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
Catch the Digmanns in the news
Author Archives: Dan
An MS caregiver's cry – Take me
I always thought I could handle whatever MS threw at me. Numb hands and feet all the time. Tingly torso and cheeks when I’m tired. Weak left leg after I run two miles. I’ve managed all of these symptoms since I was diagnosed. But after nearly nine years it has found my weak spot, and…… Continue Reading
Bug bites
A bug usually bites me a couple times each year, but its most recent nip was somewhat venomous. Try as I may, I can’t seem to stop scratching the mark it left. It’s like any other bug bite: Each time the bite itches, I scratch it. Again. And again, and again, and again … It’s…… 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
For these moments
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
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
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
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