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I hate the MS pill TV ads. I don’t hate the drug – or any other disease-modifying treatments (DMTs). On the contrary, I am a firm advocate for those medicines because of how much they’ve helped me since my diagnosis. But I don’t like any misrepresentation of multiple sclerosis, and that ad definitely gives the wrong impression about what those drugs do. Have you seen the ad? A woman is just … [Read more...] about Bad publicity

People who know what a chatterbox I am would be shocked to know how nervous I am to meet new people and be in a new situation.  Once I get to know you, I'll talk your ear off, but in a new situation I try to blend into the nearest wall.  According to the multiple Myers-Briggs tests I've taken, I'm borderline extrovert/introvert.  My sister laughs when I say it, accusing me of fudging my … [Read more...] about New Situations

Change is good. Change is bad. Change can be good or bad. People have different views of change, but there's one indisputable fact: Change is inevitable. It's easy to find references online and in bookstores that talk about how to address change. In his book Mojo: How To Get It, How To Keep It, and How To Get It Back If You Lose It, Marshall Goldsmith talks about three different ways to … [Read more...] about 3 Things NOT To Do During a Change

Technically, I've been blogging since 2002. My blog was originally started so that I could keep family and friends informed about my progress with multiple sclerosis. I got so tired of answering "How have you been doing?" over and over. But I haven't really been blogging, by which I mean that I haven't paid attention to how I organized my current blog... or even if I organized it at all. I've … [Read more...] about Helpful Blog Rebirth Acronym

Do you remember what you were doing on March 15, 2002?  I can't forget.  It started in a neurologist's waiting room, where I was holding an envelope with my MRI scans.  I couldn't help but peek, and that's when I saw the technician's report.  When the doctor called me into his office, I told him that I'd read the report. Doctor: What did it say?  Me: He says I have multiple … [Read more...] about Fourteen years ago…

My department is going to a baseball game.  The woman planning the game looked at me and said, "You're going, right?  You didn't go last year."  I mumbled something about having to check schedules and did not commit to going.  I spent a lot of time surfing their website, trying to figure out if I could navigate around there and how.  Didn't get any answers. A few hours later, I realized the … [Read more...] about Strike one?