Just Keep S'Myelin

​ As a nurse I’ve given thousand of injections, and every time a patient says “wow, I didn’t even feel that!” I give myself a little gold star. Not to brag but I’m pretty darn good at giving injections, drawing blood, and placing IV’s. Now I was the one having to give myself daily injections, so what? Who cares? I never even flinch when I have blood drawn or get shots! WELL It’s a whole different ballgame when you turn the needle on yourself! Especially when you are injectin

Alright so I may have bitched and moaned through those two incredibly painful semesters of research that I had to do in undergrad and grad school, but at least they did teach me how to interpret research. Sometimes it just so happens that the driest of subjects can be the ones that you end up using everyday, and as an MS nurse/patient I do find myself reading through the latest research almost daily. I often get excited by the over promising titles, only to realize after read

“Life Hacks” are a popular trend sweeping the internet, so I decided to make a list of my own life hacks for people with MS. These are tips, tricks, and products specifically intended to make life a little easier. Every little bit of energy saved is a little win for us, and every task we complete independently can be a big win! So here is my list so far, and please let me know what tricks and/or products you have up your sleeve! All products have links to where you can learn

Ok I have a homework assignment for you guys. Now, now no groaning! And this is for everyone, whether you read this blog because you have MS, you know someone who does, or just because you find me to be incredibly witty and fascinating (hah!). As you probably already know I’m recovering from a flare (sounds so much more fun then “relapse” right? I’m flaring, how festive!). Safe to say I had some bad days, and I think during this one it was more apparent then ever how stark a

When I’m not calling patients with the results of MRIs, I’m usually calling them to tell them their Vitamin D level is too low. And I feel their pain, my level was a whopping 9 when I was diagnosed! Most patients know that they have had a Vitamin D deficiency at some time or another, but they usually don’t know why their doctors care so much about it. So I thought today we could dive deeper into the Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Vitamin D deficiencies. Vitamin D is a vit

In the hospital every professional from doctors to physical therapists depend on patient charts to do their jobs. We have minor panic attacks every time we can’t locate the chart. Panic usually turns into frustration when we discover that some other greedy professional is having alone time with it in a remote corner of the unit. Arguably the chart is just as important as the patient, which may sound heartless but hear me out! Patients forget details, or sometimes even lie abo