Posts tagged with: the MS waiting game

Keep Passing the Open Windows

That’s the best advice I have, after beginning to come out of my very first significant relapse since my MS diagnosis nearly two years ago. Keep passing the open windows.... Read More

This is a happy post about fear

Sounds like an oxymoron, I realize, to write a happy post about fear. That’s why I’m starting with the good news. I survived! Yet, as I continue to slog my... Read More

The Darkest Places (So Far)

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

Technical difficulty: LOW (or is it?)

So I thought today was a simple day. I had meetings all morning that were best done on the phone from home (whew). Then I happily noticed that it is... Read More

Relapse: the Post Script

  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

A visit with the wizard

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

The tortoise and the hare (guess which one I am)…

I’m working on adjusting my expectations but I have to be honest, it’s harder than I want it to be. Listen. I’ve never been the hare. Even at my best,... Read More

Don’t call it a comeback

I got cocky again. I know. Shocker but hear me out. I had a decent day yesterday. I got through the whole 8 or so hours of my work day... Read More

Tales of an elderly shut-in, episode 1

Funny things happen when you spend a lot of time alone. Your brain goes places long ago left behind. You start thinking about every little thing. I find it odd,... Read More

Tales from the puffy village

That’s it up there. The puffy village. The place I love most in the world, where I come for comfort, where I lay my head when the world out there... Read More