I spent a large part of my summer thinking and learning about disability. Sounds silly right? After all, I shouldn’t need to learn about disability since I live it—having relied on a wheelchair for the last ten years, but now I see disability differently. I better understand the societal, financial, and political realities of having…… Continue Reading
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MS be damned
I never saw the concrete coming, but it came quite quickly. Right up to my right eye as my head slammed into the sidewalk. Again. I fell when I was out running last week. I think my left leg, true to its traditionally sporadic toe-drag form, clipped a sidewalk crack about two miles into my…… Continue Reading
Blind Dan’s bluff
I’m up early this morning to get a head start on the stifling summer sauna that is July in Michigan. Staying on track with my August 8K training, I stretch my muscles, double-knot my shoes, and kiss Jennifer goodbye as she reminds me, “Have a good run, and pick up your feet.” “I will, and…… Continue Reading
Off to a great start
Taking a quick breath, I look at the calendar and am torn on how to react. In one sense it’s like, “Oh my God! It’s already Jan. 15?” In another sense it’s more like, “Oh my God! It’s only Jan. 15?” Seems like a lot has happened in the first two weeks of this new…… Continue Reading
Tick tock
Can you hear that? Maybe it is one of the clocks in our front room. Tick tock, tick tock. Nope, that’s not it. Tick tock… there it goes again. Only faster now – more like the stopwatch from the television show 60 Minutes. Less tick tock, more tick-tick-tick. I wonder to myself, “Hmm… where is that…… Continue Reading
Use nature’s fast food to keep you healthy
We are so excited to present our first-ever guest post to our blog. It is from registered dietitian Grace A. Derocha. Grace is a health and wellness social media analyst at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, where she also is involved with wellness care management and health promotion program development and consulting. We…… Continue Reading
Heinz 57
Jennifer and I quickly are learning that the work involved with writing a book doesn’t end when you send it to the printer. It’s just beginning. Fortunately we received word from the printer early last week, and our book, Despite MS, to Spite MS, is right on schedule. We will have them available for our…… Continue Reading
'Despite MS, to Spite MS'
I keep telling Jennifer, “This really is going to happen!” We’ve written our book, “Despite MS, to Spite MS.” Our designer sent it to the printer on Tuesday, Aug. 2, and we’re hoping you are as excited to read it as we are to share it with you! “Despite MS, to Spite MS” is a…… Continue Reading
Consider the alternatives
Around about the times Jennifer and I were diagnosed – 14 and 11 years ago, respectively – we both heard they were great times to be diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Before we each had the opportunity to punch the optimistic messenger square in the nose (Really? A good time for having a chronic, progressive disease?),…… 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