Yes, on my face. Couldn’t have happened at a worse time. Or so I thought. Right there on a break from my class, Dan was helping me to pivot in the Anspach Hall bathroom and SMACK! Profanity! Profanity! Profanity! And Tears … tears … tears. And that wasn’t just me. I heard profanity and tears…… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Multiple Sclerosis
Becoming the bat man
In the spirit of Halloween this past weekend and Springteen’s upcoming Nov. 16 release of recordings stored away in the vaults for years, we felt inspired to share this essay that appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of InsideMS. We have never directly featured this creepy story (it still freaks Dan out!) on our home…… Continue Reading
Tearful trash talking
I’ve lived my life with MS as though we’re in a competition together. I trash talk it every day. Gotta be tough, ya know? Not that this chronic disease of the central nervous system cares what I have to say. I won’t hurt its feeling. But I talk tough so it won’t hurt mine. Still,…… Continue Reading
"Look Who's Talking"
The following article appeared in the Morning Sun on Thursday, Oct. 14. It didn’t appear in the online version of the paper, so we’re reprinting it here. We look forward to sharing our stories to benefit the Mt. Pleasant Community Foundation Women’s Initiative—which provides for the needs of women and girls in Isabella County—through its annual…… Continue Reading
What's a trip to Chicago without the Cubs?
It was eight years ago today – September 28, 2010. Eight years ago that I met Dan and told my mom, “He’s really cute and sweet, but mom – he likes Springsteen. Yuck! And he loves baseball. How boring!!” Now eight years later, not only am I happily married to Dan, but I’ve seen Bruce…… Continue Reading
Our 5th Anniversary in Pictures
Hard to believe. It’s been five years since I became Mrs. Dan Digmann. Me, the one living with multiple sclerosis. Me, the lucky one who saw “that cute man” on September 28, 2002. Yep, same me who married said man on September 10, 2005. Yes, this may be taking the easy way out, but I…… Continue Reading
Guilty as charged
For the second time this year, a sense of longing weakens me as I watch the people running along the streets. I can’t do that. Another calf muscle tear has set me back a step or two; no longer able to run … right now. Give it time. Recover. Go for a walk instead. My…… Continue Reading
MS and the realities of literary theory
It seems like forever since we’ve written for our blog, but it’s not like we haven’t been writing! We just completed a super-intense six-week summer class for our graduate degree from Central Michigan University. Guess we didn’t anticipate ENG 535 History of Literary Theory would take so much out of us. But thanks to our…… Continue Reading
Doors wide open
At this time twenty years ago, I was a carefree teenager looking forward to getting my driver’s license. Disability was a word I hardly knew. Fast forward to the present, I am a graduate student able to access my college library through power-assist doors and an elevator that takes me all the way to the…… Continue Reading
'Every day, I embrace'
My days are numbered. Medical experts essentially tell me this all the time. I heard it most recently when I attended an MS conference last weekend hosted by the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. In not so many words, they said that most people with Multiple Sclerosis live with the relapsing-remitting form of…… Continue Reading