Here’s the thing. I keep sitting down to write some inspirational prose about how to overcome adversity, see the bright side of life and wrap myself in silver linings made... Read More

Usually my blog posts start as thoughts that I can’t get out of my head. I noodle and I roll them around until I virtually have to sit down and... Read More

By now, if you’ve read anything of this blog you know that I am a daily writer. I’ve written in a journal for over 20 years. I have stacks and... Read More

Tomorrow, merely one sleep away, is my second full dose of the new goo (Ocrevus for new readers). I feel like a kid before the first day of school. My... Read More

In other words, when you get a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that you weren’t expecting late-ish in life and let those words sink in, you understand viscerally that this is... Read More

  The thing is it doesn’t really matter how fed up I am. When you go through something like this last relapse, you tell yourself that it’s a minor set... Read More

I was nervous looking at my calendar and realizing I had an appointment with The Great Scott yesterday. I always have this irrational fear that I'm not doing my MS... Read More

So for those just catching up, I took a bit of a turn for the worst earlier this week. I woke up on Thursday to some significant vertigo that was... Read More

I’m a member of many Facebook groups dedicated to the transition to the new goo, Ocrevus, because I was looking for any information at all from any source at all... Read More

Last time, on bethybrightanddark.com, we found our heroine in some distress. After a two month flush without meds, and the long awaited first dose of the new goo (aka Ocrevus),... Read More