Mark's Diary
Friday 19th 2002
Travel 180 miles to Salisbury Hospital for a functional electrical stimulation consultation. The journey takes five hours, including two hours stuck on the M25 in which we covered only two miles. But once there I try out a device that miraculously appears to much improve my walking ability. I have to return in a month's time to be fitted with the 'Odstock Dropped Foot Stimulator'. A strange sensation from this, but it makes my dropped foot bend as it should, and I seem to walk with much less effort. This could be a major step forward for me!
Saturday 20th 2002
Slept late, recovering from yesterday's journey. Totally spent, even though I didn't drive and just sat for most of the day. Hard work though! MS fatigue must be one of the most frustrating aspects of MS. Today was virtually all a write-off because of it.
Sunday 21st 2002
Saw Ipswich lose to Arsenal on Sky. They played really well, but I have to say we were beaten fairly on the day. It looks like we are going down, although all is not quite lost yet.
Monday 22nd 2002
Eight minurtes on the exercise bike (very gently) this morning. Then to the Mercedes garage for a test drive in a potential Motability car. It seems to be a grand scheme, and a bit of an MS perk if there is such a thing.
The next three days
Travel 180 miles to Salisbury Hospital for a functional electrical stimulation consultation. The journey takes five hours, including two hours stuck on the M25 in which we covered only two miles. But once there I try out a device that miraculously appears to much improve my walking ability. I have to return in a month's time to be fitted with the 'Odstock Dropped Foot Stimulator'. A strange sensation from this, but it makes my dropped foot bend as it should, and I seem to walk with much less effort. This could be a major step forward for me!
Saturday 20th 2002
Slept late, recovering from yesterday's journey. Totally spent, even though I didn't drive and just sat for most of the day. Hard work though! MS fatigue must be one of the most frustrating aspects of MS. Today was virtually all a write-off because of it.
Sunday 21st 2002
Saw Ipswich lose to Arsenal on Sky. They played really well, but I have to say we were beaten fairly on the day. It looks like we are going down, although all is not quite lost yet.
Monday 22nd 2002
Eight minurtes on the exercise bike (very gently) this morning. Then to the Mercedes garage for a test drive in a potential Motability car. It seems to be a grand scheme, and a bit of an MS perk if there is such a thing.
The next three days
