Multiple Sclerosis - MS LifeLines
"I learned to see life in a different way."
Sharing My Journey—My Life with Relapsing MS
MS LifeLines® Ambassadors chronicle their thoughts and feelings about living with MS. These journals reflect the personal experiences of one person and others can be different. It is best to contact your doctor to discuss what's best for you. David and Joni are MS LifeLines Ambassadors and have chosen to share their stories with other people living with MS. MS LifeLines and MS LifeLines Ambassadors are sponsored by EMD Serono and Pfizer.
Recent Posts
- Making the Choice: Factors to Consider When Choosing a DMD...
- Leaving MS For a Day. How I Remind Myself Life is Not Always About MS
- The misconception I've heard about MS...
- Learning to Let Go: How MS Impacted My Focus on the Important Things in Life
- How I stay up on what's new in MS.
- Funny Tips for Time Management
- Why I Embrace Change and Adapt
- Getting Through the Tough Times
- In it for the Long Haul: Practical Tips for Sticking with Your Treatment
- If I only knew then what I know now: What I've learned about MS since being diagnosed
- How I Celebrate My Successes
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Author Bios
Making the Choice: Factors to Consider When Choosing a DMD...
February 25, 2010
As much as possible, when I'm taking my therapy, I want to go about my daily activities the same way I did before I started my therapy. ...read more
Leaving MS For a Day. How I Remind Myself Life is Not Always About MS
February 12, 2010
I live with relapsing MS every day of my life. But there are days I just want to enjoy life and not focus on MS. The easiest way for me to "live a day" without MS is to do something that doesn't have too many limitations for me. ...read more
The misconception I've heard about MS...
January 19, 2010
When I was first diagnosed with relapsing MS, there were thousands of questions I had about the disease and how it would affect my future. ...read more
Learning to Let Go: How MS Impacted My Focus on the Important Things in Life
December 21, 2009
Ok, so I'm a control freak. I can admit this, because I'm working everyday on becoming more of a reformed control freak. I used to have to have everything planned down to the hour for every day, every trip, and every assignment. The thing with relapsing MS is that sometimes you can't really plan so much. ...read more
How I stay up on what's new in MS.
November 30, 2009
Like many of us living with MS, I like to stay up to date on what is happening in the MS world. I mostly use the internet, and while there are a number of sites that contain great information about MS, there are 4 sites that I like to use in particular. ...read more
Funny Tips for Time Management
November 9, 2009
It's funny how life works. Just when you think you have it all figured out things change and you get the opportunity to manage a new set of circumstances. I think that's what makes life interesting. ...read more
Why I Embrace Change and Adapt
October 26, 2009
In 1992 I left a wonderful job making great money to start my own company. There were more unknowns in starting up a new company than I could count, but I decided it was worth taking the chance. ...read more
Getting Through the Tough Times
October 15, 2009
How tough can it get? I sat outside the store where I was getting new clothes for school and the pants I really wanted were not at this particular store. I had to get pants this same day and according to my mother, it was this store or no store! ...read more
In it for the Long Haul: Practical Tips for Sticking with Your Treatment
October 6, 2009
I live alone, so it would be very easy for me not to take my relapsing MS medication. No one would know besides me and eventually maybe my doctor. However, with my friends' and family's involvement, it would be impossible for me to get away with that even if I wanted to. ...read more
If I only knew then what I know now: What I've learned about MS since being diagnosed
September 24, 2009
The most important thing that I've learned since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis is that my life didn't end when the doctor said, "You have relapsing MS." ...read more
How I Celebrate My Successes
September 9, 2009
Having relapsing MS isn't only something that I have to live with, but also something that my family and friends have to live with. ...read more

