This book is all about women's personal experiences, mostly negative. The only part of the book that was about living BEYOND multiple schlerosis was the last chapter or two. Perhaps I'm just not in the right stage of MS to understand what was going on here. I skipped the chapters about housework and clothing. I can imagine talking to my best girlfiends about that (which the women in this support group were) but I didn't think it made very interesting copy. I also found the some of the in-group terms used, MonSter, froup, flutterbugs, a bit silly and off-putting.