News, info and tips for living with multiple sclerosis
Travel with my multiple sclerosis can mean super-size stress. But some advance planning can smooth the ride. I’ve always taken pride in my ability to travel the world using my little scooter, but this trip – flying from Florida to Washington, DC and back over the Christmas holidays – worried me. My wife and I hadn’t flown in five or six years and, since our last flight, Laura had begun…Continue Reading
Lightning struck at 3 a.m. the other night. The alarm system in my apartment blared — beeep, beeep, beeep — for hours. The dog was barking, the cat was zooming, and I wasn’t sleeping. My stress meter was off the scale. We know that stress can trigger MS symptoms, yet it rarely, if ever, has directly triggered mine. I spent over 40 years in the news media covering breaking news.…Continue Reading
You’re stressed, and Halo may know it. Halo is a new Amazon service the company says can judge how stressed you are, in part by the tone of your voice. The service uses a wristband that connects to a mobile app. A small sensor in the band monitors temperature, heart rate, and body motion. It also has a pair of microphones that listen to your voice. That voice feature is…Continue Reading