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M is for mental health

Reading about other people, or listening to something that someone else is doing. It always sounds so charmed doesn’t it? But when it’s...

Anonymity

Who to tell, who not to tell. As you’ve no doubt gathered if you’ve made your way to this post, you would have read that I have had...

The Reality of Miscarriage

One in four. Those stats followed me around. Given I'm a 'numbers' person (whatever that is), I had consciously considered the option...

Lemtrada: Getting Prepared for Hospital

This is it. Hospital for a week. It's a daunting prospect that you're about to have your white blood cells destroyed, in an attempt that...

Working, it's important

I was never going to not work. I remember in my 20’s when I was diagnosed, and being terrified by the statistics for people with multiple...

Superfoods and super-bods

OK ladies (and gents), lets be real here. I have been on western medication to treat MS for over a decade. In this 10 year time period...

I like to move it

I like to move it And I’m also a child of the 80’s. So my usual jam will be some version of late 80's / early 90's pop. iTunes on, and...

Settling In

It's about seven years in, since diagnosed and you are stable on Tysabri. At the time of your last relapse, where disease activity was...

Betaferon: this was always going to be the hardest

At 25 years old, being told you have Multiple Sclerosis... well it's okay. In the grand scheme of incurable diseases, you accept this is...