Posts tagged with: MS Life

I want to write something beautiful

I want to write something beautiful about life, disability, my wheelchair, how watching television and being on the internet seeing people talk about the end of pandemic life makes me... Read More

Happy birthday to me

The bar for having a happy birthday this year is decidedly low, what with the fact that I spent last year’s birthday doing my first stint at inpatient rehab after... Read More

I’m OK…No, really. I am

So very many things have gotten in the way of me writing more regular posts it’s hard to decide where to start with listing them, but the change that seems... Read More

Falling Slowly

As I started writing this post (on my damn phone again…grrr), I got the intense urge to go back through my nearly five years of writing this blog to check... Read More

The ups and downs of a privileged life with chronic illness

According to many reliable sources, i.e. mostly rando blogs on the internet, the five most stressful life events are the following: Death of a loved one Divorce Moving Major illness... Read More

‘Twas the night before discharge

And all through my brain, were thoughts most unwelcome that may drive me insane. I in my pajamas worn for 27 days my aide in her scrubs, packed up my... Read More

Life is a lot (chapter 129)

So I’m writing on my phone again because I’m coming to you live and direct from the West Penn Hospital Inpatient Rehab Unit (aka IPR for us frequent flyers) and... Read More

What a strange night

I’ve been putting off writing this post for a while now. And now that I’m finally writing it, and on my phone of all things, I’m not sure how eloquent... Read More

Darkness falls

When it all gets to be too much, I tend to go quiet. This is a repeating fact that I cannot deny. There was a time when busting out a... Read More

This becomes a book review…I promise

When I first moved into my current house, about a year or so after my husband died when we were both 30, I found myself in a strange spot. I... Read More