Category: MS
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HSCT Q&A

I asked my followers-turned-friends if they had any residual questions about HSCT or my MS journey. Here’s a curated Q&A.
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In sickness and in health… or not

I now have the mental and physical bandwidth to focus on something other than staying alive and fighting for my life. That means shedding light on the other major update in my life: I’m getting divorced.
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My big list of how to help (because we need it)

Don’t ask the sick or recovering friend how to help, tell them your three ideas and let them choose.
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Back to Work

And just like that, 12 weeks expired and I am back to work full time. Life lately has been acclimating to this massive change.
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How do you define health?

Comparison is a ridiculous endeavor when it comes to defining health because most illness is invisible. As Theodore Roosevelt said, “comparison is the thief of joy.”
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Life Lately: September 1, 2022

Today marks day +63. This has been the longest summer on record. It’s all new. There’s no planning. And I have to be fine with that.
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Finding a Swift Cure for People Like Me

Science is badass and after what I’ve been through this year, anything is possible. What if your dollars help find a cure?
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Guest Author: Mom’s Witness to Recovery

Phase one for me was chemo. Phase two was stem-cell transplant. Phase three is recovery and we are now in the thick of it. The medical staff often reminds us that recovery will take a year. I might know that intellectually, but emotionally I want some quicker results.
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The Struggle to Heal

I’m physically healing and mentally trying to process that healing. I’m struggling each day. I’m ok, but healing is really hard.
