News, info and tips for living with multiple sclerosis
If you have MS it’s probably happened to you. You have trouble walking but the few accessible parking spots in the lot are full. You find an accessible spot but someone is parked in the hash-marked area and there’s no room to get your chair or scooter out of your van. There are parking spots but the curb cut to the sidewalk is blocked. So, you mutter a few words…Continue Reading
April Hester has MS. She was diagnosed in 1996, just after she turned 20 years old. Like many of us, April has balance and fatigue issues. Her legs can become tired, her foot sometimes drops and she falls a lot. But unlike many of us, April and her husband Bernie are in the middle of a walk. More accurately, it’s a hike — a 500-mile hike, from Walhalla in the…Continue Reading
I’ve been using a Bioness L300 for just over five years to counter my foot drop. Without the L300 strapped to my left leg, it’s difficult for me to walk more than 25 or 30 steps, even with two canes. The L300 is a functional electronic stimulator (FES). Each time I start to lift my left leg to walk, it sends a low-intensity electrical pulse down a nerve that runs…Continue Reading