Revisiting ‘3443 Needles,’ Ireland Best Blog Post Award winner, 2018
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, and in the hope of it helping lift your spirit.
Non-immunosuppressive people with MS in Ireland not allowed early COVID-19 vaccination?
Disease-modifying treatments try to calm down the inflammation that causes MS by interacting with different parts of the immune system. In other words, immunomodulation is at play. Not being on immunosuppressant treatment for MS therefore does not mean a full or partial absence of MS, and its divide is smaller than its difference as everyone with MS is immune-mediated, regardless of which treatment they are on.
Your lockdown is over; ours has only just begun
By now, the 7.8 billion global community has met a similar match in a coronavirus that, like multiple sclerosis, is equally without a cure. It equally attacks people without warning, and without logic. Doesn't care where or how you live. It is there. Just there.
20 Best Personal Blogs about MS
Personal blogs are a great way to get to see what is hiding behind the mask of life with MS. While each person with MS is different, writers often connect with readers on a shared human level, away from hospitals, neurologists and other physicians. These are some of the best personal blogs in 2017, written by real people with real multiple sclerosis issues. Positive Living with MS Life with Multiple Sclerosis Ugly Like Me MS Ireland Blog Living Like You Tripping Through Treacle Overcoming MS Blog Enjoying the Ride An Empowered Spirit Lady with MS Wheelchair Kamikaze My New Normals Carnival of MS Bloggers You Don’t Know Jack about MS Broken Clay BHHWithMS MS Connection Love My MS Life Daves ActiveMSers Blog Everyone Here is Jim Dandy © Willeke Van…
💋 Kiss Goodbye to MS 2017 💋
I agree it has been fairly quiet here. A lot has happened the past few months which required the usual RRS, the almighty Rest, Relaxation, and Sleep. New things are still taking shape, so do hang around or drop me an email. 💋💋💋 Pucker up in the meantime in February! Go RED to KISS GOODBYE TO MS, the global fundraising campaign, supported by MS Ireland also. Donate €4 to MS research when you text Smooch to 50300 💋💋💋 New posts will appear soon, though, so keep an eye on your email or WordPress account! Talk soon! Willeke ©Willeke Van Eeckhoutte and Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis & Me, 2011-2017. Unauthorised use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and…
Volunteering, a worthy cause
"In fact, for anyone interested in volunteering, research shows it can be beneficial in improving mood, self-esteem and quality of life, and in reducing stress, pain and depression. It also shows that ill people who volunteer, become better at managing their own illness in turn and volunteering can strengthen their immune system."
Irish public transport: access all areas?
"At this stage, I thought “Do I really have to walk with my coffin under my arm to get a seat when I’m physically leaning on a walking stick while holding the handrail as if it was my best friend?”"
