Public Transportation with Multiple Sclerosis
I’m typing today’s post from a comfortable seat (with a table, even) on Iarnród Éireann, the Irish rail system. My next few days will include trains, taxis and busses to get myself around to my...
View ArticleMultiple Sclerosis Is a Two-Handed Thing
So, for the record, I’m a card carrying member of the child-free. That being said, I’ve loads of friends with children of all ages. One thing I’ve learned from the toddling set, which will be placed...
View ArticleLast Call for MS Book Club Chat
Earlier this month we posted our first MS Book Club blog in quite some time. We’ve had a few comments on the blog page and a few more on the Life with MS facebook page. I wanted to give everyone who...
View ArticleJack Osbourne Dancing With MS Sparks Heated Conversation
Back in the days of scripted television, The Love Boat was the place to see Hollywood bygones, one-trick ponies and “where-are-they-nows.” Enter un-scripted shows (which are anything but real, though...
View ArticleThis Guy with MS Walks Into a Pub…
If you want to dance – goes the saying – you’re going to have to pay the piper. I wouldn’t mind the rates the bastard charges if I could actually remember dancing! This morning was a draggy, drowsy,...
View ArticleStaying Active and Interactive With Multiple Sclerosis
Sadie knows something is up… The suite case is half-packed on the bed and her traveling gear is organized. Caryn and I are headed up to Galway to take part in MS Ireland’s National Meeting Day on...
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What’s Your Inspirational MS Meme Caption?
For the past month or so, I’ve been breaking my “no internet on Sundays” rule. For that time I’ve been posting internet memes (basically, in this case, a branded background with a quote for the week)...
View ArticleMultiple Sclerosis Activism, Advocacy and Campaigns
Tis the political season in the USA but then again, when isn’t it anymore? In fact the whole world seems to be on a never ending political treadmill. I’ll admit that I have purposefully stepped back...
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Multiple Sclerosis from Inside the Orchestra
A couple of weeks ago I was ambushed by an old schoolmate and hijacked back to 1983. It was a particular anniversary of an event in our lives which changed and forever shaped us. On a cold, October...
View ArticleOur New MS Opinion Blog for MS Ireland
The Life with MS blog community continues grown, change, evolve and become an amazing place in the past – good grief! Is it really nearly 8 years?! The care and attention you pay to many of our posts...
View Article#HealthTalk: Living Well With MS — Hosted by Drs. Sanjay Gupta and Robert Fox
*It’s time for another Twitter chat about living with MS. Drs. Sanjay Gupta and Robert Fox join us this time* Tomorrow – Wednesday, April 23rd at 1 pm ET – Everyday Health will be hosting another...
View ArticleMS Mortar – The Bond Holding Us Together
The cold Scairbhin winds have ended in our little corner of the world and we’re just weeks from the annual influx of international tourists. That means time to tidy up from the long and storm-raked...
View ArticleGot an MS Question? Get an MS Answer!
We haven’t done this one in a while: You’ve got questions – You’ve got answers. The gist of this post is to overcome some of the comment ‘issues’ we’ve had since our change in format. Just like other...
View ArticleMultiple Sclerosis as a Character in the Movie of Your Life
Someone once told me “Everyone directs their own movie. They see life through their own lens.” This is true on so many levels, most of which I won’t attend to in this blog. Working on a project for...
View ArticleThe ‘What If’ Game: Worries Waiting for MS Test Results
Today, there are nearly 60,000 recent high school graduates in Ireland (they call them “leavers” here) who are heading in to get the results of their “Leaving Cert” exams. This is the set of tests...
View ArticleConnection, Disconnection, Reconnection: How Do You Cope?
If you can read this, I’ve figured out how to “reconnect.” After a morning of visiting the shops (and visiting with shopkeepers); an afternoon of important phone calls to sort, arrange, and organize;...
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From the Life With MS Inbox: My Jump for MS
Every once in a while, something comes to my Life With MS inbox that sparks something inside of me and I have to share. We’ve had interesting products that can help people with MS come across our...
View ArticleLetter to the MS Editor: What Say Ye?
Well, my week’s holiday is over. I’m still in America after a family wedding and on my way to New York City. I had intended to post all last week, but travel, jet lag, planned and unplanned gatherings...
View ArticleIf We Can Land a Spacecraft on a Comet, Why Can’t We Cure MS?
As our planet turned on its axis, orbited our star, and spun around our galactic center this week, a man-made probe called Philae landed on a comet nearly 311 million miles from my desk. The moment of...
View ArticleA Toast to MS Advances in 2015
I am always stuck on what to offer in my last blog of the year. I’m not the kind of guy to candy-coat our plight in life. We have a progressive disease with no cure. I’m also not one to bemoan our lot....
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