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A journey: travelling across London by train
Posted on 26 Mar 2013 at 3:11PM by admin
I live in South London. Plan: visit my friends in Bow, taking my wheelchair with me.
Dad, MS and me
Posted on 26 Mar 2013 at 12:28PM by choochyThe one person who was firmly in my mind on the day I received my diagnosis of MS last year was my dad. Over three decades earlier, he died aged 35 from complications arising from his MS. We are bound by diagnosis but our situations could not be more different.
Small achievements can make a big difference
Posted on 06 Mar 2013 at 5:20PM by Annthepoet
It's a bit of a shock when you are suddenly not as mobile as you once were. You have to change your whole way of life. I used to thrive on speeding from one project to another and always running to a tight schedule.
Love is (up) in the air
Posted on 13 Feb 2013 at 4:23PM by choochy
Dating as a 30-something divorced single parent was never going to be easy. Throw in a recent diagnosis of MS and perhaps I should just put my fluffy slippers on, crack open the Häagen-Dazs and watch TV with the cat.
Preparing for the cold spells
Posted on 06 Feb 2013 at 5:58PM by Annthepoet
It's snowing again and I've heard we're going to have another cold spell with blizzards. The cold weather seems to make my symptoms worse. I wonder if this is the same for others with MS? I was diagnosed in November so this all feels new to me. I guess I'll learn as I go on.
Winter healthcheck: jumping through hoops for ESA
Posted on 16 Jan 2013 at 12:55PM by MikeCA
Saturday morning, early January, it’s time to show you ‘still’ have MS! Time to visit a(nother) doctor for a(nother) medical assessment.
Happy New Year.
Glory be to God for Dappled Things ...
Posted on 20 Dec 2012 at 11:08AM by TheProf
Or so poet Gerald Manley Hopkins once said. At the moment, I have to agree with him. It is the small things in life that we actually treasure the most, but notice too infrequently.
When the economy hits people living with MS hard
Posted on 13 Dec 2012 at 6:21PM by ChefTrevis
A Yank’s Life With MS
Disabled or Less-abled?
Posted on 10 Dec 2012 at 1:01PM by MikeCAI hadn’t realised how easy it was to cheer myself up when feeling particularly ‘Disabled’, until I heard the expression ‘Less-abled’.
Taking a new direction: work and MS
Posted on 26 Nov 2012 at 2:37PM by pinknsparkly
I’ve always been inclined to believe in the old saying, ‘When one door closes, another door opens’, but haven’t seen much evidence of it in the last few years. As one door slams, so do the neighbouring ones, and normally in quick succession.
But in these last few months things seem to have taken a rather more encouraging turn.
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