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Moments of Freedom
Sometimes it feels like old age has come a little too quickly recently. Yes, of course, I am getting older and with age there comes compromise. It just feels too quick, infringing on my freedom. Multiple Sclerosis doing its thing. Building walls that are closing in too quickly. Small Escapes There are moments, though, when the walls that are trying to close me in get… a little …unstable. Such moments are different to what they used to be. In the past it would be long walk or a big cycling ride. Perhaps an epic cycling climb. Epic for me, at least. Acts of resistance. Now? A short walk somewhere beautiful.…
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MS: Ten Years After and….. Feeling Rather Good!
This week will mark the tenth anniversary of the day I was told that I had MS, provisionally at least. It had probably been around for longer. I now work a three day week, can walk little more than a kilometre or two without the use of a walking stick and have many and varied cognitive problems, or challenges to put it in a more PC way. Not exactly a litany of good news, is it? Still, after such a long journey without maps and in spite of these issues, I am actually feeling pretty good! Why would that be? A Look Back To look forward sometimes needs a small…
