There’s nothing inherently funny about Multiple Sclerosis–MS is terrible. But finding the sick joke in a serious situation is a reprieve from the unrelenting. Fallosophy is a screw-you to MS and a refusal to be defined by whatever the world thinks disability is supposed to be. It isn’t about fighting unwinnable battles with one’s own body or about overcoming impossible odds. There is no known cure for MS, but my hope is that, for those who live with it, this book might take some of the edge off. – Ardra Shephard
A memoir based on MS advocate Ardra Shephard’s life after doctors tells her she has MS, those two letters split her life into a Before and After.
Ardra confronts the inevitable. There is no cure for her disease. By her mid-thirties, she’s losing the ability to walk, and it’s terrifying. When she starts using mobility aids, she faces feelings of otherness and not belonging like never before. As Ardra’s deepest fears keep coming true, she starts to learn the most important lesson of her life. Having so far survived all of her worst-case scenarios, she begins to realize that a difficult life doesn’t have to be a joyless life.