Posts tagged with: working with MS

When words fail the writer

We all get there eventually, I guess. We all get to the point where you are just so blind with anger and frustration that you don’t even have words to... Read More

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

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

The spaces in between might be the hardest

Nah. That’s probably somewhat of an overstatement but it keeps occurring to me, in the last week or so, as I wait and rest and do everything I am told... 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

Life is made up of a whole lot of steps

Think about the average day. From the time you put your feet on the floor beside your bed in the morning to the time you lift them off that same... Read More

The most important rule of MS Club

I almost hesitate to say this out loud (or in writing, which is the same thing, really, maybe even worse)…but I’ve been feeling a little better these last few days.... Read More