Wheelchair Kamikaze

A recently published study found that 100% of its subjects suffering from Multiple Sclerosis were infected with the Epstein-Barr virus. Whil...

Multiple Sclerosis is a thief. It is indiscriminate in its larceny, robbing its victims of both the profound and the trivial. The disease ha...

A group of researchers in Italy is proposing a revolutionary new theory about Multiple Sclerosis. They’ve offered some compelling evidence t...

Ouch. I say that word more than any 45-year-old man should. I'm also far too often exclaiming ow, youch, yowie, yikes, and an almost inf...

Back in my healthy days, I found myself drawn to the teachings of Zen. My life was frequently turbulent, and I often felt like the target in...

I usually try to take a humorous approach to the serious issues involved with dealing with chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis. Thi...

Hey, folks, here's my latest Wheelchair Kamikaze video. It's a kamikaze's eye view of an afternoon in Central Park, one of the b...

Several people have asked about my wheelchair and camera rig, so here is all the pertinent info. My wheelchair is a Quantum Rehab Q6000Z , m...

I've recently heard from several people who are on the verge of needing wheelchairs, saying that my Wheelchair Kamikaze videos have help...

As if battling a disease that in the old days was called "Creeping Paralysis" isn't enough, I've learned that the afflicte...

Since I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis six years ago, I've probably been asked a thousand times, "What causes MS?...

Having a chronic disease like MS sucks in every possible way, and I can't imagine how isolated and underinformed patients must have felt...

I've had some terrific experiences in my life. When I was a high school senior, late one night my friends and I broke into Shea Stadium,...

I've always been a little bit different, so it stands to reason that my experience with MS would follow suit. I've had doubts about ...

Today is the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His messages of hope, peace, and equality for all human bei...

Last night, my MS clinic held a free yoga class, designed specifically for folks with Multiple Sclerosis. I've long been attracted to Ea...

Okay, here's the last installment of my treatment chronicles. Sorry for the length of all of these posts, for a shorter read you might w...

Yet more of my "Parade of MS Treatments"... Tysabri: I did four doses of this controversial medicine in the fall of 2006. Tysabri...

Continuing with my cavalcade of MS treatment shenanigans... Methotrexate: Next on the hit parade came methotrexate, a chemotherapy drug (i....

It's incredible to think that six years ago I didn't know a spinal tap from a beer tap, and if asked, I would have probably guessed ...

Given my newfound appreciation for the value of time, when I looked back on my healthy life I was aghast at how much of it I'd wasted on...

When I stopped working and went on disability, I realized that, in a very real way, I had experienced the death of the old able-bodied me, a...

Multiple Sclerosis has quite obviously had its way with me physically, and it keeps hammering away, day in and day out. But it's also ha...

Sativex, a drug produced by GW Pharmaceuticals, has been shown to dramatically reduce the effects of spasticity in multiple sclerosis patien...

Well, here's the latest edition of my ongoing Wheelchair Kamikaze video series. This time around we head down Broadway to my favorite ba...