Cora was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2019, and this was a time of deep stress and profiund unhappiness. But what noone told her then is how much more she would like Cora with MS than without. It turns out that what Cora had been missing, and what MS would demand she find, was other people.
My relationship with my hands is generally a bit uneasy. I use them to eat, to dress myself, to catheterise, to cook and clean. I’m using them right now to type! I find that I use my hands for almost everything I do short of walking, and now I use a manual wheelchair, I use them for that, too.
The Rogue and I regularly watch the Great British Bake Off. This year Nigella has joined the cast and it is awesome. Whenever we watch, we enact a little tradition where I sing the theme tune. It is a silly thing. But it’s ours. Today I forgot to sing the theme and the Rogue looked at me with pointed expectancy. So I rolled my eyes, smiled, and began.
This is my 102nd blog post on RollingForInitiative and to celebrate I thought we could take a look back at the road travelled together. I was diagnosed with MS 7 years ago. It has been quite the adventure.
Generally my symptom profile has become fairly manageable. I catheterise to pee so I can empty fully regularly, and while I get bladder spasms I have the pelvic control of an olympic gymnast and I can fight…
Multiple Sclerosis features a series of problems, many of which doctors, nurses, specialists, therapists, can help us to solve. If my leg strength is weak then my physio will help me to strengthen it.