As 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of my diagnosis, there is much to tell, feel, experience, and even hide when needed. Hopefully, there will be plenty to write about this year as the search for a new puppy begins. I will train him/her to be a therapy dog in every sense of the word ..read more

"Our 3.5 years together were filled with purpose, with such joy that the same measure of grief seems impossible to overcome. Oisín showered me with so much love that losing him has left a painful scar. The weight of his absence is heavy; I struggle to accept that the warmth of his body is now forever cold ..read more

Studies have shown that heat sensitivity is a key clinical factor in MS, so learn what the risk factors are before Uhthoff’s Phenomenon hits your central nervous system ..read more

There's only one you. And you are damn impressive, even when your MRI scan images light up like a Christmas tree ..read more

There’s only one you, and that you are damn impressive, even if your MRI scans light up like a Christmas tree ..read more

In 2018, Ashville Media Group in Dublin, Ireland, organised the Ireland Blog Awards Competition. I was astonished to find out that '3443 Needles', a post I published on April 25th, 2018, won the Best Blog Post Award. The quick-witted article dealt with changing from daily disease-modifying injections to one weekly injection, and the positive impact of having to do so much less. A sincere thank you must be said once again,  but I also have a request, which is to ask you to repost this in the hope of it reaching people who have since its publication been diagnosed or are awaiting diagnosis ..read more

MS and I share a common denominator of perseverance until we defeat each other. Neither of us knows where it’ll lead to. MS may have superior knowledge about oligoclonal bands; cerebrospinal fluid; the blood-brain barrier; Dawson’s fingers and so on, but that’s where it ends ..read more

Fiercely independent as always, my first thought was that, "Erm...wait, what?! No, I am not adapting to anything. No way. Nope. Nada. Not happening. With all due respect, Professor... I moved to Ireland 2 years, 6 months, 12 days and about 23 hours ago. That change you ask of me? Ain't happening ..read more

Schadenfreude must be MS's middle name because it seems to enjoy the trouble it is giving you by dragging other symptoms along in an orgy of severe fatigue, numbness, cognitive issues, neuropathic pain, and trigeminal neuralgia ..read more

You don’t care about Valentine's Day because, seriously, you don’t have to go shopping to find sexy lingerie that’ll only cut off your air supply while wearing it. You also don’t care because you know that the only thing you can find in a chocolate box is a raised BMI ..read more