MS Treatment Tecfidera 1st Year
Check-out my latest video on YouTube In the video I discuss my year-long experience on Tecfidera, my decision to continue on the medication, complications I…
Daily Life
Tecfidera Side Effects Catch Attention
Rushing into the local pharmacy, I stood at the counter beet red. “Are you okay?” the pharmacist asked. My face flaming as I told the…
The Lowdown on Autoimmune Diseases
The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc. (AARDA) estimates Americans with autoimmune disease (AD) is closer to 50 million rather than the 23.5 million stated…
Arthritis Holds Back My Writing No More!
At any given time I am likely to be seen rubbing my arthritic hands. Painkillers barely touch the pain. My life is becoming more limited…
Stumbling Down the Street
It is not every day that I stumbled down the street. In fact it’s rather unusual for me to stumble around at all. Yesterday was…
Could you live on $30.40 a day?
It seems our friends on Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) are in trouble. A 20% pay cut is looming for 2016 if action is not…
Eagle Eyes
As a child one could have called me Eagle Eyes due to my exceptional vision. Even as an adult in my twenties and early thirties…
Taps to & from Caregivers: A Graduation Speech
The graduating class of 2005 in Thorne Bay, Alaska received this graduation speech from me, their former teacher. The message is a solid one for…
Could “Thinking Like a Freak” Solve MS & Arthritis Progression?
The new book, Think Like a Freak, by Steve D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner recommends people set aside time to think. Many of us…
Super Powers to the Rescue
It is amazing to me that as I go through times in my life when I actually must perform to achieve a task, my body…