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MS: The Eleven Year Itch
‘The Seven Year Itch’ is not one of my favourite movies. Billy Wilder made so many others that I love. ‘Some Like It Hot’, ‘The Lost Weekend’ and ‘Double Indemnity’ among others. I just did not have same connection with ‘The Seven Year Itch’. That title, though… I heard it the other day and it struck me. A long-lasting itch, something around dysfunctional relationships in the context of the film. Reflecting my dysfunctional relationship with Multiple Sclerosis? An eleven year itch that is just getting more and more difficult to scratch. Anniversary Some context. Eleven years. August 23rd, 2012 was the date of my preliminary diagnosis for MS. There followed…