In the last installment, I wrote a bit about how Mandy began to exhibit physical symptoms which, of course, would eventually be diagnosed as MS. My purpose in taking you through the process of MS... from initial symptoms to eventual diagnosis is simple -- I want you to buy into the life. I want you to consider, on a gut level, not my life,... Read more
Last week, in Part 1, I shared a bit about how Mandy and I got together, what our lives were like before MS, and how, after a cursory examination of Mandy’s numb arm while visiting my physician father, it was suggested to us that she might be exhibiting signs of MS. Now, to continue...Taking my father’s advice, as soon as we returned... Read more
As stated in my original post, there must be plenty of caregivers who find themselves in situations much more challenging than that in which I find myself. Mandy, my wife, has relapsing-remitting MS. As implied, it comes and goes. Actually, it comes more often than either of us like. For a long time, when she climbed out of an episode, Mandy would... Read more
The past month has been spent giving you an overview of how Mandy was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Two things happened upon hearing her neurologist at Johns Hopkins utter the words “This is MS” while examining the MRI films of her brain. First, there was a feeling of exoneration. We weren’t crazy. All the inexplicable... Read more
“How ‘ya feeling babe?” To most married couples, I guess the morning greeting goes something like “Good morning.” or “I’m late.” Maybe, if you’re lucky and someone else does the cooking, you’ll give a “What’s for breakfast?” In our home, it’s “How ‘ya... Read more
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