In the shower this morning, I rested for a moment on my shower chair. The warm water felt good and I felt secure on my chair. It’s always there when I need it and I rarely give it a thought these days. It amuses me now to remember how it hurt my pride to purchase it.After my first MS attacks, I was also reluctant to buy a cane. Owning one... Read more
There are many degrees of friendship. There are the precious few with whom we share our innermost thoughts, there are casual buddies, and there are passing acquaintances. Where do online relationships fit in?If I read your blog and you read mine, does that qualify us on some level of friendship? We leave comments for each other, we lend our... Read more
Lately there has been a lot of attention given to people who, in mid-life, are redefining themselves. Count me in.We all have different reasons for taking the plunge -- death in the family, divorce, loss of a job, health problems, or just plain dissatisfaction with our roles in life. For me, it was not the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, but the... Read more
An article in the August 1 edition of The Wall Street Journal reports that two patients treated with Tysabri have contracted progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) a potentially deadly brain infection. Neither patient has died.Tysabri was recalled in 2005 because of similar incidents, much to the dismay of many MS patients. At last... Read more
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