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…
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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…
Just a Song: I Will Dare
Another self-indulgent series of posts, this time on songs that I like and why. The first will be I Will Dare by the Replacements. I really don’t know when I heard I Will Dare for the first time. It was…
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…
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…
Living With MS: The Cognitive Sh*t
The physical challenges of Multiple Sclerosis are noticeable enough but the cognitive issues are difficult to deal with and explain because they are invisible. Everyone can see a limp or a tremble but no one can see that your brain…
For the Love Of… Cycling
The first of a set of occasional posts in a series ‘For the Love Of…’ Basically I will just write about something I like a lot. Nothing more than that! This one will cover cycling. Today. Nine years ago today.…
Ocrevus Infusions: So What Actually Happens?
I mention Ocrevus quite a lot in this blog. That’s understandable. It’s the first treatment I have ever received for Multiple Sclerosis and, if it does what it should and slow lesion growth, that will be something! A real win!…