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…
Tag: Symptom Management
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…
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
A day in the life
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…
My MS Diagnosis Story – Part 1
Putting my entire MS diagnosis story up on my blog is a bit out of my comfort zone and I have been debating with myself for a while about whether or not to do it. In the end, I decided that if my story can help someone else, then it’s worth putting it out there for…
6 Month Check Up & No Churn Ice Cream
How am I doing with my New Year’s strategies and my word for 2018? I developed my 2018 life strategies and my word for the year to continue to boost my well-being and physical health. So how’s that going for me you ask? I decided that now that we are 6 months in to 2018, I should ask…
World MS Day
I’ve been MIA the past 3 weeks because I have been dealing with a very painful relapse of my MS, but thanks to some heavy duty steroids and some much needed rest and relaxation, I am slowly recovering, and it seems fitting that I am back at it today. So today, in honor of World…
Traveling with a Chronic Illness
Let me start with saying this: I am very open about my MS. I understand and respect those who keep their struggle with Multiple Sclerosis to themselves, however, I find that its therapeutic for me to share my story. I am writing about it with the hopes that I can shed some light on this…
Becoming Comfortable with the Uncomfortable. Red Pepper Jelly anyone?
As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.” ~Eckhart Tolle Over the years, I’ve slowly and painfully come to realize that if I’m going to live happily, I would need to come to terms with this illness that isn’t going anywhere…..ever! It has taken me…