Author archives: Morgan Shelly
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- I am sure some of you readers have noticed my absence in the past month or so. I
apologize for leaving anyone hanging but I had to take a "me" break, some time off for
MS and "our" depression. That probably sounds like a horribly cliche copout but I am
just being honest with you. Acceptance seems[...]
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- Prior to my MS diagnosis I was working as a shift lead for a juice bar. I loved my job and have nothing but good things to say about the company but the long hours, stress of management, and surprisingly heavy labor were too much for me to take on now. I stopped work during the early stages of my [...]
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- I have been a dog owner
and lover my whole life
When I was born my parents owned two cats and two dogs which seemed to remain our consistent pet count my whole childhood. On my fifth birthday I was given a black Cocker Spaniel named Docket, obviously named by my trial attorney father not young a[...]
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- I wrote a few weeks ago about my initial decision to join a support group and why I sought one out. Making that decision was a much better move than I could ever have imagined. I have gained so much insight, found so much comfort, and made so many friends that I never would have had the opportunit[...]
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- As I've said before, life with Multiple Sclerosis involves constant adjustment. I figure there is no better time to reflect on these adjustments and make changes for the better than the start of a New Year. 2012 has been an amazing year with a lot of really positive life changes for me but I also [...]
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- Everyone can relate to the feeling of being alone. We have all been to that point where something happening in our life makes us feel like we are the only person in the world going through it. It's that desperate feeling of being totally on your own with no one to help you work through it. These [...]
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- Eating healthy is an important choice for anyone to make not just those with Multiple Sclerosis. When we are young with perfect metabolisms the question of what we put into our body doesn't seem to be as important but as we grow older the effects of a poor diet are quickly noticed. Those with chroni[...]
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In case you didn't catch on with my previous posts: life with Multiple Sclerosis is life with
constant challenge and adaptation. Living with MS, especially Relapsing-Remitting MS,
isn't always a daily struggle but sometimes that makes the struggles even harder to deal
with when they do come. [...]
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- In my last post I talked about some of the immediate life changes that occur with Multiple Sclerosis but change doesn't only happen immediately. Some aspects of life that change with MS involve slow adaptation and often require a trial and error type learning process. Some areas of my life that [...]
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- Having Multiple Sclerosis means facing many life changes. Some happen slowly over time and some are immediate. I wrote previously about being thankful for being diagnosed young because the changes were easier to deal with. This is still true but there may be a little more struggle behind that tha[...]
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- With the passing of Thanksgiving and Christmas songs and decorations popping up everywhere, one thing is obvious: holiday madness has arrived.
The holidays are a time to be cherished by many but they also come with a lot of chaos.
Shopping in busy stores
Budgeting for extra expenses[...]
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- The statistically typical person newly diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis is a female, around the age of 35, and Caucasian. When I was diagnosed the only one of those “typical” things that fit me was being female. I’m a Spanish/Mexican/Austrian mutt (so, only slightly Caucasian) and I was still a d[...]
