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• I’ve moved my blog!
  on Oct 7, 2012 in My Musings
  Please visit me at: http://stumblinginflats.com...
• Just chop it all off…
  on Oct 6, 2012 in Daily Life multiple sclerosis MS try new things hairdressers
  In my continuing quest to ‘try new things’, I decided to chop most of my hair off yesterday. I usually steer clear of hair salons as much as possible because: * I’m a whole generation older than most of the clients, grrr * I’m...
• Interview nerves
  on Oct 5, 2012 in Work and Studying interview make-up work
  Is it just me or are job interviews like blind dates? You need to make a dazzling impression in 3 seconds flat, you spend ages on your outfit and you practice your witty laugh and come-back comments in the mirror. I had an interview yesterday and I...
• Chocolate dreams
  on Oct 4, 2012 in My Musings chocolate lumbar puncture MS multiple sclerosis
  Chocolate haunts me. Last night a giant Jaffa Cake chased me down the road. When I woke up, I could almost taste it. I adore chocolate and it worships me in return. So much so that it hangs around my thighs, stubbornly clinging on for dear life . I...
• It’s all me, me, me
  on Oct 3, 2012 in Emotions multiple sclerosis The Teenager MS friends
  Having multiple sclerosis, just how hard is it to show sympathy to people who are a little under the weather but who make a lot of noise about it? Has MS made me less compassionate, and do I somehow think no one else has the right to moan to me about...
• Job centre blues
  on Oct 2, 2012 in Work and Studying diagnosed disability employment advisor job centre legislation MS multiple sclerosis work
  After burrowing around in the murky depths of disability and work legislation, I have now been assigned a Disability Employment Advisor and on Monday I went to visit her at the local Job Centre. To cut a very long, sorry saga short, I have been bu...
• Back to school
  on Oct 2, 2012 in Work and Studying multiple sclerosis night class relapse The Teenager
  It’s Autumn, it’s night class season and I’m ready. Tonight will be my third week back at school. I spent hours carefully selecting a new course, paid my money and filled a trolley at Staples. New notebooks, new pencil case, lots of...
• An electric feeling
  on Oct 1, 2012 in Symptoms and Treatment electricity l'Hermitte's sign multiple sclerosis symptom
  One of the many symptoms of MS I had yet to experience has struck with full force. Those electric shock sensations, also known as l’Hermittes sign or Barber Chair Phenomenon, had up until now only fleetingly bothered me, lasting no more than a...
• I kid you not
  on Sep 30, 2012 in My Musings adventurous cooking Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall newspapers The Guardian newspaper The Mail on Saturday newspaper The Teenager try new things
  MS has made me more adventurous and given me a desire to ‘try new things’. I’m not sure why, perhaps a case of, what have I got to lose? I have an ongoing list of new things to try, more often added to than attempted. Yesterday, I s...
• Firewalking. Seriously?
  on Sep 28, 2012 in Symptoms and Treatment charity disability living allowance fundraising heat heat intolerance MS multiple sclerosis
  I had an email yesterday, an update about ways to get involved in raising money for charity. Fundraising is admirable, worthy, makes you feel good inside and funding multiple sclerosis societies and their research is vital. So when they knocked arou...

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