Escape From Alcatraz

Today I’m announcing my intent to swim from Alcatraz on 7/30 without a wetsuit. (UPDATE! The swim was moved to 7/29 to…

Dance With Me

Today I’m ‘Coming Out’ with Multiple Sclerosis.

This is bewildering and terrifying and edgy as fuck. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve cried and grinned in the last 24 hours. I’m grinning now.

Satori

The morning of the swim, I had to make the call if I was going to make the
attempt.

Onwards

I’m writing this one from the UCSF infusion ward.

A Human Fear

When I’m in the water, it’s not just my lizard brain that speaks to me. I talk a lot with my five-year-old-self. The self that can only…

An Animal Fear

The first time I swam in the bay I overdid it.

I picked a weekend day that was sunny out. I met a swimmer at the club who’s a pro and she offered to swim with me. I said I hadn’t been in the bay to swim yet, but was mostly worried about the cold not the distance. She…

Super Powers

Woah.

Guys, maybe I do have super powers.

Coin Flip

This weekend I’ve been sick. And that’s got me worried again.

1 Hour

My intention with these posts is to write the blog I would have wanted to read when I got my diagnosis. That’s a tough target to hit. I still don’t want to read any blogs about MS. Not even this one.

Writing this has been hugely cathartic to me, and I plan to continue. I’ve connected with…