This year is going to be different!
That Darn Disability “Form” Again
This year is going to be different!
Tag: Resilience
Anybody Else Have Pandemic Fatigue?
This pandemic has been hard. Even for people like my husband and me. I mean we are lucky to have 5 of us living in our home, so we were never really alone or really isolated from human contact but that doesn’t mean it’s not been hard for us too. Life as we’ve known it…
My Word for 2021 & Garlicky Hummus – YUMMY!
Here it is, February already. I’m a little late to the 2021 party as I have been dealing with a relapse of my Multiple Sclerosis that has been challenging, but I feel like a bear coming out of hibernation – I am slowly coming out of it, so here I am getting stronger and better…
My Chronic Life
Did you know that 2.8 million people worldwide have MS (1 in 3,000 people). And globally, approximately one in three of all adults suffer from multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). “Get well soon or I hope all is well!” Both common things to say to someone who is under the weather, and while the sentiment is…
Lessons I missed in school, recent relapse & Cinnamon Raisin Artisan Bread
I am back…….anyway, I think I’m back. As if the whole COVID pandemic isn’t stressful enough, my Multiple Sclerosis has decided that it would like to start acting up again after a year and a half of being off a Disease Modifying Drug (DMD) and doing really well, I have relapsed. This is a real…
Dealing with Negative Nellie
We are living in a time of really big changes and major upheaval right now. Everyone can have a bad day now and then, but there’s a big difference between being grumpy from a bad sleep and having a shi$$y attitude. A bad day means that things are completely out of your control, like living…
What’s been happening in my kitchen lately
Hi, it’s me, just checking in from the comfy confines of my house, the good news is that I know I’m not alone and there are people all over the world doing the same thing, it kind of makes it easier to handle that way. It seems like staying home has become the cool cousin…
What I learned from Hedy Lamarr
We are 8 months into the pandemic that has taken the world by storm along with all of the other massive issues the world is facing and it has never been more apparent to me that we, as a society need to find our way back to empathy and compassion. But how does that happen…
Things your Dr might not tell you when you are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
I have now lived with MS for over 15 years and while I am definitely not an expert, I have come up with a little list of things that I wish my Doctors had told me when I was first diagnosed. You may be someone who is new to an MS diagnosis or you may…
A Few of My Favourite Blogs
A few blogs I’m reading these days