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Get motivated! > Forum, blog, free newsletter Connect with fellow MSers for advice and tips through our web forum. Learn how to cope through our blog. Sign up for our free e-newsletter. Recently Added +Playing the Disability Card FTW. I throw caution to the wind so frequently that I’ve practically been forced to learn how to parasail. Allow me to set this stage: I surprised Laura with a pair of tickets to see Sting in concert. An outdoor concert. At a grassy community park. In Taos, New Mexico, population 5,668 people. Number of concert tickets sold to see Sting? 9,000. What could possibly go wrong? NEW BLOG +PODCAST: Caregivers, Featuring Laura (and Dave!). Guess who is in a podcast with his wife? And guess who gets in trouble? Spiders, staples in skulls, flipping wheelchairs, dishwasher loading and more! Oh, and there is great advice on how to maintain a strong patient / care partner relationship. The podcast is part of Can Do MS's series on caregivers. over a half decade. LISTEN NOW (39:46) . +Video Blog: Thank You, MS!? So there I was, on the toilet, in the middle of Yellowstone National Park, when I had a life-altering experience that would eventually bring me to near tears. And it happened only because I have this damn disease. As much as multiple sclerosis can take away things, it can give you some things back. So I took it and ran/rolled with it! This is my first vlog on adventures with MS, and it includes a couple epic on-location shots of my Yellowstone escapade. Watch the 8-minute video on YouTube . +Interval Training for MS. Exercise is hugely beneficial in multiple sclerosis, but new research suggests interval training—in particular high-intensity interval training (HIIT)—may improve fatigue and cognition, potentially rewriting your future with this disease. The first detailed how-to guide for MS includes step-by-step instruction and video tips. Only on ActiveMSers. +Wheeling Through the Hood. What happened when two MSers—one blameless, one not-so-much—unsuspectingly wandered into the middle of one of the most notorious neighborhoods in America? The harrowing (and hilarious) story.... NEW BLOG +VIDEO: Swinging with MS. Think you are too old, too disabled to swing? Think again! I'm swinging with my niece Lindsey on an accessible wheelchair swing. She didn't think it was scary. I disagreed. Watch the short version on Twitter or on Instagram and the goofy :33 second take on Facebook or me swinging on YouTube . Both are a hoot. +UPDATED Choosing a Cooling Vest. Heat can be the enemy for many MSers. Do cooling vests actually help? ActiveMSers investigates and has updated its research. With summer around the corner in the Northern Hemisphere, review our Cooling Vest Buyer's Guide and unparalleled test of 18 cooling vests including the all new CoolSport by Coolture, which joins our short list of best vests, which includes the Thermapparel UnderCool (newly available in white) and cooling vests from First Line Technology . +When a friend with MS dies. On March 7, after 30 years of living with multiple sclerosis, my friend Michael McDaniel passed away at the age of 55. News of anyone being taken with the disease many of us share, especially at such a young age, is disturbing, uncomfortable, frightening. Don’t let it be. NEW BLOG +NEW BLOG: Throwing Caution to the Wind. You would have been so proud of me. As I was about to thread my off-road wheelchair over an imposing tree root between a gorge OF DEATH and a ravine OF DEATH, I had an epiphany. Maybe it was smarter to turn around. Laura, though, had other ideas. What could possibly go wrong? (Oh, lordy.) +Get Outside with MS. For When you go outside, the opportunities for adventure increase tenfold. Don't let multiple sclerosis or any disability hold you back. The outdoors beckon. Let's crash that party! NEW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/bYQhrL2XqqY +Handicap Parking Rules. Who can and can’t (or shouldn’t) park in handicapped spaces is a debate people love to have. Which is why I’ve prepared this trusty handicap parking guide so you and your friends and family don’t look like friggin’ morons. +Seriously Salty Exercise Trick. When the researchers over at Barts MS Blog approached me to write a guest post about exercise and multiple sclerosis, they likely didn't expect my article, THE REAL, REAL DEAL WITH EXERCISING AND MS , to reach such a salty conclusion. Will it work with you? +Taking a Step Back. Misfits, a quick heads up. As some may have noticed, I've been on an MS break for a touch for a little R&R and brain vacuuming— I discussed my reasoning here in this personal e-mail to members. As I get back into the swing of things, you'll notice a few changes. But it's not time to panic—I'm not going anywhere. +Wheelchairs are not (that) Scary. For a couple years, my wheelchair was terrifying. Not to me, mind you. But to my niece Lindsey, who is approaching four, my wheels were a cross between Alien, Pennywise (the clown from It), and that horror movie doll Chucky. A trifecta of terror that could only be made worse with Nickelback songs playing in the background. And then she had an epiphany, as much as a three-and-a-half-year-old can have epiphanies. NEW BLOG +Confessions of an MS Traveler. I’ve been all over the world with multiple sclerosis—to every continent sans Antarctica, to dozens of countries, to thousands of towns and cities. I always wax poetic about my adventurous travels. And yet as a seasoned MS globetrotter, oh so much seasoning, I have a confession. Before every trip, I am nervous as all get out. NEW BLOG +VIDEO: Urinary Urgency. Multiple sclerosis and urinary urgency—when you gotta pee now NOW—go hand-in-hand with each other. There are some simple rules that you and your friends and family need to be aware of. Reaching the bathroom, the restroom, or the...