California Dreamin’ or Squirrels in My Bed?

OK, so I haven’t really been dreaming about California, despite my wistful moments of wishing for warm sunshine and open-toed shoes.  Instead I’ve been having mega-nightmares.  I had such a terrible one about my stepdaughter the other night, while holed up in a dorm room on the campus where I work, that I awoke with [...]

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Your Support Can and Will Make Change Happen

Readers of Sunshine and Moonlight,
It’s that time again!

The National MS Society is kicking off our annual Walk MS. I am planning to be a part of that event once again this year and I am asking you to join me in the fight against MS by making a contribution to support my effort — and to [...]

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Motivation to Walk!

A Coloradan Counts Herself Lucky and Walks With Her Family
“I’m one of the lucky ones,” Margy Conant declares.
She’s being sarcastic (she’s referring to the high incidence of MS in her home state of Colorado) but serious too. Discovering the profound generosity that people are capable of has been the silver lining to Conant’s MS diagnosis, [...]

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Multiple sclerosis hasn’t stopped climber’s quest

By Mark Morical
The (Bend) Bulletin
Wendy Booker’s left side is numb from her toes to the top of her rib cage.
Yet somehow, she has managed to climb the tallest peaks on six continents. For Booker to complete the climbing feat known as the Seven Summits, just one peak remains: Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth.
Living [...]

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Oral Drug for M.S. Fast-Tracked by FDA!

The following news is very exciting for those of us who are waiting for an oral medication to treat M.S. 
It could come as soon as late 2011!
 
Jerusalem, Israel and Lund, Sweden, February 12, 2009 – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) and Active Biotech (NASDAQ OMX NORDIC: ACTI) today announced that oral laquinimod, an investigational [...]

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Looking for Monte

There’s a place in Italy called Montenero. It is a small village, a town high in the mountains. Montenero is home to my husband’s ancestors. He still has family there. We have a postcard that was sent to my father-in-law in 1957 from my husband’s “Uncle” Vince while visiting Montenero. It’s framed and on a [...]

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Tysabri Study: Patients Disease-Free for Two Years

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB – News) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN – News) today announced five-times as many multiple sclerosis (MS) patients taking TYSABRI® (natalizumab) were free from disease activity versus placebo in the overall patient population. Results from this retrospective analysis showed that two years after beginning treatment with [...]

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Has Anyone Seen My Keys?

When I was first diagnosed with M.S. and in the middle of a full blown exacerbation, I had several cognitive issues.  Many may remember when I tried to grease a griddle with 409 instead of Pam.  I was forgetful and confused, disoriented and frustrated. 
I’ve always been one to take notes, yet sticky-notes became my [...]

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Life Coaching for Persons with M.S.

MSAA is now offering Life Coaching to assist individuals affected by multiple sclerosis.  Life coaching involves discovering new ways to help cope with life challenges. We want the MSAA Life Coaching Program to focus specifically on the life challenges you or someone you know with MS might be facing.  Your valuable input can help focus [...]

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