sometimes called disease-modifying therapies or treatments, DMTs.
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MS is bittersweet
Sigh. I’ve had this disease a long time and am thankful that it is not life-threatening to me right now. But sadly I have had to give up some things.
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Today was a four
A post from several years ago, just as relevant today. 🙁
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Other emergency prep
MSers are better able to emotionally handle the unexpected. Our disease makes us experts. But equally, the impact on our physical needs can be compounded.
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My spastic leg
Spasticity refers to the episodes of muscle stiffness and involuntary contractions in those of us with damaged central nervous systems.