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Ending 2011 and Starting 2012 Fresh by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine New goals, new life .... 2011 has been a bit of a medical roller coaster but I am happy to put that behind me and push ahead. I have enjoyed my life in 2011 delving i ... Read on »

Time rolls on .... diagnoses change and evolve. by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I am at the point of diagnostic dilemma. Over 10 years into my "MS Journey" and life is showing that, according to 3 current neurologists, I don't seem to have MS at all. ... Read on »

Individuation from my disease .... by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I said I probably wouldn't come back here .... but individuating from something that has been a huge part of identity is not as easy as stopping a blog and trying to ignore ... Read on »

My Online MS Journey is coming to an end .... by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In 2001 MS became me, and I became MS I started my "msplaques" blog in 2007 as both an online journey for myself and for others who have MS or other chronic illnesses t ... Read on »

Life and hobbies ... a Copaxone Vacation by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Not a lot has changed and I've visited the neurologist and things are mysterious. My MRI is great -- when we viewed the MRI together very quickly I wanted to show the doc t ... Read on »

Living the best I can ... by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine So here's a slice from a latest MRI. More stuff than ever but it doesn't really matter ... it is what it is. The main thing I am dealing with is a LOT of joint pain (m ... Read on »

Tinnitus and Hearing Loss - Working Through It with a Bionic ear! by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine So, at this point tinnitus hasn't stopped and like a lot of the pain I feel, I just work to try to get a handle on it. This is pain of a different type and I am told, c ... Read on »

The bells are ringing ... am I hearing them. Sensorineural hearing loss. by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine After more than 9 months of constant tinnitus in my left ear -- deafening, frustrating and aggravating ringing, I finally made it into an ENT and more importantly at the mom ... Read on »

The Holidays 2010 - Taking it a Day at a Time by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine It's going to be a quiet holiday this year as Cecilia and I spend time together just enjoying some of the simpler things. She has finished up the semester (teaching) and I ... Read on »

Celebrating 45 Years of Life! A Gift from my Sister by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I was born on Sept. 22 and turned 45 then. But for the holidays, my sister made each of us one of these videos that highlight points in our life. It was a wonderf ... Read on »

MS BYTES - My new MS iPhone Application. by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For all of my MS friends and fighters. I have created a small iPhone, iPod and iPad application that is now available in the Apple App Store for free. It's me ... Read on »

Caught between a hot flash and a nightsweat .... by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Oh the joys of menopause. As I try to get some normal sleep (even with the help of medication which assists with sleep), I am stuck with one of those nights where sleep ... Read on »

Dernervation of my Bladder via Botox by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Today I went for a special kind of cutting edge procedure that should help my neurogenic bladder. After failing on some of the major bladder medications we decided that ... Read on »

VA Comp & Pen Exams - Enlightening by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There is nothing more than a major, thorough exam from head to toe that involves Government money (well, in my case not really) that makes you see your disease processes in ... Read on »

More doctor's appointments than a girl could ever wish for ... by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I don't think anyone really wishes for doctor's appointments but it seems that through August and September the Albany VAMC is going to become my second home. I need to ... Read on »

My bladder and me ... just moving along by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I can tell you honestly that the Sacro-Iliac joint injection (nerve block) thingee that I was given about 4 weeks ago to the day has officially worn off. What does this mea ... Read on »

Slump, mood, fatigue, pain .... be gone! by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I just got finished reading another blog post from an MS caregiver and she talked about her "slump". I can't think of a better word to define things. After several years ... Read on »

The Summer means heat and all that goes with it ... by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I am finding myself having to use my pool a lot more in order to take control of my spine and muscles. I need to strengthen my muscles and work on that to improve mood and ... Read on »

No Pain, No Gain ... Learning to live with it by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I've found one of my old Army buddies (my best Army buddy) FalCOner and she has recently reminded me of our Charlie 10 Basic Training moto: "No Pain, No Gain". After spe ... Read on »

Living Life and Keeping the Faith by Diana .. Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I can say that a lot has gone on since the last post ... and yes, it has. Finding meaning has always been a large part of who I am and contributing to society through perso ... Read on »

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