Posts » multiple sclerosis

Mar
14
2016

I’m updating this blog after over a year just so I can have a chance to win something

Hi! Well, life is full of life, isn’t it! Here I am, trying to do all sorts of life-living, but I am also gratuitously and blatantly trying to win something for a highly good cause, my always-favorite charity: the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Greater New England. I still have multiple sclerosis. What I don’t…  Continued »

Jul
24
2012

“My goodness, where have YOU been?”

Where, indeed. Well, the short answer is that my health hasn’t been very great. I’d been on Tysabri since last September. Tysabri, if you don’t keep pace with MS treatments, is this monthly infusion that one gets of antibodies that are supposed to help make your immune system not attack your brain as though it…  Continued »

Sep
23
2011

Why I haven’t updated

Short answer: I lost about 30% of the vision in my left eye for a couple of weeks due to MS. It’s mostly resolved now (I’d say that I am back to about 85% of my “can see things without distortions” baseline), and I’m overall okay. This has been my most active summer of MS…  Continued »

Nov
16
2010

How to keep creating when your hand starts to go gimpy

(Short answer: Illustrator) One of the bummers of multiple sclerosis was the moment last December when I woke up and realized that my right hand wasn’t really working. I could barely hold a pen. Writing was weird/uncoordinated, using a mouse took effort, and typing? It was a really upsetting time. I had a three-day round…  Continued »

Nov
04
2010

Birthdays galore

In but nine short days, it will be my birthday, and I plan to mark the occasion with the eating of food. This weekend, however, it’s my grandfather’s 97th birthday (fun fact: my original projected due date was on his birthday, but I guess I wasn’t fully cooked so it was pushed up a week…  Continued »

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