DISCOVER CHIARI AND MS MUM OF 8

During this lockdown I read that Mt Everest could be seen again from Kathmandu valley for the first time in many years. Cities have reduced pollution and enh...

I made a daft mistake, in reading the comments on a radio show that had a 5 minute slot about veganism. For years, if there's been a food advert on tv or rad...

Fun morning. I had to be in town at 9am this morning. My local shopping centre has an accessible disabled toilet so I thought I'd be ok. Out of order! There ...

I recently watched this 3 part series. Where 4 quite different vegans went to a small farming community to try and educate people about veganism. Before I wa...

Just not felt it this year. Christmas. Everything was done that needed to be done, that isn't an issue, as I have had a lot of help. Which I am very grateful...

I see so much negativity about Lewis Hamilton, when he announced his plan for a vegan burger. How he flies around in a private jet (which he has sold now) an...

MS - it just keeps on giving doesn't it. Giving new things to your body that means you have to learn to adapt, as much as you can. Like learning that your lo...

My children are my life. I love them unconditionally. Without hesitation. I had them because I love them unconditionally. Through the baby not sleeping stage...

What happened to my confidence. Thinking about the way I am today; a scared little mouse who always thinks of worse case scenarios, an anxious driver who can...

My mobility scooter was stolen on Easter Sunday morning. From outside church. Underneath a security camera. Outside the church doors. I still have the keys. ...

What is the first thing you think of when you hear MS? The first thing you think when someone you know is diagnosed? It's probably what I thought when they t...

So, somebody crashed into the front of our house. And drove off! Neighbour's saw it, and rang us to tell us. We know who did it, one of the other neighbours....

It's been a bad day today. A bad week really. Not even for anything specific. Just a general maudlin, depressed, fed up way. I'm not a social person. I find ...

I turned vegan many months ago. Vegetarian before that. It all started with a visit to my mum's friends sheep farm during lambing time. I watched the sheep, ...

Getting diagnosed with MS This will be significantly longer than the Chiari diagnosis. So, it was around 2013 when it became apparent that something was wron...

Diagnosis part 1 Getting diagnosed with Chiari It was 1999, my daughter was 1, and I had been getting numbness/pins and needles in my arms for some time and ...

Step 1 on my new year 'accept what I can do and stop focusing on what I can't' is to start at the feel good factory again. It's exercise equipment for those w...

I would love to have a job where I go around all the areas/facilities near us, that say they are accessible and point out to them how ridiculously inaccessib...

Today I found out that my estranged daughter who we've been tentatively back in contact with, and who came round on Christmas day to the delight of all of us...

Christmas was a frustrating time for me this year. I used to love all the preparations. I was a domestic goddess if I do say so myself. I used to make mince ...