The issue of my worsening disability rarely comes up in polite conversation. On those occasions when it does, well-intentioned people, restrained by propriety, offer sentiments like, “One day they’ll find a cure, Mitch. Don’t give up hope.” Hope. It is a concept no less hallowed than love, peace, kindness, and for some people, faith. I… Continue reading An Alternative to Hope
MITCH STURGEON
Author and Blogger
Living With MS
Month: December 2017
The End of CCSVI
“This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.” T.S. Eliot We hoped. We prayed (some of us did, anyway). We researched. We organized. The MS patient population and a few sympathetic practitioners stood up to the medical establishment, goddammit! I wrote forty blog posts about CCSVI (forty-one now). But,… Continue reading The End of CCSVI
Listen to My Interview With Kate Milliken, MS Activist Rock Star
To hear this podcast: click here This is Mitch Sturgeon who is a user of MyCounterpane.com, as well as the founder of enjoyingtheride.com. Are you living with MS, progressing and feeling scared about it? This podcast is for you. MyCounterpane Hellooooo Lean Into Lonely, our first podcast, where MCP founder Kate Milliken dives into deeply personal moments of lonely from the… Continue reading Listen to My Interview With Kate Milliken, MS Activist Rock Star