Fampridine trial thoughts

I’ve just come off my trial period of Fampridine and I’ve decided to carry on with it. Fampridine is a potassium channel blocker which ultimately means that messages can travel along nerves more efficiently. It’s prescribed for MS patients like me, with a walking disability. It’s something I would take alongside the other medications I’m

The aftermath

Warning: this post contains experience of intense pain and some details of sensitive medical procedures. Sometimes I think of my MS as a monster. A monster who is always there tugging at my neck, poking me in the back, tripping me up or holding my ankles like a deadweight. As a child of the ‘70s,

wheelchairs not sexy – shocker

Common complaint from people with disability is that adaptive devices – wheelchairs etc – aren’t sexy. They are commonly black, grey, beige and depress the hell out of their users. Interesting letter to ms matters recently posed the question “What if James Dyson had a close relative who was disabled?” Cool – imagine that –