September 6, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Will You Try an Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Your MS? The role that diet and lifestyle have on the course of MS is a matter of debate. There is a great deal of conflicting information on the topic, and patients may need to look beyond their neurologist…
August 30, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Is MS Pain Giving You Ants in Your Pants and Bees in Your Bonnet? It took two years and many doctors to finally receive my MS diagnosis. Frequent painful sensations, such as burning, itching, stabbing, and tingling in my arm and shoulder, led my providers and me on a wild-goose chase…
August 23, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Building Toward Optimism: The ‘Tetris’ Effect In the video game “Tetris,” players fit falling puzzle pieces together in order to create the most complete picture. As the game continues, the pieces fall faster. Creating order and cohesion out of chaos is necessary, as…
August 9, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Mitigating that Pesky Canadian Particulate Matter Last week saw much of the Pacific Northwest blanketed by smoke from wildfires in British Colombia. As I pondered the gray haze Thursday, I recalled a piece from a fellow columnist in June about air pollution and MS.
July 26, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Cruising to Vacation Success with Adequate Preparation Earlier this month, I was fortunate to enjoy a beautiful cruise through the inside passage of Alaska. Having done my due diligence (see “Cruising Solutions“), I was prepared with an over-the-counter medication, as well as some…
July 19, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Find Your Strength and Adjust Your Mindset The second module in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s positive psychology program, “Everyday Matters,” is called “Adjusting Our Mindset,” or “the fulcrum and the lever.” In science, the law of the lever states that power into the…
June 28, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Can You Cultivate Happiness as a Habit? Last week, I shared details of Everyday Matters, a program by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This self-directed, multi-week program uses the principles of positive psychology. The readings, lessons, and exercises need not be completed in a…
June 21, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Everyday Matters: A Positive Program for People with MS Many years ago, not long after my MS diagnosis, my cousin gave me a “gratitude journal.” At that time, I was all too aware of what I was not grateful for. The thought of giving thanks was…
June 14, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn My Bad Attitude About Lassitude, the Clunky Term for MS Fatigue Fatigue is a topic I have not wanted to write about. It’s not because the subject isn’t important. As I hemmed and hawed about this week’s column topic, fading in and out of an annoying cognitive fog…
June 7, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Cruising Toward Solutions for the Other MS — Motion Sickness This summer I will venture out on an Alaskan cruise with my mother and older sister. The beautiful trip through the Inside Passage is on our collective bucket list and we’ve been planning it for a few…
May 31, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Saving Money, Disabled Style: A Response to Invisible Costs A few weeks ago, I wrote about some of the invisible costs of living with MS. Writing that column really got my mind thinking about all the ways that my MS costs me money. In fact, I…
May 17, 2017 Columns by Judy Lynn Taming Grumpy Gut Many people with MS experience symptoms related to digestion. According to the Pittsburgh Institute for MS Care and Research, “Nearly two-thirds of MS patients have at least one GI symptom that persists for 6 months or more.” Some…
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