Posts tagged with: distraction

The first warm days of summer

The forecast said it was going to be warm today and it was. The central air was welcome and set conservatively at 70, you hope that will be enough for... Read More

This time of my confinement

I’m officially 31 sleeps away from my very special Valentine’s Day date night with Dr. Nestor the Long-Eared neurosurgeon and the pieces are starting to come together. I’ve gotten my... Read More

The subtle art of not panicking

When I decided to go for this new approach to my treatment, I made some promises to myself. Maybe they were more like challenges that I presented to myself than... Read More

Don’t lie to your mother

File this in the folder called “Italian mothers are no joke.” I pretty much slept all day today. My dizziness keeps getting worse. It started out as a passing thing.... Read More

Work travel made easy…ish?

I went on a business trip. This used to be such an easy, no-brainer thing for me to do! We were able to drive to this one so how hard... Read More

I’m an acrobat, y’all

I try to avoid everything I write sounding like an out and out bitch fest, I really do, but I seem to fail at this more often than I succeed... Read More

The spaces in between…part deux

I’ve written before about the spaces in between. What I mean by that is when you are newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, your life starts to be marked by major... Read More

They see me rollin’…They hatin’…

The shingles and MS combo has got your girl all useless and weak. I feel like my legs will give out any time I’m on them for longer than a... Read More

I’m still here

It’s been a while, huh? Life has gotten in the way of my writing. So much life! Life with MS, on top of that. Most of you know that I... Read More

Adventures in modern medicine: I do NOT have a UTI

It gets so frustrating some days. You go to bed each night thinking, “Tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be the day I wake up feeling more normal. It’s gotta be... Read More