The type of MS that I was initially diagnosed with in 2005 is RRMS (relapsing remitting) which means that there are attacks when my symptoms flare up called a relapse. These relapses can be extreme (I had double vision for over a month in one relapse and at another time, I lost use of my…
Month: November 2018
Dear Little One
Well, we are 2 days away from a brand-new baby entering our family. Our oldest daughter is set to deliver by cesarean on Wednesday and I can’t help but be so excited and anxious about his arrival (that’s right, it’s a boy)! I’m not anxious in a nervous way, I am anxious in a “I…
Traveling Tribe and Pickle Soup
A couple of weeks before my recent vacation to Mexico, I grew anxious. Not about crime, the effect of travel on my MS or about my travel partners, but from the guilt of taking a trip itself. This was the worst kind of remorse: mother’s guilt, wife guilt, etc. Guilt because my husband was working away…