Every second and fourth Wednesday we congregate on the Facebook page and share information around a specific topic. Here is a list of the topics.
April 9, 2025
Topic: Check in led by Ann
March 26, 2025
Topic: updates on your health
Match 12, 2025
Topic: portrait of your day
Feb 26, 2025
Topic: stress
Feb 12, 2025
Topics: How are you handling curveballs?
Jan 22, 2025
Topic: Check in
Jan 8, 2025
Topic: thoughts for the new year
Dec 25
Meeting cancelled— Xmas
Dec 11
Topic: Humor
Nov 27, 2024
Topic: Thanksgiving
Nov 13
Topic: Check in
Oct 23
Topic: acknowledging limitations
Oct 9
Topic: appearance
Sept 25
Topic: Disability items
Sept 11
Topic: emerging therapies
Aug 28
Topic: feeling helpless
Aug 14
Check in
July 24 topic
Technology
July 10 topic:
Stopping work
June 26 Topic
Occupational therapy
June 12 Topic
physical therapy
May 22
Topic Check in
Wednesday May 8
Official thread — sorry team I’m sorta still not in a position to do the meetings but I hope by the next time I’ll be more set. Please keep me in your thoughts.
Wednesday April 24
I’m sorry family there’s no meeting today I’m not in any condition to hold it. Just fyi I’ve been moved to a rehab
And I’m working really hard to make it back home.
If you have any thoughts or questions please post to
To the Facebook page. I love you all and appreciate your well wishes. Thanx.
Wednesday, April 10
Topic: MS Hug
Wednesday March 27
Topic: vitamins are you supplementing?
Wednesday Mar 13
Topic: Is Exercise important to you?
Wednesday Feb 28
Topic: Check in
Wednesday’s Feb14
Topic: UTI’s
Wednesday January 24
Topic: making changes to how you care for your MS
Wednesday January 10
Topic: are you a resolution person?
Wednesday December 27
Topic: Check in
Wednesday, December 13
Topic: temperature issues
Wednesday Nov 22
Topic: How well do you know your health ins?
Wednesday, Nov 8, 2023
Topic: health insurance, how families are you?
Wednesday October 25, 2023
Topic: fatigue
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Topic: who do you talk to?
Wednesday September 27, 2023
Topic: staying independent
Wednesday, September 13
Topic: how are you handling things that aren’t your ms?
Wednesday, august 23 meeting canceled
Wednesday, august 8
Topic: check in - what’s the future?
Wednesday, July 26
Topic: Let’s talk about the heat and how you’re handling it.
Wednesday, July 12
Topic: Are you lonely?
*Wednesday, June 28
Topic: inflammation
** Wednesday, June 14
Topic: accepting help, can you do it?
^^ Wednesday, May 24
Topic: MRI’s
^^ Wednesday, May 10
Topic: what takes your mind off to ms?
^^ Wednesday, April 26
Topic: cognitive issues
^^ Wednesday, April 12
Topic: how do you feel about your treatment plan?
Discussion leader: Stacey
^^ Wednesday March 22
Topic: how are your handling problems that aren’t your MS?
Discussion leader- Ann
^^ Wednesday, March 8
Topic: how open are you about your ms?
Discussion Leader / Stacey
^^ Wednesday, February 22
Topic: feeling like a burden
Discussion Leader - David
^^ Wednesday, February 8
Topic: how often do you communicate with your neurologist?
Discussion leader- Ann
^^ Wednesday, January 25
Topic: urinary incontinence and products used
Discussion leader: Rayshana
^^ Wednesday, January 11
Topic: changes for the group in 2023
^^ Wednesday December 28
Topic: Sorry for the delay but tomorrows meeting is canceled.
Happy holidays🥰
^^ Wednesday, December 14
Topic: your thoughts on medicine
^^ Wednesday November 23
Topic: how’s your relationship with your neurologist?
^^ Wednesday, November 9
Topic: pays
^^ Wednesday, October 26
Topic: how does weather affect you?
^^ Wednesday, October 12
Topic: Depression
^^ Wednesday, September 28
Topic: living by schedules
^^ Wednesday, September 14
Topic: birthdays/ anniversaries how do you celebrate with MS?
^^ Wednesday, august 24
Topic — independence
^^ Wednesday august 10 - canceled
^^Wednesday July 27
Topic: Which symptom of yours causes you the most drama?
^^Wednesday, July 13
Topic: Updates
^^Wednesday, June 22
Topic: Pain
^^ Wednesday June 8
Topic: symptoms, are you keeping track?
^^ Wednesday May 25
Topic: Transportation. Are you still driving? Bus?
^^ Wednesday May 11
Topic: open forum
^^ Wednesday. April 27
Topic: social media
^^Wednesday, April 13
topic: Adaptive Equipment
^^Wednesday, March 23
Topic: Diet
**Wednesday, March 9
Topic:: Holistic interventions, do you use any?
^^ Wednesday, February 23
Topic: Topic: what’s new in your MS world? Good/ bad or neither.
^^ Wednesday, February 9
Topic: Disability/ have you ever applied are you thinking about It?
^^ Wednesday January 26, 2021
Topic: what kind of support do you need in 2021?
^^Wednesday, January 12, 2021
Topic-new year plans
^^Wednesday December 22, 2021
topic: holiday eating
^^ Wednesday, December 8, 2021
topic: medication —your thoughts
^^ Wednesday, November 24, 2021
topic: Holidays
^^ Wednesday, November 10, 2021
topic: Exercise
^^ Wednesday, October 27
topic: Pain
^^ Wednesday, October 13
topic: check in
^^ Wednesday, September 22
topic: meditation
^^ Wednesday, September
topic: mental health - how’s yours?
^^ Wednesday, August 25
topic: check in
^^ Wednesday, August 11
Topic: accommodations that have helped you
^^ Wednesday July 28
Topic: Physical Therapy - have you tried it? Has it worked for you? What are your thoughts?
^^ Wednesday July 14
Topic: now that more of us are vaccinated and the world is opening up/ things happening- what would get you out of the house as an immuno- compromised person?
^^ Wednesday, June 23
topic: insomnia are you experiencing this? What are your tips and tricks?
^^ Wednesday, June 9
topic: 2nd shots - have you had yours how was it?
^^ Wednesday, May 26
topic: how are you feeling about the world reopening? Are you keeping the masks and social distancing??
^^ wednesday, May 12 open forum
^^ Wednesday, April 28, 2021 updates
^^ Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Topic: specialists - have you seen one? Are you seeing one now. What was your experience?
^^ Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Topic: top two fun things you plan to see when the world opens back up.
^^ Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Topic: open forum
^^ Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Topic: Covid vaccine - did you get v it do you B plan to?
^^ Wednesday, February 10
Topic: digital home assistants. Do you use them and if so how do you use it?
^^ Wednesday January 27, 2021
Topic: outside services are you using any?
^^ Wednesday January 13, 2021
Topic: plans for the new year.
^^ Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Topic: year end wrap up
^^ Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Topic - Topic: Doctors appts during Covid. How are you dealing with healthcare right now.
^^ Wednesday, November 25
Topic: check in - log in and let’s talk.
^^ Wednesday, November 11
Topic: mutual aid networks, do you have/ use them?
^^ Wednesday, October 28
Topic: Topic: symptoms - how are you managing?
^^ Wednesday, October 14
Topic: what positive things have happened to your during the pandemic? Learned a new hobby. Made new friends etc
^^ Wednesday, September 23
topic: what are your biggest obstacles/ challenges right now?
^^ Wednesday, September 9
Topic: how are you managing your MS with this air quality and heatwave?
Wednesday, August 27
Topic: how do you handle symptom changes
^^Wednesday, August 12
Topic: Sleep - are you getting any/ how’s your schedule?
^^ Wednesday, July 22
Topic: what are your entertainment options right now?
^^ Wednesday, July 8
Topic; Memory Issues, Do you have any problems?
^^ Wednesday June 24
Topic: Open Forum
^^ Wednesday June 10
Topic: dental issues
^^ Wednesday May 27
Topic: diet changes during pandemic- Zoom meeting
^^ Wednesday May 12
Topic: First Zoom meeting
^^ Wednesday April 22
Topic: how is your current situation affecting your MS? Are you an essential worker working overtime and it has given you extreme fatigue or are you working from home not getting out much causing walking difficulties?
^^ Wednesday. April 8
Topic: what are your creative outlets at these trying times
^^ Wednesday, March 25
Topic: How are people making an effort to stay socially connected considering the need to practice social distancing?
^^ Wednesday, March 11
Topic; there’s a lot happening in the world right now. Are you able to tune it out or are you feeling overwhelmed?
^^ Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Topic: stress relief, what are your best techniques?
^^ Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Topic: are you taking care of the rest of you? Or are u attributing everything to your ms?
^^ Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Topic: routines- do you have/ use them?
^^ Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Topic: what kind of support are you looking for in 2020?
^^ Wednesday, December 25, 2019
no meeting - happy holidays!
^^ Wednesday, December 10, 2019
Topic: no meeting - Holiday Party coming up December 14 - Chevys Emeryville
^^ Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Topic: It’s thanksgiving- what are you thankful for?
^^ Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Topic: isolation - is it something you deal with?
^^ Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Topic: Emergency Preparedness
^^ Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Topic: do you have a network - Whether it’s family friends etc? Who do you rely on or are you going it alone?
^^ Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Topic: exercise - what role does it play in your life? Is it important to you and your life?
^^ Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Topic: how are you getting around ie still driving, public transportation, etc? how’s it going for you?
^^ Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Topic: what do we wish we had done different in our ms journey. Do you wish you had started medication earlier or later? Do you wish you had done a different dmd or alternative therapies.
^^Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Topic: goals - do you have any you are working on right now? Physical, financial, mental etc. The start of the school year had me thinking about this.
^*Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Topic: Independence - are you thinking about it, struggling to keep it, or have you lost it.
^^Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Topic: do you feel like a burden to anyone?
^^Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Topic: your best life hack/trick for weather changes.
^^Wednesday, May 22, 2019
how has your MS affected how you view yourself? Whether it’s due to things like mobility aids or loss of dexterity or cog fog making personal hygiene difficult - has your view of yourself changed?
^^Wednesday, May 8, 2019
what is weighing on your heart this week?
~Wednesday, April 24, 2019
what is bringing you joy this week. It can be the beautiful weather or a flower you saw.