THE WEEKLY BROADCAST · ISSUE #001 · OCTOBER 30, 2026

MORE THAN MS - The Newsletter

Well, I finally got this newsletter thing working.

Hi, I’m Miguel. I’ve been a few things in my life. I started out as an illustrator and graphic designer, then changed careers and became a recruitment specialist. Then MS came along and changed everything.

For a long time, my focus was on being a dad, helping my twin girls through school and all the regular chaos of growing up. As they got older and didn’t need me in quite the same way, I started wondering what came next.

I’d wanted to tell the story of my Big SICK Journey for years. And because I’d been an illustrator, I wanted to see whether I could still tell that story visually. That’s how More Than MS: My Big SICK Journey, my graphic memoir, started.

Working on that project gave me the bug to keep creating. Next came The Tuesday Playbook, which is basically about how I get through ordinary days with MS. Then came Notes from a Changed Life, where I started writing more about family, identity, creativity, and the everyday stuff. Life through the lens of MS.

And now there’s this newsletter. I’ll share what I’m making, older pieces from the vault, new work, and whatever else seems worth passing along.

Nothing too complicated.

Thanks for signing up. I’m glad you’re here.

Miguel

NOTES - THE BLOG

FROM THE VAULT

I Am Allowed to Like My Life

People can look at a life with MS and assume it's all tragedy. I don't buy that. This essay is about the ordinary things I still love, and why I don't need to put a sad footnote on every good moment.

THE PROJECTS THAT STARTED IT ALL.

More Than MS: My Big SICK Journey

People had been asking me about my Big SICK Journey. I spent years as an illustrator, so I thought I’d try telling it in pictures.

Trouble was, MS had changed what my right hand could do, and I wasn’t sure that kind of work was still possible.

So I started figuring it out.

More Than MS became my graphic memoir—and the project that gave me the bug to keep creating.

The Tuesday Playbook

I wanted to write a short book about what an ordinary day with MS actually looks like for me, and how I get through it.

Some of it was about making sense of my own experience. Some was for the people close to me, so they could better understand what they don't always see.

And some was for other people living with MS, who might read it and think, “Okay, it's not just me.”