MS in Moderation, a column by Tamara Sellman

April 12, 2018April 11, 2018

The MS Alphabet: UTI, Vertigo, White Matter Lesions, and Other ‘U’ Through ‘Z’ Terms

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letters “U” through “Z.” This is the ... Read more

April 5, 2018April 3, 2018

The MS Alphabet: TENS, T-Cells, Tinnitus, and Other ‘T’ Words

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “T.” Symptoms of MS Tinnitus You ... Read more

March 29, 2018March 28, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Stem Cell Therapy, Sx, Synapse, and Other ‘S’ Terms

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “S.” Last in a series of ... Read more

March 22, 2018March 21, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Remyelination, RRMS, Quadrantanopia, and Other ‘Q’ and ‘R’ Terms

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letters “Q” and “R.” Symptoms of ... Read more

March 15, 2018March 14, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Scotoma, Spinal Tap, Steroids, and Other ‘S’ Terms (Part 4)

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  Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “S.” Fourth in a series ... Read more

March 8, 2018March 7, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Symmetrel, Subcutaneous, Sensory Problems, and Other ‘S’ Terms (Part 3 of 5)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “S.” Third in a series ... Read more

March 1, 2018February 28, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Solu-Medrol, Side Effects, Scanning Speech, and Other ‘S’ Terms (Part 2 of 5)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “S.” Second in a series ... Read more

February 22, 2018February 21, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Swallowing Reflex, Sertraline, Sclerosis, and Other ‘S’ Words (Part 1 of 5)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “S.” First in a series of ... Read more

February 8, 2018February 7, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Plaquenil, PML, Prevalence, and Other ‘P’ Words (Part 6 of 7)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “P.” This post comes sixth ... Read more

February 1, 2018January 31, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Plaque, PRV, Placebo, and Other ‘P’ Words (Part 5 of 7)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “P.” This column is fifth ... Read more

January 25, 2018January 24, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Provigil, Progression, Plantar Reflex, and Other ‘P’ Words (Part 4 of 7)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this column referencing terms starting with the letter P. This post comes fourth ... Read more

January 18, 2018January 17, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Pseudoexacerbation, PEG, Pycnogenol, and More ‘P’ Words (Part 3 of 7)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter P. This post comes third ... Read more

January 15, 2018February 14, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Phosphenes, Plegridy, Plasticity, and Other ‘P’ Terms (Part 7 of 7)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the “MS alphabet” with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “P.” Last in a series ... Read more

January 11, 2018January 10, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Prednisone, Ptosis, PwMS, and Other ‘P’ Words (Part 2 of 7)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with the second column in a series of seven referencing terms starting with the ... Read more

January 4, 2018January 3, 2018

The MS Alphabet: Paroxysms, Plasmapheresis, and Other ‘P’ Words (Part 1 of 7)

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues the MS alphabet with the first in a series referencing terms starting with the letter “P.”  Symptoms of MS Paroxysms This ... Read more

December 21, 2017December 14, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Optic Neuritis, Occupational Therapy, and Other ‘O’ Words

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “O.” Symptoms of MS Optic ... Read more

December 14, 2017December 14, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Neurogenic Bladder, Neuropsychologist and More Words That Start With ‘N’

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this column referencing terms starting with the letter “N.”) Symptoms of MS Neurogenic ... Read more

November 30, 2017November 29, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Mimic, Marcus Gunn Pupil, Mitochondria, and Other ‘M’ Words

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with the second of two columns about terms starting with the letter “M.” Symptoms ... Read more

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

The MS Alphabet: MRI, Myelin, mAbs, and Other ‘M’ Words

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this first of two columns about terms starting with the letter M. Symptoms ... Read more

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Lhermitte’s, LDN, Lymphopenia, and other ‘L’ words

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with the second of two columns about terms starting with the letter “L.” Symptoms ... Read more

October 26, 2017October 26, 2017

MS Alphabet: Lesion, LP, Leukocytes, and Other ‘L’ Words

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this first of two columns about terms starting with the letter L. Symptoms ... Read more

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

MS Alphabet: JC Positive, Kinins, and Other ‘J’ and ‘K’ Words

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this column about terms starting with the letters J and K.) Symptoms of ... Read more

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017

MS Alphabet: Interferon, INO, inflammation and Other ‘I’ Terms

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this column about terms starting with the letter I.) Symptoms of MS Incontinence ... Read more

September 14, 2017September 13, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Hemiparesis, Helper T-cells, HLA and Other ‘H’ Terms

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this column about terms starting with the letter H.) Symptoms of MS Hemiparesis ... Read more

August 3, 2017August 2, 2017

The MS Alphabet, Part 2 of the Letter ‘G’: Gilenya, Genetic, Glial Cells, and More

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with the second of two columns about terms starting with the letter “G.” Read more ... Read more

July 27, 2017July 26, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Fatigue, FGF, Fasciculations and More F Words

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Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this second of two columns about words starting with the letter F. Read the ... Read more

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Gait, Gag Reflex, Gadolinium and Other ‘G’ Terms

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this first of two columns about terms starting with the letter “G.”) When ... Read more

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017

The Joys and Challenges of Summer

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I live in the best place in the U.S. during the summer — the Pacific Northwest, with its temperate climate and easy access to nature and ... Read more

June 29, 2017June 21, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Foot Drop, Flexion, Fingolimod, and More ‘F’ Terms

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this first of two columns about terms starting with the letter “F.”) When ... Read more

June 22, 2017June 21, 2017

MS Alphabet: EAE, Endothelium, Epstein–Barr, and other ‘E’ Words

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this second of two parts on terms starting with the letter “E.” Read ... Read more

June 15, 2017June 14, 2017

How to Survive Business Travel When You Have MS

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I just spent a week in Boston at an industry conference. I realized I’ve mastered the art of preparing for long-distance excursions since my last flare-up ... Read more

June 8, 2017June 21, 2017

The MS Alphabet: EVP, Exacerbations, Estriol and more ‘E’ words

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this first of two parts on terms starting with the letter “E.”) When ... Read more

June 1, 2017May 30, 2017

The MS Alphabet: DMD, Dystonia, Dawson’s Fingers and Other ‘D’ Words

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this second of two parts on terms starting with the letter “D.”) When ... Read more

May 25, 2017May 23, 2017

Electric Stimulation as a Drug-Free Option for Managing MS Pain

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One of the biggest ongoing threads we have in the forum I help admin revolves around the subject of pain. We all know how pain can ... Read more

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Dermatomes, Dysfunction and More ‘D’ Words

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this first of two parts on terms starting with the letter “D.”) When ... Read more

April 27, 2017April 26, 2017

Latest Research Bolsters My Confidence in Using Tecfidera

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Many life-affecting decisions are made at the time of an MS diagnosis. Top of the list? The moment you decide your course of treatment. In my case, ... Read more

April 20, 2017April 19, 2017

The MS Alphabet: Cytokines, CSF, Corticosteroids and More ‘C’ Words

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this third of three parts on terms starting with the letter “C.”) When ... Read more

April 13, 2017April 13, 2017

The MS Alphabet: CIS, Copaxone, Contracture and More ‘C’ Terms

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with this second of three parts on terms starting with the letter “C.”) When it comes ... Read more

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017

The MS Alphabet: CAT, Clonus, Chemotherapy and More ‘C’ Words

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(Editor’s note: Tamara Sellman continues her occasional series on the MS alphabet with the first in a three-part series of terms starting with the letter “C.”) ... Read more

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017

United Airlines Dress Code is Wrong, Especially for MS Patients

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It appears my favorite way to fly — wearing leggings or yoga pants — isn’t sanctioned by United Airlines. Fortunately, I’m not one of their employees, ... Read more