August 7, 2020 Columns by Jamie Hughes Being Freed by Who I Am Every few days, I go out to our Little Free Library and change the messages on the two side walls, which are covered in chalkboard paint. One of my missives reads: āMy āsummer bodyā plans didnāt work out, but Iām killing my reading list. Take that, 2020!ā And itās…
March 22, 2019 Columns by Jamie Hughes Remember, Remember When I first learned that I had multiple sclerosis in late January 2004, the thing I worried about most was losing my mind. No, Iām not referring to stressing out, going bananas, cracking up, going off the deep end, or coming unglued ā though all of those were distinct…
October 5, 2018 Columns by Jamie Hughes What the World Needs Now is Books After reading more than a few articles about how social media demolishes our attention span, prevents us from forming healthy real-world relationships, and causes higher-than-normal rates of depression, stress, and insomnia, I decided to cut way back on screen time. And you know what? I donāt miss Facebook and…
February 21, 2018 Columns by Judy Lynn ‘Something On Our Minds’: A Book by and for Those with MS Frigid winter weather keeping you indoors? Laid up with the flu? If youāre looking for something to do while you power through this cold slog of February, allow me to recommend a cup of tea and a good book. The particular book that I would like to suggest…
January 25, 2018 Columns by Jennifer (Jenn) Powell Coming out of the Cog Fog I am watching the computer curser taunt my inability to collect my thoughts. Three days out of chemotherapy, my brain is more fried than usual, the fog thick and dense. For those unfamiliar with cog fog (cognitive fog), it is a clouding…
August 11, 2017 Columns by Jamie Hughes Cover to Cover, Books of All Kinds Can Lift Your Life In “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft,” as excellent a book about wordcraft as has ever been set to paper, Stephen King says, “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Iām inclined to agree. After all, no matter where you are, you have company if thereās a book at…
December 12, 2016 Columns by Debi Wilson Know which questions to ask your neurologist about MRIs I’m sure all of us with multiple sclerosis have had at least one magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Most likely, more than one. MRIs are designed to scan and provide detailed pictures of the body, the brain included. The test can reveal scars (plaque lesions) on the brain and the…