I was recently asked, “When are you finally going to put the post about your trip to xy online?” That question made me realize that I haven’t actually written about our principles yet. We have a few. We will only post photos that we took ourselves. We will only write about things we have experienced…
I’ve been thinking: How can I tell the story of my MS diagnosis as briefly as possible? The problem is, there is no “as briefly as possible” here. It simply took 5.5 years from the first symptom that actually limited me to my diagnosis. I deliberately say “limiting symptom” because once you know what you…
Multiple sclerosis (MS for short) is, simply put, an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system — the brain, spinal cord, and eyes. Every nerve fiber is surrounded by a protective layer called myelin.You can think of it like the plastic insulation around an electrical cable.With MS, the immune system attacks this very insulation.As…