Sitting out on the deck for the first time this spring, Jennifer and I enjoyed a lunch of grilled leftovers from a dinner with friends Saturday night. Warmed-up hamburgers, hot dogs and straight-out-of-the-can baked beans never tasted so delicious. Finally. We had a moment to catch up after three weeks of insanity that started with…… Continue Reading
Catch the Digmanns in the news
Walks MS and what WE do to fight our disease!
Dan and I didn’t have a choice when we were diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and combined we have battled it for nearly 25 years. But we soon realized that the choice was all ours when we decided how we were going to live with the disease. As we’ve often told the members of our MS…… Continue Reading
MS Tip Tuesday: Enjoy D Sunshine
The other day we went out to the CMU baseball game to watch our Chippewas take on Northern Illinois. Hey, it was baseball, a Sunday afternoon and the sun was shining. Seriously. The sun was shining! Since we were closed up all winter, we both agreed that this also would be a great opportunity for…… Continue Reading
MS Tip Tuesday: Under my umbrella
Following a discussion we had with fellow panel members at the Social Media Club Great Lakes Bay event about blogging, we are starting on our blog the regular feature “MS Tip Tuesday.” Inspired by the torrential downpour we waded through upon leaving said program, here is our first offering for MS Tip Tuesday: Regardless of…… Continue Reading
Always starting with today
Like most others worldwide, my prayers went out to the people who absorbed the unimaginable earthquake- and tsunami-induced devastation in Japan. Intense images from there triggered aftershocks in my heart that was beating half a world away from the epicenter: • The man in a business suit high-stepping his way into the street to avoid…… Continue Reading
Contributing to HealthCentral
A few weeks ago we received an exciting invitation to serve as regular contributors to HealthCentral, an online resource whose mission is to empower millions of people to improve and take control of their health and well-being. Along with our blog here, writing for HealthCentral will enable us to connect with even more people dealing…… Continue Reading
The mathematics behind MS =
This is National MS Awareness Week, and the National MS Society theme asks people what MS equals to them. Here is what I put on the NMSS site and shared with fellow blogger Michael Gerber of Perspective is Everything on his Facebook site: “MS = Unimaginable opportunities! For all that MS has taken from me…… Continue Reading
Grape Ape
Hmm, what’s today’s date?” he asks before writing the date on the huge stack of paperwork. I answer that it is February 20. “Not bad, let’s see,” he shuffles through the paperwork. “Ordered this on November 4, that means it’s been a little more than three months. Really, not bad, huh?” I answer him, “Nope,…… Continue Reading
A hair on my face
This was written Monday, February 28. I was considering dropping the English class I am enrolled in. To see the strange way my mind works, read on. I made a decision today. At least, I think I did. Yep, I’m almost 100% sure. And, it was a piece of hair that helped me decide. I…… Continue Reading
Run your own race
I realize we aren’t all runners, but hear me out on this. So the other night I was running on the indoor track at Central Michigan University’s Student Activity Center. It’s where I run in the winter. Not that I mind the cold outside, but it keeps my MS-numbed feet and me from running/slipping/falling on…… Continue Reading