Pet peeves – part one – the MS makeover

Imagine – you have woken up with instant jet lag. The world is spinning. Your fingers are feeling fuzzy as you fiddle with the buttons on your shirt. Your vision is playing tricks on you. You are moody. Your legs may as well be encased in concrete because you can barely lift them as you

One year on…

I finally made it to my local MS Group’s social evening and AGM the other night. Great to meet people and compare notes. Funny to be in a room full of people who, for the most part, look like they would rather be at home taking it easy. Also funny to hold a conversation about

MS Awareness week – Limboland haiku sequence

Hello all It is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week across the globe. To mark this, I have written the following haiku sequence. Regular readers will know that I was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting MS in 2008. Limboland was inspired by the journey to diagnosis. Limboland no hint of a smile –for once my doctor says“take

MS Awareness

I finally remembered to ring my motor insurance company to tell them I have MS. It made no difference to my policy other than they made a note about my (Grrrr…) temporary license. One curious fact about MS is that the further away from the equator you go, the higher the incidence of MS. Consequently

My MS History – Part Four

I had a job interview in two days time. With a rare evening free of what I called brain fog, I was sitting at home preparing a presentation for it. My wife, unable to take the wait, had earlier phoned my neurologist to press him for the results of my MRI. As I was staring