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June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

Fall Down, Can’t Get Up Again

So I’m at my multiple sclerosis (MS) exercise class working out on a sit-down bike. Yes, I know, by their very nature bikes tend to be of the sit-down variety, ... Read more

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

Why I’m Giving 3 MS Medications Another Try

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Over the many years I’ve lived with multiple sclerosis (MS), I’ve used several medications to treat my MS symptoms. Some have helped, some haven’t, and some worked at first but ... Read more

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022

Comparing Cases of Multiple Sclerosis Leads to a Logical Fallacy

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If you weren’t aware (I wasn’t), last Friday, June 17, was National Eat Your Vegetables Day. The day wasn’t created to tout any special diet per se, but to increase ... Read more

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Grappling With the Sensory Overload That Can Come With MS

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Imagine this scene: There’s a rowdy crowd of nearly 40,000 people in a rugby stadium with music blaring over the Tannoy speakers. Newfound numbness spreads throughout the majority of your ... Read more

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022

MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Vidofludimus Calcium, Foralumab, Exoskeleton, Dysport

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Vidofludimus Calcium Safely Reduced RRMS Brain Lesions Vidofludimus calcium, also called IMU-838, is an oral therapy designed to reduce the activity of B- and T-cells. These are immune cells believed ... Read more

June 17, 2022June 18, 2022

Just Because It’s Broken Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t Beautiful

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I recently did a little research to write an article reflecting on a photograph of the Library of Celsus. This marvelous piece of architecture was commissioned by a Roman consul ... Read more

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

Five Years of Writing This Column. What a Surprise

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Compared with living with multiple sclerosis (MS), the anxiety of what on water (Earth has always struck me as a misnomer as water comprises 71% of our planet’s surface) I’m ... Read more

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

She Disclosed Her Illness and Got the Job

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It’s a decision most of us with a chronic illness have to make sooner or later: When do we disclose our illness, and to whom, and how do we do ... Read more

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022

The Journey Toward My Primary Progressive MS Diagnosis

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When I turned 50 in 2013, I blew out the candles, and bam! I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I started seeing an endocrinologist and a neurologist, taking daily ... Read more

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

I No Longer Feel Guilty for Sharing Good News

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I’m heading to the beach with my family soon. Not a resort, or any sort of popular, touristy destination. Far from it, in fact. We like to go to the ... Read more

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Just Because We Aren’t Relapsing Doesn’t Mean We Are Symptom-free

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In relapsing-remitting MS, relapses and exacerbations involve a worsening of symptoms or the appearance of new ones for 24 hours or more. My disease baseline has changed many times over ... Read more

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022

MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Evusheld, Immunotherapy, Blood Test, Aubagio

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Evusheld Boosts Antibodies Against COVID-19 in Vaccinated Patients Research has shown that the COVID-19 vaccines have been effective for people being treated with disease-modifying therapies, except for those that target ... Read more

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022

My Right Arm Is Going to Look Really Young

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I’ve just received four intramuscular Botox injections in my right arm to relieve the muscle spasticity that comes with multiple sclerosis. (OK, it wasn’t actually Botox, but Dysport, or abobotulinumtoxinA, ... Read more

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022

Does Medical Marijuana Help the Pain That Comes With MS?

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Will your doctor approve you to buy medical marijuana (MMJ)? Two of mine will and one won’t. The doctor who won’t, a primary care physician who works within a medical ... Read more

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Ublituximab, Lyvispah, Diet Study

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FDA Decision on Ublituximab for Relapsing MS Pushed to Year’s End Ublituximab is similar to Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) and Kesimpta (ofatumumab), which also target B-cells, the immune cells that play a ... Read more