I've moved!

Hello all! Please visit my new home at https://multiplesclerosis.net/author/kimd/  and check out my 300+ articles published there from 2013 to the present. And, of course, feel free to browse through blogs posted here between 2009 and 2013. Thank you for your continuing interest!

Best, Kim

My Latest Articles Published on Multiplesclerosis.net

Read my essay about diagnosis denial and its consequences at:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/diagnosis-denial-its-consequences-and-solutions/

... and my article about deciding when to disclose our MS on dating sites at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/blog/love-interrupted/

Latest Essays Published on Multiplesclerosis.net

Read my latest essay titled THE BROCCOLI REDEMPTION about "going green" at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/the-broccoli-redemption/

... and A TORTURED LIFE: OF ART AND MS about the difficulties of being a writer and having MS at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/a-tortured-life-of-art-and-ms/

Latest Essays Published on Multiplesclerosis.net

Read my latest essays titled:

Physical Therapy and the Promise of Improved Mobility, Strength and Balance at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/physical-therapy-mobility-strength-and-balance/

Cause of What Ails Us at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/cause-of-what-ails-us/

Self-Advocacy is the New Orange at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/self-advocacy-is-the-new-orange-how-do-you-raise-ms-awareness/

See Not, Hear Not, Speak Not: Three Faces of Denial at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/three-faces-of-denial/

Several New Essays

Read my latest essay titled: "Re-upping with your Disease-Modifying Therapy... " at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/reapplying-for-copay-assistance/

... and read another of my recent essays titled: "Tax Season 2014: Filing SSDI and Earned Income... " at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/tax-season-2014-filing-ssdi-plus-earned-income-totally-screwed-2013/

... as well as this one from December 2014 titled: "Reflections in a Two-Way Mirror" at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/reflections-two-way-mirror/

Oh, and Happy New Year!

Kim

Telling the Story of You

Read my latest essay about what kinds of stories we tell when we tell the story of MS at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/telling-story/

What's your Dance?

Read my latest essay about celebrating our own unique walk at:http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/whats-dance/

Purses: The Other Kind of Baggage

Still lifting that bale and toting that barge? Read my latest essay about how MS has us draggin' our baggage: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/purses-kind-baggage/

Avoiding Future Shock: The Importance of Making Final Arrangements

Read the essay at:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/final-arrangements/

Flip-Flop, Finale: Coming Full Circle

See the last installment of my essays about mom's final illness:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/flip-flop-finale-coming-full-circle/

Flip-flop, Part IV: Disease and Its Takeaways

See part 4 of this MSer's journey through mom's final illness:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/flip-flop-part-iv-disease-take-aways/

Flip-Flop, Part III: When an MS Patient becomes a Caregiver

Read my latest essay about the journey through my mother's final illness at:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/flip-flop-part-3/

Flip-Flop: When an MS Patient Becomes a Caregiver

Read my latest essays about being an MS patient turned caregiver at:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/flip-flop-part-ii-the-ms-patientcaregiver/

and:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/me-patient-to-caregiver/

Fractured Fairy Tales: Dating Able-bodied and Disabled Men and Why I Haven't Yet Found My Prince

Read my latest essay about dating with MS at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/dating-with-ms/

New Year’s Resolutions and Affirmations

Read my latest essay titled: "New Year’s Resolutions and Affirmations" at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/new-years-resolutions-and-affirmations/

Reversal of Misfortune: A Cure Scenario

What would we do if a cure for MS came along in the next few years? Read my thoughts at:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/reversal-of-misfortune-a-cure-scenario/

Yuletide Musings

Read my latest essay about how I celebrate Christmas now and how it's gone in the past at:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/yuletide-musings/

MS and the Manly Man

Read my latest essay about Men and MS at:

http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/ms-and-the-manly-man/

A Portable History of MS

Read my latest essay at: http://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/portable-history-ms/

Starting Tecfidera

Read my latest essay titled: "Flame On: Starting Tecfidera and How I Avoided Becoming a Superhero."

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