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3 Tips for Explaining MS to Others

Face it: Understanding MS isnā€™t easy ā€” even if you have it. Thereā€™s no known cause, no cure, no predictability in progression, and while there are common symptoms and manifestations, they affect everyone differently. Some symptoms come and go with no rhyme or reason and…

Opening People’s Eyes to Our Invisible MS

Those of us who have MS know that our disease can be invisible. We don’t always stumble when we walk. We don’tĀ always use some sort of an assistive device that would alert people to our illness. So what we often get from those who don’t know better are those…

Cue Me In

I have every single malady associated with MS. Iā€™m absolutely positive. Because whenever I find out about a new one, or a new study that says we donā€™t sleep well, or we twitch or tremble, or suffer from this deficiency or that, Iā€™ve got it.

MS in the Information Age, Part 1: Be Discerning

Serving as co-administrator for a large MS forum has shown me that, while we live in a world of easy access to information, we may not always be prepared to understand and interpret it. While Iā€™m not a medical doctor, I do work in the healthcare field and have…

Help for Anyone Newly Diagnosed with MS

Being diagnosed with MS can be more than a bit of a shock at first. Yes, you finally know what youā€™ve got, what all those symptoms you’ve having mean, and you have heard what your neurologist told you. Well, you may have heard, but you didnā€™t take it in…