MS: Bad Leg Day
It’s Sunday, 11th January, and my right leg has decided it doesn’t really want to cooperate. A bad leg day. These happen sometimes. It is difficult to say something exciting about such days. It is simply a case of making…
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2025: The State I Am In
Sometimes it is hard work, dealing with this MS thing. There has been good and bad, that is clear from the reflection pieces I shared in the last month. Today, though, it is just hard. Hard on the mind. So…
Years End: The Good Stuff
Things have changed in 2025, that much is clear. Not always for better. But also not always for worse. Amidst the reflections on what has not gone so well, it is important to remember what has gone well. The last…
Year’s End: The Slow Progression of MS
2025 is coming to a close. A year where the slow progression of my Multiple Sclerosis has started to become more noticeable, both physically and cognitively. I am actually very glad that progression has been slow over the last twelve…
MS: That Darkness We Don’t (But Should) Talk About
I actually wrote this a few weeks ago and left it. I then found it whilst on holiday which is certainly not a period of darkness! But rereading it reminded me of where all this came from and also how…
The Known Escape: Taking a Break in Normandy
Familiarity can be comforting, gives you peace of mind. So this year we are back in Normandy, a place we have been to twice before in the same house. I have written of it before, fearing it would be overrun…
MS: Reflecting on THAT Day
I have been writing about that big day. August 23rd, 2013. The day that I got the preliminary diagnosis for Multiple Sclerosis. Not an easy day. I found myself reflecting on it at various points over the last couple of…
Celebration Day!
I was not going to say anything more about today, 23rd August 2025. The twelfth anniversary of my (initial) diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis. But it really has turned out to be a Celebration Day! I will explain why, hopefully showing…
Twelve Years
August 23rd 2013. A date that sticks in the mind. The date that the results of various tests came in and led to an initial diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. It took another year to confirm the form. All of this…
The Joy of (Just) Riding a Bike!
It is a real joy to write a post that is just about riding a bike. Yes, there were challenges that were caused by my condition. Shall I tell you about them? No, not this time. This is just a…