Life with MS: don’t let people steal your identity
The feeling of stigmatization is a real one, especially when you have invisible disabilities when you don’t sit in a wheelchair (yet). It is also why society at large feels it has the right to question your medical status, whether asked for or not. Therefore, the feeling of guilt is an experience that many people with MS struggle with in different ways, even when we cannot begin to grasp why we are being questioned in the first place.
Valentine’s Day, just another chronically ill day
Ergo, XXL tracksuit sweater, leggings, and Ugg boots. The coif of the day, so to speak, because you're not expecting a past beau to walk in and wipe you off your feet (you can do all that yourself with MS balance issues that hit you hugging the floor). So, any beaus out there? You should've put a ring on it when you could've. Even Beyonce got so flustered she had to sing about it.
The art of balancing multiple sclerosis and life… sort of!
Oisín in the meantime, looks at me like only puppies can. Either he sees me as an odd, MS-fatigued and pained two-legged Whippet mama, or as a modern Amelia Earhart whose flying skills need to be updated. Is it any wonder so I unconsciously seem to opt flying solo onto the floor to save physical energy?
Your guide to securing life insurance if you have MS
Life insurance for people with multiple sclerosis is an essential part of your MS management, especially for those who have a partner and/or children to take care of.
At war with COVID-19. And MS!
In some way, we all have COVID-19. It makes us battle with ourselves. It makes us seek answers where there are none. In a similar fashion, it feels as if MS reigns in entire families. You, the broken brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Your family, the tragedy of not being able to hand you its cure.
The duality of MS
In ever memory of physical betrayal and every second of dislike of my illness, I am still intrigued by its complexities and continue to care for all its nuts and bolts.
When life with MS is like The Clash’s ‘Should I stay or should I go’
We each tailor our own agenda on how best to adapt should this risk materialise, and in my view, the final outcome is achieved by writing, for the story writes itself, as if I am just a mere spectator while paper accepts the narrative of the illness.
