http://multiplesclerosisradio.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:42:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MSstation™ Radio no http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://multiplesclerosisradio.com http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/11/14/disclaimer/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/11/14/disclaimer/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:22:52 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=6140 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/11/14/disclaimer/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/07/03/schedule-of-shows/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/07/03/schedule-of-shows/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:05:52 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=5731 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/07/03/schedule-of-shows/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/06/27/the-1st-multiple-sclerosis-radio-station/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/06/27/the-1st-multiple-sclerosis-radio-station/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:17:17 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=5695 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/06/27/the-1st-multiple-sclerosis-radio-station/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/22/4693/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/22/4693/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:13:10 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=4693 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/22/4693/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/21/randombraincells/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/21/randombraincells/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:40:57 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=4808 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/21/randombraincells/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/14/my-new-normals-2/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/14/my-new-normals-2/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:58:55 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=4682 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/04/14/my-new-normals-2/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/28/attemptations-short-long-and-longer-stories/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/28/attemptations-short-long-and-longer-stories/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:12:54 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=4214 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/28/attemptations-short-long-and-longer-stories/feed/ 0   -   Attemptations  - Imagine you're given the startling news that your body is only capable of having six more orgasms. "It's either buck up or f%#k up," decides Mel in "Six Degrees of Altered Sensation,     Attemptations  Imagine you're given the startling news that your body is only capable of having six more orgasms. "It's either buck up or f%#k up," decides Mel in "Six Degrees of Altered Sensation," adding this new restraint to the perplexity of single life with progressive Multiple Sclerosis. In "Flickering," Francis becomes a pyromaniac in order to give her grown sons the opportunity to become heroes. Mundane directions for propane use parallel a brief sizzling affair in "Dick & Jane & the Barbecue and No, It's Not a Love Story." Altered and twisted realities make the impossible possible for Clark's characters. Lillian, an arthritic senior in "Solitaire," discovers the rejuvenating properties of the bones of her lively, young new neighbour. Looming dementia is replaced by ravenous desire. In "Split Ends" a woman finds a book that contains her own memories, but it is written by a stranger with the same name; in "No U's," a woman slips away through the mail slot to escape her stagnant life. Ranging from micro-fiction to near maxi-fiction, the stories in Attemptations are peopled by women, often physically challenged women--darkly humorous, feisty, sexy, manic, persevering, observant, contemplative women. These characters will snag you.         <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=tf_ssw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fmsst06-20%2F8003%2F8a15e626-9166-456a-a5fc-6d88ca6e20b4&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A></span> About the Author Disease and desire, mothering and the mundane propel her ongoing journey between poetry and prose. Her debut fiction collection, Attemptations (Caitlin Press), was launched in 2011 and one of its novellas has been optioned for a 90 minute feature film. Kim's work can be found in Body Breakdowns (Anvil Press), the Malahat Review, and e-zines and other publications in Canada and the U.S.. She lives in Cedar on Vancouver Island. Two poetry collections are coming out this year, as well: Dis ease and De sire, the M anu S cript (Lipstick Press) Spring 2012 and Sit You Waiting (Caitlin Press) Fall 2012.             BOOK REVIEWS:  MSstation™ Radio no 58:37 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/28/ccsvi/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/28/ccsvi/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:55:57 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=4198 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/28/ccsvi/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/25/fundraising/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/25/fundraising/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 05:22:28 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=4005 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/25/fundraising/feed/ 0 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/18/what-living-with-ms-feels-like-2/ http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/18/what-living-with-ms-feels-like-2/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:57:14 +0000 MSstation Inc. http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/?p=3659 http://multiplesclerosisradio.com/2012/03/18/what-living-with-ms-feels-like-2/feed/ 0   -   What living with MS feels like...   - When We Say We Can't do Something Because We don't Feel Well, Put yourself in Our Shoes By Using The Examples of our Symptoms Below... - - Painful Heavy Legs: Apply Tightly 20 LB ankle weights an...     What living with MS feels like...   When We Say We Can't do Something Because We don't Feel Well, Put yourself in Our Shoes By Using The Examples of our Symptoms Below... - Painful Heavy Legs: Apply Tightly 20 LB ankle weights and 15 LB thigh weights then take a 1 mile walk, clean the house, go shopping and then sit down - how ya' feeling now? - Painful Feet: Put equal or unequal amounts of small pebbles in each shoe then take a walk, if we are mad at you we would prefer needles to pebbles. - Loss of Feeling in Hands and/or Arms: Put on extra thick gloves and a heavy coat then try and pick up a pencil, if successful stab yourself in the arm. - Loss of Feeling in Feet and/or Legs: Ask a doc for a shot of novocaine in both of your legs and then try and stand up and walk without looking like the town drunk. Hopefully you won't fall down. - TN (Trigeminal Neuralgia): Take an ice pick and jam it into your ear or cheek whenever the wind blows on it, or a stray hair touches it. If you want something easier to do, get someone to punch you in the jaw preferably daily. - Uncontrollable Itching: Glue or sew small steel wool pads to the inside of your shirt, pants and undergarments wear them for an entire day. - Tingling: Stick your finger in an electrical socket - preferably wet. - Tight Banded Feeling: Put 12 inch wide belt around you and make is as tight as you can and leave it there for the entire day. How ya' breathing? - Shots: Fill one of our spare needles with saline solution, saline won't hurt you, we would love something worse but don't want to end up in jail. Give yourself a shot everytime we do our shot. - Side Effects From the Shot: Bang you head against a wall, wrap yourself in a heating pad, wrap your entire body with an ace bandage tightly then finally treat yourself to some spoiled food or drink. - Trouble Lifting Arms: Apply 20 LB wrist weights and try and reach for something on the highest shelf in your house. - Spasticity: Hook bungee cords to your rear belt loops and rear pant leg cuffs then for your arms hook bungee cords to your shirt collar and cuffs on shirt sleeves then go dancing. - Poor Hearing/Buzzing in Ears: Put a bee in each ear and then put a plug in each one...Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz - Balance and Walking Problems: Drink 100 proof grain alcohol and then sit and spin in an office chair for 30 minutes, now get up and see what happens. -Urgently Needing to Pee: We put a .5 liter remote controlled water bag and drip tube in your pants, we point out 2 restrooms in a crowded mall, then we tell you that you have 30 seconds before we activate the water bag (by remote control) to get to a restroom. Just for spite we may make that 20 seconds without telling you. - Bizarre and Inexplicable Sensations: Place tiny spiders on your legs or arms and allow them to periodically crawl around throughout the day, heck all day would be good too. - Pins and Needles: Stab yourself repeatedly with needles all over your body or better yet....Get a very large tattoo in your most sensative area. - Dizziness (Vertigo): Get on a gently rocking boat all day and all night and take several walks around the deck with your eyes closed. - Fatigue: Stay awake for two full days to induce incredible fatigue and then cook dinner, clean the house, walk the dog and see how you feel. Please do not compare MS fatigue to you being tired from only a few hours of sleep - it's not the same at all. - Cognitive Function (Brain Fog): Take a liberal dose of sleeping pills but stay awake. Try and function properly and think clearly. To make it even more real without killing yourself of course, take the sleeping pills with a small sip of wine. - Bowel Problems: Take a 4 day dose of an anti-diarrhea medicine followed directly by a 3 day dose of stool softeners for a minimum of 3 weeks, at the end of 3 weeks sit down on a hard uncushioned chair and stay there till tears appear. MSstation™ Radio no 46:19