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Jul 5, 2017
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High-Res Images of the Brain’s White Matter Could Help Researchers Understand MS
I’ve always had an image in my head of what the so-called white matter of the brain — the part most affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) — looks like. Boy, was I wrong! We’ve all seen the sliced images of our brains...
Trevis Gleason
Life With Multiple Sclerosis
An opinionated look at the daily challenges of MS
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Jun 30, 2017
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Invisible MS Symptoms Are Real, Whether or Not Other People Believe Us
I had an opportunity to talk about invisible MS symptoms this week. While recording a two-part radio program (I’ll put up a link when it airs) in support of the Irish edition of my memoir, Chef Interrupted, earlier this...
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Jun 27, 2017
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How My Life With MS Resembles the Flight of a Songbird
I don’t have a problem falling with my MS; I fall, I get back up, no problem … except, of course, when the fall is the problem. But I try to focus on the time in between the literal and figurative multiple sclerosis...
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Jun 22, 2017
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Hyperosmia: My MS Makes Smells Smell … a Lot
Hyperosmia refers to an abnormally heightened sense of smell or abnormal sensitivity to odors. On the website PatientsLikeMe, where some 500,000 people have shared their personal experiences of living with a chronic condition,...
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Jun 20, 2017
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Top Tips for Staying Cool During a Late Spring Hot Spell
We’re in the throes of a late spring scorcher here in Ireland, and we’re clearly not the only ones: I’ve been hearing from people with multiple sclerosis (MS) from all over the world who are dealing with high...
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Jun 16, 2017
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How’s My MS This Month? Hint: I Have a Cane in Every Room
Looking at the number of canes, walking sticks, and forearm crutches stashed around the house, I’d have to guess that I’ve slipped this month. Normally, my large collection of walking aids is kept in a corner by the front...
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Jun 14, 2017
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MS and Vertigo: When the Earth Moves, but Not in a Good Way
This past fortnight I’ve been hit with some episodes of vertigo that made me think of the earthquakes I experienced when living in Alaska and on the American West Coast. It’s as if the earth beneath me is rolling like a...
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Jun 8, 2017
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How a Garden Tool Became My Latest Assistive Device
Before I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), I used to do a bit of gardening. Perhaps it was the memory of the massive vegetable patch my father kept in our back garden, or maybe it was my years at sea that gave me an...
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Jun 6, 2017
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Chef Trevis Gleason’s No. 1 ‘Life With MS’ Hack
Most of our long-time readers, and even many who may have recently found us, know that I formerly pursued my professional passions in the culinary field. I was classically trained and worked for many years as a chef. Multiple...
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Jun 1, 2017
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On World MS Day, Multiple Sclerosis Had Me Facedown in My Soup
Yesterday was World MS Day, which this year had the theme #LifewithMS. I’d hoped to spend the day celebrating what I call “the living part” of our life with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the week leading up to the...