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Stories for people affected by MS, by people affected by MS.
MS is different for everyone - we hope this blog reflects this.
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Battling MS... and Dairy Milk
Posted on 14 Feb 2013 at 5:02PM by admin
I was diagnosed in 1998 and I have, on the whole, been extremely lucky with my MS (an odd notion in itself).
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.
Wintery weather + multiple sclerosis = difficult times
Posted on 28 Jan 2013 at 1:10PM by ChefTrevis
While frosted window panes, ice-tipped trees and snowy laneways may be the stuff of a 19th century Currier and Ives painting of winter, they can make living with MS very difficult indeed.
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.
MS: it's all about balance
Posted on 09 Jan 2013 at 11:17AM by AnnthepoetIt's all about balance. I used to repeat this mantra several times a day to martial arts students and myself.
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.
What's that foot doing there?
Posted on 17 Dec 2012 at 1:51PM by admin
Proprioception - as anyone who has read Oliver Sacks's wonderful book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat will know - is our sense and our knowledge of our own bodies, of our body's position, and of the precise location of our limbs.
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’.
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