by Diana Frustaci | Nov 17, 2016 | News
Another day, another patient joins the MS club. Carolina Hurricanes forward (and former Blackhawks player) Bryan Bickell has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he and his team announced last Friday, November 11. Much like many who are diagnosed with MS, Bickell...
by Diana Frustaci | Nov 16, 2016 | Real Stories
When MCP user Ann Abrams joined the BIPAMS study held by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in April 20016, she had no idea what to expect. The goal of the study was to help people with multiple sclerosis become more physically active in everyday life,...
by Diana Frustaci | Oct 31, 2016 | MCP Interactive
https://blog.mycounterpane.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/97f697a0ac4511e6a1da7dc7f6568bde.mp4 What makes YOU feel most beautiful? Founder of #MSBeautiful, Lisa Dryer, is teaming up with Kate Milliken and MyCounterpane to show the world what beautiful means to...
by Kate Milliken | Oct 31, 2016 | Hearing Is Healing
Samantha Guerry was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1992, when she was 26-years-old and newly married. While 1992 was a productive year for technology (the answering machine was all the rage), the internet was only beginning to transition from a military tool to...
by Diana Frustaci | Oct 24, 2016 | Hearing Is Healing
Sam Harrell North Texan football coach Sam Harrell was 55-years-old and at the prime of his life and career as a high school football coach when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Harrell went from coaching a team to 4A state championships (in 2000, 2001 and...
by Diana Frustaci | Oct 17, 2016 | Empowered By...MS Webcast
MyCounterpane founder Kate Milliken sat down for a one-on-one conversation with her neurologist, Dr. Stephen Krieger, to discuss multiple sclerosis prognosis and the fear of the unknown. If you’ve been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, you know this is a...
by Diana Frustaci | Oct 17, 2016 | One On One
Photos Courtesy of Jamie-Lynn Sigler Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler was diagnosed with MS when she was 20-years-old and working full time on the set of “Sopranos”. At the time, she chose to keep her diagnosis a secret, and was able to do so because she was...
by Diana Frustaci | Oct 3, 2016 | Learning
Visiting a neurologist is one of the activities every MSer knows all too well. It can be a rollercoaster of emotions, before, during and after the appointment. And no matter how many times you go, there are some concerns that just never seem to go away. Below are the...
by Diana Frustaci | Sep 29, 2016 | MCP Interactive
What are some of the frustrating things that your partners say to you about your MS? Do you sometimes feel like they just don’t understand? Here, we give you the opportunity to voice your thoughts with other MSers that are suffering from the same frustration....
by Diana Frustaci | Sep 28, 2016 | Learning
In 2011, when I was 27-years-old and engaged to be married, I was diagnosed with MS. I’ve heard stories of fiancés leaving their partner after an MS diagnosis – it happened to MCP user Sergio Rodriguez whose story, over time, turned out to have a very...
