MS Warriors

Wanna Heal Your MS Like Dr. Terry Wahls Did?

February 6, 2013
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Wanna Heal Your MS Like Dr. Terry Wahls Did?

Dr. Terry Wahls is the ultimate example of someone who refused to be a victim. When her secondary progressive MS confined her to a wheelchair, she didn’t give up or accept her “fate.” Instead, she started researching. She dove into the medical literature and discovered that certain nutrients were important to brain health. She started taking those nutrients in supplement form and began to notice her decline slowing, but then she had an epiphany. What if she could get those same nutrients from the food she ate? That’s when it clicked for her, and...

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Announcing Autoimmune Warrior Bootcamp with Ann Boroch

March 7, 2011
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The Facebook status message you see above is a real message taken from my newsfeed two days ago. It was posted by someone in the MS community regarding an upcoming MS walk. Please take a moment to read it now and call out (if you’re at work do it in your head so your co-workers don’t think you’re hungry) what is wrong with this picture. Yes, you’re correct. Pancakes. And also hot dogs. This is such a perfect example of the sad state of our MS culture and the culture of autoimmune illness in...

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Are You Committed?

February 18, 2011
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Are You Committed?

The other day a woman unsubscribed from my blog, saying that she thought it was contradictory that I would write a book about healing MS and then talk about how I recently had a relapse. In fact, it’s just the opposite. For one, my relapse was kinda awesome, because it supported the theory I have been living by and promoting to you all along. And that is that the body has a logic to it. Here’s what I mean: Before my relapse, I had ended a very long relationship and moved across the country...

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Karen Gordon Interviews Marc Stecker (AKA The Wheelchair Kamikaze)

September 9, 2010
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Karen Gordon Interviews Marc Stecker (AKA The Wheelchair Kamikaze)

Were you on the call Tuesday night with me and Marc Stecker (AKA The Wheelchair Kamikaze)? We had a huge turnout and lots of really positive feedback! When all was said and done, the interview was 1 hour and 43 minutes and overflowing with tons of info on CCSVI, stem cell treatment, the root causes of MS (and why Marc questions whether it’s an autoimmune disease at all), our wack health care system and why we need to remember that we’re not seen as patients, but as consumers, Marc’s opinions on the Disease Modifying...

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Wheelchair Kamikaze

August 23, 2010
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Wheelchair Kamikaze

If you don’t know who the Wheelchair Kamikaze is, you should. He is Marc Stecker, one very funny and determined character who writes one hell of a high-quality blog on living with MS. He’ll be one of the featured guests in my upcoming interview series MS Voices, and as such I wanted to introduce you to him. Here’s one of his videos, which will give you a little taste of Marc’s endearing personality and the various booties of NYC. It was laugh-out-loud funny for me, and I hope you enjoy it too. After that,...

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The (MS) Warrior Path

March 29, 2010
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The (MS) Warrior Path

I’ve been packing for days. Each day, I box up some of my possessions and my daughter’s possessions and add them to the tower in the corner of my living room. My life is methodically being packaged into a pause. On Wednesday, the boxes will be picked up and put in storage, where they will rest while decisions are being made. I am jealous of them (the boxes). I want a suitable place to rest too. To be not-in-use for a bit. To nestle somewhere cozy, built just for me. To breathe. I’ve made...

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MS Warrior Profile #5: Stuart Schlossman

February 16, 2010
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MS Warrior Profile #5: Stuart Schlossman

MS Warrior: noun A person who shows or has shown great vigor or courage  in an activity, cause, or conflict, as in living a kick-ass, purposeful life despite – or, oftentimes because of, having Multiple Sclerosis. Stuart Schlossman is one of those guys who know how to turn lemons into lemonade. Much needed lemonade, and lots of it. He was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS in December 1998, and after making it through a post-diagnosis depression, he felt he had to use his skill as a mouthpiece for others and put to work his strong...

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MS Warrior Profile #4: Cathy Aten

February 8, 2010
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MS Warrior Profile #4: Cathy Aten

Today I want to introduce you to Cathy Aten. I discovered Cathy a few weeks ago while searching around for quality MS bloggers. I found one. Cathy is a true warrior, or, as she puts it, a warrioress. She writes about her struggle and her growth as an artist and a woman living with MS, and she does so with incredible skill and grace and insight. She is a talented and refined writer, which I have great appreciation for – you will not find a single extraneous word in her posts. Most importantly, she...

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MS Warrior Profile #3

December 29, 2009
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MS Warrior Profile #3

MS Warrior: noun A person who shows or has shown great vigor or courage  in an activity, cause, or conflict, as in living a kick-ass, purposeful life despite – or, oftentimes, because of, having Multiple Sclerosis. I was thrilled to come across an article in Marie Claire online about a woman named Kate Milliken, who was diagnosed with MS in 2006 and successfully reversed it using a combination of traditional and holistic approaches and an attitude of hardcore determination and positive thinking. You can find the article here. I was even more thrilled to...

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MS Warrior Profile #2

December 14, 2009
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MS Warrior: noun A person who shows or has shown great vigor or courage  in an activity, cause, or conflict, as in living a kick-ass, purposeful life despite – or, oftentimes, because of, having Multiple Sclerosis. The following is excerpted from the article “The proven power of giving, not getting” posted by Jessica Ravitz on CNN.com onDecember 14, 2009 9:15 a.m. EST: One person who can attest to the power of giving is Cami Walker, a 36-year-old woman who received a prescription to give when her multiple sclerosis , a diagnosis she got at...

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