Copaxone changes

Thanks to a comment from HoneysuckleB on a recent post, I rang my MS nursing team at big-city hospital to find out if I could switch from the daily Copaxone injections to the three-times-a-week version. The reasoning behind this is a fairly straightforward one: rather pathetically, I’m dependent on my Outlook calendar at work to

Losing it

My local supermarkets must have me on their blacklist. The school run was delayed this morning as I frantically searched the house and my car for my wallet. I lose my wallet a lot but never really feel like I’ve truly lost it as it often turns up on the floor of my car where

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

Reading and MS

I used to read a book a week. Every lunchtime, I’d grab some fresh air and sit by the canal with the latest piece of weirdness that I’d picked up at Waterstones. Every evening I’d lounge with my face buried between the pages while my wife sat next to me watching telly. That all disintegrated

Life with MS – Part One – Symptoms

I don’t want to come over all “woe is me” because there are plenty of people out there on the internet trying to out-do each other with their bad symptoms and there are many others with MS who have it much worse than I do (my old neighbour who also has MS, doesn’t recognise me