September 7, 2023 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Bowel problems often unreported by MS patients to their doctors Bowel symptoms go largely unreported among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), mostly due to the unwillingness of patients to talk about their symptoms with their doctors, according to a recent study. However, a self-reported questionnaire called Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction (NBD) may help screen patients for bowel symptoms without the…
August 17, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah Overcoming MS Setbacks to Find Abundant Love on a Special Day Last week, we welcomed a wonderful person into our family. My not-so-little brother got married! The wedding was beautiful ā so beautiful that I couldnāt let myself feel it all in the moment. Who wants to hear the loud, ugly crier?! (I did my happy crying loudly in the ladiesā…
August 11, 2022 Columns by Stephen De Marzo High Temperatures Make My Brain Become Strangled in Static AM radio is infamous for bad reception, resulting in nothing but static. You can search the dial frequency by frequency, and itās all static. Occasionally you will cross a station, but then the car moves, and the reception is lost again. When I’m overwhelmed with the heat, that’s what…
May 25, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah It’s Time to Start Thinking About Seasonal Adjustments and MS The thought of summer approaching both worries and excites me. I’ve always preferred the changing of seasons and fair weather to the height of a season, even before my MS diagnosis. I prefer change and the idea of starting anew, as if it might be a remedy to the…
March 4, 2022 Columns by John Connor The Captain and His No. 2 There I was, swinging away in my hoist at 9 p.m., though my swinging London of the 2020s wasn’t only 60 years later, it was also a lot, lot grimmer. My carer and maybe still wife, Jane, stood below in a controlled fury. If nothing else, she might…
July 29, 2021 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell MS Doesn’t Get to Decide Whether We Are Enough “Change is the only constant in life,” a quote paraphrased from Greek philosopher Heraclitus states. This ancient wisdom still prevails today. Life is in a constant flux. We evolve, we grow, and we shift, and we are never the same. When I suffer, I cling to this knowledge. And…
August 8, 2019 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: What Is Foot Drop and What Can I Do About It? Editor’s note: “Need to Knowā is a series inspired by common forum questions and comments from readers. Have a comment or question about MS? Visit our forum. This week’s question is inspired by the forum topicĀ “Do you suffer from the MS symptom of ādrop foot?ā” from Sept. 20,…