When I was first learning about MS after my diagnosis in 2015, the phrase “invisible disease” became a recurring motif. At first, I believed that my disease was invisible as well, until I had the realization that I just needed to know where to look, and most importantly, what I was looking for. In the Read more

Early January, my family and I experienced what it was like to have to rush me to the emergency room. As we live in an unincorporated rural area, we are fortunate to have a hospital just over five miles away. The bad news: in the moment that I felt a sudden pop in the middle Read more

Original Posting: 02/16/2017 “I have not posted since October 19th? That cannot be true! So much has happened since then,” I thought as I surveyed the chronology of my blog posts. Somewhere along the line, constant doctor’s appointments were “normalized” much like Trump’s and the so-called alternative right’s racism, and I lost sight of the Read more

Original Posting: 10/19/2016 I can not remember the date for sure, but I believe that I had the doctor’s appointment confirming my diagnosis one year ago today. What a difference a year makes. Last year, I had just told my mother about the health problems that I had been experiencing for the last two years, Read more

Original Posting: 08/24/2016 Initially, my plan was to update my blog in July, after seeing my neurologist, or on the anniversary of my first major symptoms, August 1. Both occasions, I sat down in front of the computer, glass of Pinot in hand, only to stare blankly at the cursor on the screen. Fingers gently Read more