October 8, 2021 Columns by Jamie Hughes Curing Headaches, Pain, and Stress, One Gizmo at a Time Though I have fewer headaches than I used to thanks to acupuncture, I can usually count on at least one whammer a month. While I do take my fair share of over-the-counter pain pills, I donāt like taking copious amounts of medication for obvious reasons. So, Iām always on…
June 4, 2021 Columns by John Connor My Latest Trigeminal Neuralgia Attack Was Like a Knife Through the Molar Screaming. The pain from this trigeminal neuralgia (TN) attack was worse than any previous attack. And there have been aplenty. I couldn’t function! But boy could I scream. It was 8 a.m. and I was stirring awake. My tongue merely touched one of the bottom molars on the…
August 21, 2020 Columns by John Connor ‘Apocalypse Now’: I Love the Smell of Hashish in the Morning Helicopters were whirling in my brain. Turns out, it was a solitary police one. Though it was another hot night, my wife closed my windows in case of a prowler. I’m on the ground floor, after all. It was a dark moment in my life. Another relapse had struck…
May 21, 2020 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: Using CBD Topical Products for MS Pain 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 post “Need advice about CBD oil,” published on Nov. 1, 2018. Share your…
August 22, 2019 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: The Hug You Never Want to Receive 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 topic āHave you ever had an MS hug? What does it feel like?ā…
June 27, 2019 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: Can a Chiropractor Treat MS? Editor’s note: āNeed to Know” 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 topic, “How Chiropractic Therapy Can Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients,” from June 1, 2018.
October 5, 2018 Columns by John Connor Don’t Turn Anything Down! At the start of all of this, when I was laid low in the hospital by what turned out to be sclerosis, I was visited by my mate Nigel. He is the king of sclerosis (I’ve written about our “ill” starred bromance in this column)Ā and he offered this…
August 23, 2018 Columns by Laura Kolaczkowski Using Medical Marijuana for MS Symptoms May Affect Your Employment Ohio, my home state, is wrestling with the nuances of medical marijuana laws that become effective on Sept. 8, 2018. My husbandās work email had an important notice from the Bureau of Workerās Compensation (BWC) about this pending change, and as I read it, I thought that nothing really…
October 19, 2015 News by admin Marijuana Now Legal in Croatia for Medical Purposes, Including Multiple Sclerosis As of October 15, 2015, Croatia has been added to the list of European Union (EU) countries that now allow marijuana for medical purposes. Other countries within the EU that permit some degree of marijuana use include Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands. The legalization of the sale…