Welcome friends! My name is Kendall Leary and I am an actress, activist, and dog mom living in New York, NY.

On Super Bowl Sunday 2024, instead of shoveling potato skins down my throat, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Picture this: a rollerblade-wearing Usher soaked the stage in sweat as my life quietly imploded.

I immediately racked my brain for moments I may have confessed to the universe, “I’m a mess!” Maybe the universe heard I’m MS? Be specific with your manifestations, people. I digress.

Like many people diagnosed with MS, it came as an overnight shock. It’s a disease I knew very little about. I curled up in a hospital bed and Googled Selma Blair and Christina Applegate. I searched for MS bloggers and thought about the one neighbor I knew growing up who had it. But the truth is, MS looks different on everyone, and how each person responds to treatment varies wildly.

All I really knew was this: my life was going to change forever.

The good news? Modern medicine is incredible, and with treatment, diet, and exercise, many people with MS live long, full, healthy lives. My hope is that you find this page informative, funny, and genuinely helpful. If you’re living with MS or were recently diagnosed, you’re probably drowning in medical information, unsolicited advice, and your own late-night research spirals.

If this page can make that process feel a little easier, or even a little fun, then it’s doing its job. We’ll get through this one day at a time, together. 💛