OK, so this is the third week of Jennifer and my self-care challenge asking you to take better care of yourself. In the first two weeks, we encouraged you (and ourselves!) to eat breakfast in the morning and get more movement. This past week, we got movement doing everything from stretching at home to exercising…… Continue Reading
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Let Me See You Move
As Dan mentioned in his self-care essay, this is your year to be awesome and to make you your priority. Hopefully you had fun with our first challenge last week to focus on eating breakfast every morning. Now can you understand why it’s the most important meal of the day? Congrats on getting a strong…… Continue Reading
Improving the quality of the MS life
Jennifer and I have made no secrets that we are dedicated to living the best life we possibly can despite Multiple Sclerosis. Sure, we care about medical research developments and a promising future that scientists one day will discover a cure for this disease that we each have lived with the past two decades. But…… Continue Reading
This year, make you your top priority
Looking at the calendar, Jennifer and I saw that we are two weeks into the new year. Two weeks already! Usually by the second week of the year, most people have given up on the resolutions they made to improve their lives. Like the intentions to eat less junk food, watch less TV and exercise…… Continue Reading
IQuity and unlocking a faster MS diagnosis
Jennifer often talks about Multiple Sclerosis being a snowflake disease: no two cases are the same. One look at the two of us, and you’ll see what she’s talking about. She has secondary-progressive MS, no longer can walk and takes Rituxan. I have relapsing-remitting MS, still can walk and take Betaseron. But there is one…… Continue Reading
Yes I should
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “I should…” Perhaps you’ve said it yourself. You know, things like, “I should lose some weight.” “I should watch my diet.” “I should exercise more.” Honestly, does any of that sound familiar? I wonder if I inadvertently am sending a negative daily message that I’m not good…… Continue Reading
MS shouldn’t stop your summer fun
Hooray! Summer officially arrives Wednesday, June 21. That means school’s out, warmer weather, beaches, and suntan lotion, as well as family fun, vacations and reunions. But when you’re living with Multiple Sclerosis (or any other chronic illness), summer fun isn’t as simple as it used to be. We had the opportunity to share our “7…… Continue Reading
A tough way to almost get to The Big Easy
To say Dan and I were looking forward to our trip to New Orleans to serve as the NMSS Louisiana Chapter’s On the Move Luncheon keynote speakers would be putting it mildly. After all, we’ve had a daily countdown written on our refrigerator for the 45 days leading up to our travels. 45… 44… and…… Continue Reading
Connecting MS to spring training
When I met Dan on September 28, 2002, I remember thinking that he was cute, charming and easy to talk to. He also had strong faith and understood the realities of life with Multiple Sclerosis. As my mom and I drove home from the Finding Your Buried Treasure program where we met earlier that day,…… Continue Reading
Realize your awesomeness in 2017
Happy New Year! Um, yes true, it was new a few weeks ago, but nevertheless, all the best to you in 2017! May this year bring you happiness, joy and good health. These good wishes remind me of a New Year conversation Dan and I recently had. We were discussing our resolutions and he asked,…… Continue Reading