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A large part of life is made up of the many relationships you have with all the different people you interact with. Significant others, family members, friends, coworkers, your doctors...

I’m willing to bet the vast majority of people with MS have been told this by their healthcare provider at least once: "Avoid stress." Seems simple, right? Hardly. The things...

Visiting your doctor online is a great way to get healthcare if you are not able to go in person. You can get medical advice, visual assessments, treatments, or update...

Whether it’s you or someone close to you, when someone has been diagnosed with an incurable illness like multiple sclerosis, there is an immediate need to know why and how...

Telehealth is a virtual service that lets patients interact with a healthcare professional online. This lets doctors and patients connect without being in the same room, or even the same...

I thought I was in a safe space with “my people” that Saturday morning. My husband Dan had dropped me off at my weekly WW meeting (WW is the health...

Scrolling through some social media, I noticed a pretty cool trend among the multiple sclerosis community: that of getting MS-related tattoos! I’ve seen all kinds, from orange ribbons to catchy...

Recently I had a wailing, sobbing meltdown. Here’s how it went. February, 2020. I was on the phone with my sister doing what we often do: analyze the bejesus out...

My life with multiple sclerosis is filled with a lot of the common symptoms that many with the disease experience, such as: While all these can make life a bit...

7 years ago tomorrow, I got a phone call from my primary care doctor. He told me that he and the MRI radiologist found lesions on my brain. This likely...

I recall watching an interview with Michelle Obama. She spoke about a hiking excursion in which one of the participants was unhappy about their hiking experience. This participant watched the...

A chronic illness like multiple sclerosis can have a profound effect on relationships. Whether they be friendships, family, or something romantic, living with an illness like MS takes its toll...

From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed, I try to stay busy. Not because I have some unnatural go-go-go mentality fueled by an overabundance...

At the outset of this current pandemic we are now in because of the coronavirus, I was loath to write anything that might involve mentioning it. After all, there is...

Who’s old enough to remember the Saturday morning cartoon The Jetsons? For you youngsters, The Jetsons depicted a future world where humans are no smarter, but everything around us from...

Editor’s Note: LGBTQ+ stands for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Have you or a loved one faced discrimination in a healthcare setting? There are many...

There is a gap in knowledge between what we know about multiple sclerosis (MS) and how it affects African-Americans. It has been traditionally difficult to involve enough African-Americans in clinical...

It touches ever so lightly, the feather tickling my face. Sometimes it shows up when I’m reading a book. Sometimes it’s there in the shower but never seems to get...

March is MS Awareness Month and each week we've been focusing on a different MS symptom. Pain was our symptom spotlight for Week #1. For Week #2, we focused on...

Multiple sclerosis affects a person’s central nervous system which is made up of the brain and the spinal cord. Damage to the cells that send messages between the brain and...