Smiling through life with MS
I'm home now, in my bed, where I intend to stay for the next couple of days. I slept well last night but woke at 6am with my mind racing - the steroids are obviously still affecting me. I'm not looking forward to the crash when I don't get my steroid fix today! I feel… Continue reading Lemtrada: round two, day three
Apparently blog posts need pictures, but I couldn't find a picture to illustrate today so the picture up there ^ is a view of my reading materials for my time in hospital plus the steroid aftermath detritus of an empty Mentoes packet. After yesterday's interminable waiting, today ran like clockwork. In fact so much like… Continue reading Lemtrada: round two, day two
Lemtrada: Round two, day one
I'm in my hospital bed, with a cannula in my right hand (memo to self, if I ever have this done again, or if my cannula gets resited, get it put in my left (non-dominant) hand. It's really annoying having a cannula in your writing hand). I'm in the same ward, and the same bed… Continue reading Lemtrada: round two, day 0
I finished round one of Lemtrada a year ago tomorrow, so tomorrow is the day I'm going into hospital to start round two. This time I'll only have three days of infusions, and according to others who have done it it should be easier. But it still won't feel great. I can't really remember last… Continue reading Waiting again
Before Christmas, I was given the gift of a massage. Something I never have the time or money to arrange for myself. It was blissful, a combination of Swedish massage techniques and lymphatic drainage (lymphatic drainage being apparently beneficial for MS - though I'm not sure of the science on that). It was a rare… Continue reading Self-care
Falling & Laughing 