Chairborne - A Column by Ben Hofmeister

Multiple sclerosis awareness is for people with MS, too

The Cambridge Dictionary defines awareness as “knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information or experience.” That definition perfectly matches the stages of my personal awareness of multiple sclerosis (MS). I don’t recall hearing much, if anything, about…

How to ask for help ā€” and offer it

Just three years before I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), I was on what was to be my last overseas tour with the U.S. Army. One day while dozing during a lull in a mission, I was awakened by the sensation of someone standing over me.

How good surveillance can help detect the early signs of MS

About four years before I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), someone else inadvertently ā€œdiagnosedā€ me. This person wasn’t medically trained, probably had no personal knowledge of MS, and didn’t actually use the words ā€œmultiple sclerosis.ā€ Still, they gave me one of the best clues in my quest…

My multiple sclerosis has made me more suspicious

As I’ve mentioned a time or two, my wife and I have three boys. Although they’re all under the age of 12, they’ve started to talk like the budding teenagers they are. As they mingle with peers more than their parents, their vocabulary in particular becomes less like ours every…