About sums up my working life from about a year or so after my MS diagnosis, with a stint at College and University thrown in there. My life went from 100 to 0 overnight it seems, but this post isn’t about my paid working life, the opposite – my volunteering life. *** When restrictions were... Continue Reading →
All I needed was the last thing I wanted…
The shame of not working. For whatever reason, where has acquired ‘shame’ come from? From within you? society? That there is this ideology that you possibly cannot contribute to society unless you are working. I have soon come to realise and accept a person’s value isn’t dependent on how much they contribute to the economy,... Continue Reading →
I’m not growing up, I’m just burning out…
We’ve all been there at some point, go about our daily life in whatever it consists of (work, parenting, volunteering, caring for someone/yourself, leisure activities, socialising…), but if you’re not careful too much of one, or many things, can eventually get on top of you and then BAM out of nowhere the burnout happens. Your... Continue Reading →
Hello darkness my old friend…
Almost 7 years diagnosed and numerous ‘minor’ relapses (I say minor in that I can still function with my life for the best part with a few adjustments and taking a step back for a week or so to recover (to a extent)), Rebif injections, Tysabri infusions, 2 rounds of Lemtrada, more steroid orals and... Continue Reading →
