Fun … that’s it. Really! Having fun makes my MS more tolerable, and when I’m having lots and lots of fun, I sometimes even forget that I’m living with this disease. Yes, my daily injectable (which has more than doubled in price in the 10 years since I started taking it!) works to slow the…… Continue Reading
Catch the Digmanns in the news
Category Archives: Multiple Sclerosis
R.I.P. Dragons #2 and #3
Really, it was not that hard. As usual things are much harder in my head than they truly turn out to be. Taking a graduate class all by myself, no Dan to help me or hold my hand, scared me. But it actually was an experience that helped me rebuild confidence in my abilities.…… Continue Reading
Fearlessness lost … and found
As much as I hate to admit it, multiple sclerosis had me running scared. In the weeks leading up to the Alma Highland Festival held over Memorial Day weekend I was soooo afraid of falling. I guess the “Friday Night Incident on Mission Street” in late March had cut me deeper than the incident-instigated five-stitch…… Continue Reading
jenny the dragon slayer
tuesday morning, i slayed my first dragon. to understand what i mean by this i need to share with you some of my background: right around may 24 i will begrudgingly celebrate a bitter anniversary of sorts. it will mark seven years since i last walked. you’d think since it has been such a long…… Continue Reading
Our once-in-a-lifetime experience
Never again will Jennifer and I be able to tell this story about our experiences in the days leading up to and during the 2009 Walk MS. Our backyard and house were converted into a movie set of sorts, complete with a director, cameraman, lights, cameras and a sunlight reflector thingy you see on many…… Continue Reading
And it's all because we have MS
So Jennifer and I are sitting here still reeling from a flurry of weekend Walk MS events. Certainly, participating in the MS walk to increase awareness about multiple sclerosis and raise money to support MS research and programs is an annual event we look forward to every year. but even though this was the seventh…… Continue Reading
Editorial inspiration
For the fourth straight week, Jennifer and I were included in the editorial pages of the Monticello Express. But this time it wasn’t as part of the weekly column written by Express Editor Steve Lerch. This time it was an editorial calling for someone with MS in the Monticello area to step up and get…… Continue Reading
Making MS news in my hometown – Part II
Today the second of a two-part series featuring an extensive Q and A with Jennifer and me appeared in the Monticello Express, my hometown newspaper. Certainly, Part II has different information that Part I, but I still feel the same about it as I did last week (see my previous post)! I guess what’s different…… Continue Reading
reminder & a slight change
please notice in bold text the venue change. hope to see you there 🙂 jennifer National MS Society, Michigan Chapter Community Event ~ Multiple Sclerosis 5k Run/Walk Saturday, April 18, 2009 The Physical Therapy Student Organization (PTSO) at Central Michigan University is sponsoring a Multiple Sclerosis Run/Walk to raise money to support the National Multiple…… Continue Reading
catching up
it has been almost a week since i blogged. sorry! i’ve been getting our Walk MS team, Team MonsterS, ready for another great walk in frankenmuth. from getting the team together, designing an Irving original t-shirt and starting to fundraise, it really has been quite a busy week. i’ve been chosen by the society to be a…… Continue Reading