Electronic Auto-injector for MS Patients on Betaseron
Ten years of giving my own shots provides me insight into the struggles experienced by individuals assigned to self-administer injectable medications for multiple sclerosis. There…
Disease Can’t Stop Me
Need a boost to your morale? Feeling down about multiple sclerosis chronic illness? Check out “Disease Can’t Stop Me” by Dave Gay at http://www.diseasecantstopme.com/. Each…
Volunteering Despite Disabilities
Years ago I unconsciously believed being disabled meant that I was sick and couldn’t participate in regular activities of life. I was wrong. I’m so…
First Drug for PPMS Possible
Is there hope for a primary progressive multiple sclerosis treatment? Researchers are pretty excited about Ocrelizumab for PPMS. This drug has sent researchers over the…
Doc Terry Martin Supports Caregivers
It is way too easy to get caught up the issues faced by someone who is sick with multiple sclerosis or some other debilitating disease…
Vitamin D Hoopla
Vitamin D deficiencies in multiple sclerosis patients seems to be the headline everywhere one reads. If you are like me and have multiple sclerosis, you…
Sometimes It’s Not MS
How many times does multiple sclerosis receive the blame for something it didn’t do? I bet, a lot. In fact, my doctor recently wrote in…
Tecfidera, Stomach Pain & Headaches
Recently I went in for an MRI worried that I may have PML due to a prolonged, months-long headache. In the past month the headaches…
Tecfidera & Lymphopenia
Beginning Tecfidera two years ago I was prepared for the stomach upset and flushing. Apple sauce and aspirin in hand each morning and night I…
MS, Anxiety & Stress Management
Richard Lazarus defined stress as “a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is…