Life with MS… legs on fire!
I just didn't know, and frankly, I couldn't care less. A teardrop more or less wouldn't shake my world into either accepting or destroying neurodegeneration. Call me Waterloo so if you like. Neither the battle that took place when Napoleon Bonaparte lost face, nor the Eurovision ABBA song Waterloo could undo any hardship caused by the hands of MS. I've been told my dancing to ABBA tunes is rather epic though. My singing, not so much, so I gave up the dream of being a Eurovision song contest winner by age 6.
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.
COVID-19: a thought-provoking, dire warning by WHO’s Dr Mike Ryan
It is time to take mental and emotional health more seriously. If not your own, then try to understand the impact medical professionals feel each day, experiencing repeated exposure to abhorrent events that turned hospital wards into medical warzones.
COVID-19: MS; Children; Mental health Resources
Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 can take an emotional toll. If you worry about what could happen, it can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children and make people feel isolated and lonely. However, you are not powerless. Coping with stress in a healthy way can help you get through this difficult time and will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger.
COVID-19: Will there be Christmas?
So, there is nothing wrong with being heartbroken because you can't spend Christmas with your family, but by staying away, you show them how much you love them. You don't want to risk their wellbeing because you rather want to have them around for a good while longer.
[UPDATED] COVID-19 resources
Resources include: travel info; recovery from COVID-19; helping children cope; información general sobre COVID-19 en español; global vaccine and virus trackers
Differences between COVID-19, the flu and a cold
What is COVID-19? Or a flu or cold? What are the differences?
