Toddler, MS and Medication
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It has been a long while since i've posted a blog and I can tell you right now that a lot has happened! I've had a little girl, gone back to work full time and started a new treatment.
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Pregnancy, MS & Me
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As of starting this post I'm almost 38 weeks pregnant and over the last few weeks or maybe a month or so, my level of excitement has decreased or was it even there to start with? Maybe its the thought of the impending birth of this tiny human or the thought of looking after said tiny human or even how life will NEVER be the same again, I don't know. I think even the whole thought of coping during the birth and afterwards and having MS scares the crap out of me.
Read MoreAnxiety, Depression & MS
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As if having MS wasn't bad enough...
In addition to the physical symptoms that come with having MS, it also brings emotional changes. These changes can include:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress
- Grieving
- Mood Swings
- Uncontrollable Laughing or Crying
- Feeling Isolated
A Letter to MS
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Dear MS,
I'm not sure if that greeting is appropriate because you are not dear to me, you were an unexpected and unwelcome visitor that has turned up but sadly you will never leave. The day I found out you were coming to stay is a day I will never forget, that is only if you permit my memory to serve me for years to come but I guess it is for that reason why I have chosen to write this. It was on that day, the 4th of April 2013, that I was told about how you were residing in my brain and on my spinal cord in the form of several lesions. When I saw you for the first time I knew you were the reason for my stumbling, falling, pins and needles, numbness and vertigo. I was so mad at you. Why did you have to come and stay with me?
Read MoreSuicide and MS
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This is a blog by Jennifer Digmann, she felt inspired and encouraged by my recent blog on Euthanasia to create the dialogue needed for such a post by using her own personal experiences and views. It features a real life article on a woman who takes her life after living with MS for almost 40 years and Jennifer talks about her views on suicide and MS.
Read MoreBeing a Nurse with MS
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People would assume that being a nurse I know everything there is to know about MS, truth be told I know just about as much as any other person who was just diagnosed with MS. The only difference in the beginning was that I had a basic knowledge of MS and it wasn't the warm and fuzzy type of knowledge. Before I even went to my appointment with my GP I knew what the results said. I was a typical nosey nurse and got a copy of my MRI results and had a read and I came across the words 'lesion' and 'demyelination' so i knew it was MS. There is some irony I have found with being diagnosed with MS and that is in my final year at University I did a presentation about Multiple Sclerosis, little did I know is that I was researching what my life would one day be.
Read MoreAlternative and Complementary Therapies
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Osteopathy
I have been using my Osteopath Dr John White, the Founder of Osteoworks, for many many years and he has helped me though my back pain, neck pain and pins and needles in my feet with great success. Before I was diagnosed my back pain and pins and needles were always thought to be from my job as a nurse and the disc degeneration in my L5/S1 discs and it was treated that way, it did help but never went away for longer then about 4-5 months.
Read MoreSecond Neurologist Appointment
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I had my second Neurologist appointment yesterday (18/06) and I was once again nervous, sitting there waiting to hear what he had to say. The waiting room was full and I thought "Great, I should know doctors never run on time." but it really wasn't that long because the other patients didn't need long appointments. It was finally my turn (only 15 minutes from my appointment time) so I went in and sat in the familiar chair opposite him at his desk. He greeted me with a smile and asked how I had been.
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