Over the last few years I've looked for ways to keep up my old interests, and even find new ones. And I’ve found that staying engaged with the wider world has really helped support my health and wellbeing.

I’m sure I’m not the only person with MS who has thought long and hard about how to live well in the context of chronic and currently incurable illness.

This is Annie’s story of her conversation with her doctor when she was diagnosed with MS, and the kindness and honesty that made all the difference.

Am I the only person who finds it hard to know how to reply when someone says ‘How are you?’

Most people with MS have received comments they found irritating, hurtful, critical or just plain wrong – sometimes funny, too. Here are some of my favourites.

Annie shares how she keeps on top of her mental health through the winter.