How do you disease modify your MS?
Five hours from start to finish. Really, four hours is more accurate. The entire bag of Rituximab flowed through my body in four hours. Pretty good, if I may say so. That first hour was spent trying to get my…
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All in: Betting on Yourself in Life with MS
Gambling just isn’t Jennifer and my thing. Sure, we will go to the nearby Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort and play the slots from time to time. But this happens only after we specify exactly how much we’re willing to…
#TBT – Blessings counted … even in the bathroom
Welcome to this Throwback Thursday post on A Couple Takes On MS, where we repost some of our favorite essays over the past 14 years since we launched our blog. These will appear on the last Thursday of each month,…
7 Questions with A Couple featuring Dr. Aaron Boster
Neurologist, The Boster Center for Multiple Sclerosis President and Founder, MS Vlogger Welcome to “7 Questions with A Couple,” a monthly series that includes quick conversations with a variety of experts and influencers from throughout the MS community. We truly can’t…
MS caregiving in 3 acts
Over our last 16 years of marriage, Dan and I have learned a lot about what it means to be each other’s primary caregiver. In fact, we learn something new about caregiving every day because much like multiple sclerosis, no…
Embracing the sparkles that shine through life’s darkness
It must have been the living room lights that made my ring sparkle so radiantly. I was mesmerized by the beauty. All the beauty captured in my wedding ring. Ironic. Beauty forged from an ugly disease. Dan and I give…
7 Questions with A Couple featuring Chris Holland
DVine Bar Executive Chef, 3-time Chopped champion Welcome to “7 Questions with A Couple,” a monthly series that includes quick conversations with a variety of experts and influencers from throughout the MS community. It’s quite humbling for us to serve up…
#TBT – MS and camping at Coldwater in incredibly cold weather
Welcome to the first-ever Throwback Thursday post on A Couple Takes On MS, where we repost some of our favorite essays over the past 14 years since we launched our blog. These will post on the last Thursday of each…
Stealing from MS? I am guilty as charged.
I never thought of myself as a thief. After all, one of Jennifer and my friends once likened me to Richie Cunningham – Ron Howard’s character from the ABC sitcom Happy Days. Richie would never steal, would he? Oh sure, I…
I owe myself the same grace I gave Christina Applegate
I will admit I was having one of those mornings. You know: one of those toxic, gloom and doom, the-world-is-against-me kind of mornings. Added to the toxicity, everything was my fault. Or at least, I thought I was the reason…