LifewithMS

  • Air pollution and MS symptoms

    The jury’s still out, but a 2020 research review suggests that air pollutants increase oxidative stresses on the body, which in turn leads to inflammatory reactions that can worsen MS symptoms. It’s also believed that where you live early in life – up to about age 12 – makes a significant difference in whether you’re…

  • Just know that we are really REALLY good actors and our disability is much worse than we are letting on.

    People with Multiple Sclerosis tend to minimize their symptoms to seem as “normal” as possible. We don’t want to be seen as complainers , so we keep our disability to ourselves as much as we can.

  • There’s a difference

    We are not lazy, unmotivated or stuck. After living years of your life in survival mode, we are exhausted.

  • Lectric Bikes

    I’ve had a demo Lectric tricycle for a little bit. I’ve put 27 miles on it and will be putting on more, now that we might finally be done with snow showers. I love it, and just ordered one! I will get a picture up soon and will tell you how to get one (…

  • Choose happiness!

    If you want to, you can find a million reasons to hate life and be angry at the world. Or, if you want to, you can find a million reasons to love life and be happy.

  • Budasonide

    I’m almost a month into my 3-month (tapering) prescription, seems to be helping my colitis. I’ve eaten spicy food and had a margarita with no bad consequences! Well, this was great while it lasted – but 3 days after completing the Budasonide, I’m right back to where I was. Colitis is not fun! I have…

  • MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

    Believe me, you don’t want to know! If you have it, you know. If a loved one has it, you know.

  • My best friend’s daughter was just diagnosed with MS.

    My husband and I were visiting our best friends, Jeff and Kathy at their winter home inArizona. Their daughter, Lauren is a pet groomer and called to tell her mom she could not see out of one of her eyes. She assumed it was maybe pet hair that had gotten in her eye and she…

  • Haven’t noticed anything from the Colostrum

    I am thankful for the colostrum my body produced when it did. I’m sure it helped create our healthy babies and I think breastfeeding might have helped my disease at the time. I haven’t noticed anything beneficial from taking colostrum now and decided to not order any more when I ran out. What I am…

  • Enjoy the life you have, as much as you can!

    Even if life is different than what we expected, enjoy what you can while you can! We all know life is a temporary gift. Don’t waste it!