In an effort to both keep her knowledge of her disease as current as possible and interact with the global MS community, my mother subscribes to a handful of MS newsletters. and magazines. These periodicals always include testimonies from patients and doctors, illustrating the idea of ​​narrative as “the privileged medium of the dyadic body” (36). By sharing their experiences with MS, this community “both offers their own pain and receives assurance that others recognize what ails [them]” (36). To some extent, as a reader, my mother recognizes that the bodies of others afflicted with her condition “[have] to do with [her] and [she] with [them]” (35). My mother's body acts as a dyadic, communicative body on a more meaningful level in her relationships with other patients (37). About two years ago, my mother's cousin Veronica was diagnosed with MS. Her neurologist recommended that she also start taking Copaxone to slow the progression of her symptoms. “[Seeing] others who [were] pained by her pain,” my mother became “a body for other bodies,” calling and visiting Veronica more often and advising her on managing the illness ( 36, 37). In this way, my mother “shares her story with others” and thus embodies the communicative body type (50). Moreover, his support was not only practical in nature, but