Cigarette Sidebar: Smoking and MS

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Cigarette Sidebar: Smoking and Multiple Sclerosis

(Image citation: Joseph, L. (n.d.). Smoke – Charisma of Evil within Us- Ms Shwetha Joyce Rasquinha, Mangalore. Retrieved June 15, 2013. http://literatureislife4ever.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/smoke-charisma-of-evil-within-us-ms-shwetha-joyce-rasquinha-mangalore/) Excerpt from The Dog Story: I am a closet smoker.  I hide it from my wife, my work and my family.  Not that I care if they know I smoke, I just don’t want to have […]

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Newly Diagnosed Fears

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When I was twenty eight years old, I seemingly had everything I ever wanted in life. I was married to my college sweetheart, Jocelyn. We had a 1950’s ranch house in Weymouth, Massachusetts close to friends and family. I was on my way up the corporate ladder as an analyst for a real estate development.

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Skip the Salt? Trial and Error Approach to Living with MS.

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According to a study by Dr. Kleinewietfeld, an increased salt intake could lead to triggering an autoimmune reaction which could lead to Multiple Sclerosis. The frustrating thing is about Multiple Sclerosis is there is no single cause. MS can be triggered by any number of factors including environment, genetics, diet and location. As researchers narrow

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Athletes with MS

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Being a father is the most important miracle for me living with multiple sclerosis

When my Aunt Loretta was diagnosed with MS in the early 1970’s, Multiple Sclerosis was thought to be the wheel chair disease. In fact, my only memories of my Aunt Loretta were that she was in a wheelchair and could only mumble and moan. When I was lying in my hospital bed with an acute

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