2024 Tripping on Air Gift Guide and Giveaways For People With MS
This year’s Tripping on Air holiday gift guide and giveaways for people with MS is back and bigger than ever.
Braille Fashion from Aille
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My first MS symptom was optic neuritis. When it comes to vision loss, there isn’t just one kind of blindness or universal experience. Aille (pronounced “eye”) makes beautiful braille fashion using Swarovski crystals and pearls, like this T-shirt that says: Fashion is for everyone.
Aille offers a number of beautiful garments and accessories with empowering braille messages, or you can even customize your own!
Enter to win this Barbie™ x Aille Design black satin scarf with white braille beadwork.
Featuring over 400 Swarovski pearls, the while braille beadwork encourages you to share you story and think about how you wish to be seen.
Portable Bidet
MS can mess with your bladder. As a self-catheterizer, I was prone to regular urinary tract infections. I took prophylactic antibiotics for years. Then, about two years ago, The Banker installed a bidet attachment to the toilet and not only have I avoided any new infections, I’ve been able to come off the antibiotics entirely. If the Tripper in your life suffers from MS-related UTIs, this super-cheap portable bidet makes a great stocking stuffer. I found this one on Amazon for about fifteen bucks. It’s marketed as a post-partum tool because I guess the bidet people don’t know about the MS market? My portable bidet has become an essential part of my travel kit.
A Glow-up by Cheekbone Beauty
The holidays are a time of socializing when we want to look our best. I know that when I’m feeling tired and cranky or even a little MSy, a bit of lipstick and mascara can improve my personality. I love following Cheekbone on Insta for awesome makeup tips.
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Cheekbone Beauty is an Indigenous-owned beauty brand with truly sustainable high-quality cosmetics. Cheekbone is gifting one lucky Tripper with a Glow-Up Gift pack valued at more than $200, that includes favourites like their Courage Cream Lip & Cheek, Healing Lip Oils, and Illuminating Primer stick.
Hair dryer stand or wall-mounted hair dryer holder
Because sometimes the difference between Clean Hair Day and another Dry Shampoo Day is whether or not you have the strength to hold a hair dryer. I bought this stand on Amazon last year and it saves me time and energy every day. I mean, not every day. Just the days when I actually wash my hair.
Cadense Adaptive Sneakers
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This sneaker was the breakout star of functional fashion for the MS community in 2024. The Cadense Original Adaptive Shoe features groundbreaking technology that allows the wearer to slide over obstacles with ease. They are super lightweight and easy to slip on. These kicks help so much with my foot-drop and are the only shoes I can safely wear without an AFO. The rest of the shoes in my closet are feeling lonely and neglected because the Cadense shoe is the one I reach for almost every day. They’re like a mobility aid you can wear. I hope Santa brings everyone with foot drop a pair of Cadense Adaptive shoes in their favourite colour.
Jewelry Makeover
If your loved-one has difficulty with dexterity, necklaces and bracelets can be a demoralizing frustration. Consider taking some of their most hard-to-handle pieces to a jeweller who can replace traditional clasps and claws with magnetic closures.
A practical cane
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If you follow me on social media you will often see me rocking a rollator, but the mobility aids I use in my apartment on the daily, are two of the brilliant 3rd Foot Canes by Aligned as Designed. The 3rd Foot Cane is designed to help you maintain balance, stability and posture by moving with you the way a foot would.
And, Aligned as Design is giving one away!
Kindle Accessories
There’s nothing worse than having to extricate my hand from my perfectly swaddled blanket cocoon in order to turn the page on my Kindle. That’s why this automatic page-turner is at the top of my own personal wish list this Christmas. E-readers are great for people who have difficulty with dexterity, low-vision, or even muscle weakness that can make holding a book fatiguing. If your e-reader is too hard to hang onto, or like me, you wanna keep your hands warm, a goose-neck tablet mount that attaches to your bed or nightstand is a great solution and a thoughtful gift!
Speaking of reading…
If you are one of those people who is always late with holiday gifts, then this is the gift idea for you because technically my upcoming memoir Fallosophy doesn’t come out until March 2025.
If your loved one doesn’t mind an IOU or a gift-to-follow type situation, you can preorder Fallosophy now! Preorders are important for new authors and so one million thank yous for all the love and support this community is already showing me and this book.
And, of course we’re giving a copy away to one lucky Tripper!
Warmer Feet
You guys know how much I complain about the MS-related dysesthesia that makes my feet medically cold. In the past, I’ve proclaimed my love for charcoal adhesive toe warmers, but this year I discovered something cozier and even more effective. It’s a hot water bottle for your feet! I found it on Amazon for about 25 bucks! It’s super toasty and it stays warm for hours.
IZ Adaptive Reversible Lap Blanket
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While planning a recent trip to Paris I considered taking a blanket to use while seated in Optimus Prime, my convertible rollator/transport chair, but my wool throws are all too big for my carry-on and I ended up packing a hot-water bottle instead. I didn’t know until after my trip that IZ Adaptive already created the wheelchair blanket of my dreams. This fleece-lined reversible lap blanket is the perfect size. It’s water-resistant and it’s about to become the Christmas gift I get for myself. Thanks to IZ Adaptive for making all kinds of brilliant adaptive clothing and accessories, and for gifting one lucky Tripper with this cleverly constructed reversible lap blanket!
ByAcre Rollator
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A perennial favourite, it’s no secret that I love a good looking, highly functional, lightweight mobility aid. If you have questions about byAcre or other mobility devices, check out the Tripping on Air podcast interview we did with Rollator Queen, Suzanne, or read my review here.
Many thanks to Canadian distributor Prairie Velo for donating the Nordic Pioneer to this year’s giveaway!
*must be a resident of Canada to win this prize
Knowledge
We still don’t know the cure for MS, but there are constant medical breakthroughs, new products, and even MS gossip that can be tough to stay on top of. Fortunately, Kathy Young publishes the FUMS 6-pack: a well-curated weekly newsletter that highlights six MS-related news stories that will keep you in the loop with the latest in MS. The best part? This gift is free! The second best part? Kathy is funny af and swears almost as much as me.
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The FUMS shop is full of swag that gives the middle finger to MS and Kathy is gifting one lucky Tripper the item of their choice!
How cute is this hat??
Kathy works her ass off for the MS community. Us! We can show Kathy some love by subscribing to FUMS on Youtube. Let’s help her get to 1000 subscribers!
Enter the Giveaway Now!
H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S!
That’s a wrap on the 2024 Tripping on Air Holiday Gift Guide! Huge thanks to the amazing brands that support the MS community: Aille Design, Cheekbone Beauty, Cadense Adaptive Shoes, Aligned as Designed, IZ Adaptive, FUMS and Prairie Velo. Giveaway contest closes December 13th at midnight Eastern. Enter once a day until then! Make sure you’re following me on Instagram where winners will be announced during the week of December 16th-20th.
Happy Holidays, Trippers! I hope Santa is good to you!
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Thank you!
I hope you have a lovely holiday!!! Thanks for all you do!
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Back at you , Barb! Merry, merry!
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Just love these ideas. Never knew some of these products even existed.
I’m so glad! I hope Santa is good to you!
I think this is just a great thing you do every year.😊
Thank you & Happy Holidays!🎄
Merry merry!
Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity!
Good luck! I hope Santa is good to you!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to you too!
Hello!
Good cheer to all on this beautiful day!!!!!
Good luck 🙂
Ho ho ho, merry, merry Ardra 🤶
Thanks so much for all that you do for our community, Arda – including this wonderful annual guide. AND – thanks for giving FUMS so much love this year! xxo
🎅🖤 You’re the best, Kathy!
Happy holidays to all those trippers❤️🎄❤️🎄
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
I just adore you, Ardra! Thank you for putting into “words” what a lot of us MSers are thinking. I appreciate all you do for our community, and always reminding us to let go of some of the crap and have a good laugh!! 🤣Blessings over you and the Holidays!🥰🧡🎄✨️
Thank you, Vita! What a lovely note. Happy Holidays to you and yours!
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Thank you so much for just being there and never ceasing to inspire! 🐎 💚🙏🏽 🗽🏖️ #mswarrior
Thanks so much, Karolina. 🖤
I love the gift guide. I would be thrilled with any of the items on your list. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Thanks, Cheri! Good luck with the giveaway and happy holidays!
So love reading your gift guide each year, seeing you on T.V., hearing you & co-host Alex on your podcast & watching the brilliant Ardra tentacles reach & grasp onto everything worthwhile for this M.S. community that you are so deeply apart of & generous to by making all of these connections & options possible. Your communication style is a one of a kind of brilliant , direct , personal , funny & foul ( at times 😉) , makes everyone your friend & is so engaging some may not even know you are providing education as well!
Merry Christmas Ardra to you & yours & those that support all of your many , many projects! Go, A, Go! Xo
Oh Mary, this note is so lovely. Thank you so much. I still remember the first time we met when you did the MSiest thing ever and showed up at my appointment with that beautiful crazy hair.
Merry Christmas to you and yours! Lots of love and I hope Santa is good to you! xa 😘