Picture it: Swartz Creek, Michigan. November 1997. A scared, 23-year-old girl is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Full of emotions and questions. Full of fears and tears. She bravely attends her very first in-person MS support group meeting. There are reassuring words and…
Dan and my daily life and routine finally is getting back to normal. Much like the rest of society, COVID-19 put our lives on hold. We limited our risk of exposure to the virus especially because we both are living…
Caregiving doesn’t always have to be a two-way street. In many ways, the best kind of caregiving starts with one person: You. Sure, Jennifer and I each live with Multiple Sclerosis, but if I don’t take care of myself or…
It’s amazing how a different sort of setting can open the doors to more relaxed yet equally insightful conversations between three friends. This actually was the impetus to Lounge Hour, the fourth episode of our podcast, A Couple Takes On…
Dan and Jen discuss anger and frustration both from living with MS and other pointless frustrations… also, slightly mess up a Yoda quote with Ryan’s help. (Producer note: I checked with Yoda, he said “Close enough, it is.”) Join A…
It’s often said that “things come in threes.” It is a bit non-descript as to what these “things” are and whether they are inherently bad or good. For Jennifer and me, the month of March 2021 resulted in three very…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Um, okay, you probably haven’t. Yes, you’ve read our essays posted on A Couple Takes on MS. But now you can actually hear about our experiences because Dan and I have just…
Jennifer and Dan talk about how Multiple Sclerosis effects them and how they realized they may have MS. For MS Awareness Week and Month, the podcast showed up with a double episode for March 11th. The episode ends with producer…
The story of how Dan and Jen met after being diagnosed with two different forms of Multiple Sclerosis. They tell how they are able to be a caregiver for each other and be advocates for themselves and others with MS.…
A 1 minute tease of the A Couple Takes on MS podcast.