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…
June 22, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah Grappling With the Sensory Overload That Can Come With MS Imagine this scene: There’s a rowdy crowd of nearly 40,000 people in a rugby stadium with music blaring over the Tannoy speakers. Newfound numbness spreads throughout the majority of your body, and on top of that, you can hardly see. That was the perfect myriad of factors to elicit my…
June 1, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah Tipping the Scale: When Todayās Choices Become Tomorrow’s Consequences Like watching a scale tip up and down, I’m constantly assessing how any choices I make could affect how I feel tomorrow, or even later today. Although my multiple sclerosis was as aggressive and unstable as a hurricane in my first few years with it, I’ve found a baseline…
November 17, 2020 Columns by Jessie Ace How to Survive the End of the Year When You Have MS The end of the year is incredibly difficult.Ā We already have to put up with more than others because of our MS.Ā In addition to that, the weather changes, the clocks turn back, and there is less sunlight, meaning vitamin…
July 11, 2019 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: Do Noisy Celebrations Affect You More with MS? 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 forums. This week’s question is inspired by the forum topicĀ “Do Noise and Crowds Tend to Negatively Affect You More with MS?”…
September 20, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Sensory Overload Occurring: Please, Do Not Disturb! The past two weekends found me venturing off on my own for some mini-road trips. Two weeks ago, I volunteered at Bike MS a hundred miles away from my house. I interacted with others during the day and then returned alone and happy to a quiet, peaceful hotel room.