the multiple sclerosis toolbox Archives

Do you have an MS story to share?

Posted on April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

We all know that multiple sclerosis is a “snowflake” illness – no two cases of MS are exactly alike. Everyone reading this has probably traveled a different MS road – different symptoms, different treatments, different progression, etc. I’d like to hear your stories and include some in a chapter to be added to a second edition of my book “The Multiple Sclerosis Toolbox.” How difficult was it to be diagnosed…Continue Reading

MS Awareness Month book special!

Posted on March 4, 2024March 2, 2024

March is MS Awareness Month…what better time for me to drop the price of the paperback version of my book, “The Multiple Sclerosis Toolbox,” to just the cost of printing and shipping. “The Multiple Sclerosis Toolbox” combines my experiences living with MS for four decades with detailed information about treatments, tests, diagnostic criteria, mobility aids, travel, talking with your neurologist, and more. It’s designed for folks who are newly diagnosed…Continue Reading

My Book Gets a Nice Review

Posted on July 7, 2022July 6, 2022

This is my book. It's designed for MS "newbies" but it's great info for everyone. A paperback and an ebook are available on Amazon.

I’m delighted to share with you some quotes from a review that The Multiple Sclerosis Toolbox has just received from columnist/moderator Tamara Sellman on the Multiplesclerosis.net website. Some highlights include: “This book lives up to its promise. It provides a simple set of ‘tools’ captured in chapter form, each one focusing on a different relevant aspect of understanding and living with the disease.” “People newly diagnosed with MS will truly…Continue Reading

New MS Book for the New Year

Posted on January 13, 2022January 12, 2022

This is my book. It's designed for MS "newbies" but it's great info for everyone. A paperback and an ebook are available on Amazon.

I’m excited to share the news that an updated version of my MS book has been published. It has a new name, “The Multiple Sclerosis Toolbox,” a new cover and some new content. The name better reflects the purpose of the book: to give people new to MS some tools to better understand and deal with our puzzling disease. I think it’s also pretty useful for old-timers who are searching…Continue Reading

"People newly diagnosed with MS will truly benefit from this book, while those of us who’ve lived with MS for a while will wish we’d had it ourselves!…Neurologists should consider keeping a copy of this book in their waiting room because their patients are going to need it." - Tamara K. Sellman, reviewing for Multiple Sclerosis.net.

The Multiple Sclerosis Toolbox is designed for MS "newbies" but it's great info for everyone. I combine more than 40 years of living with MS with some easy to understand info about diagnosis, treatments, visiting the neuro, relationships, mobility aids, travel and more…a lot of what you get in this blog. A paperback and an e-book are available on Amazon.