Body image and MS, fake or not
The assumption that of the many invisible symptoms associated with MS, some can be faked - as if they're digitally pasted on someone - is flabbergastingly prejudiced and foolish. It portrays a clear lack of understanding of what MS as a neurodegenerative illness is and what its impact is one those living with it.
Oh, media, when will you ever learn? Stop calling it a cure!
Again, dear Media, you are one slick, quick fixer. You know what works: stories that touches people’s hearts and their emotions. You know it will definitely gather income. Good for you. A few short clicks to search, select all, enter, tag and publish. Job done. Imagine when clinical trials are over and done with already... And you didn’t look it up before hitting 'Publish'.
About Vikings, Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis!
So, how do you feel about your MS? The biggest joke of your life? A royal pain in a less magnificent backside? Or, just something to be had, whether you like it or not, and that includes the big bag of medicines and vitamins you pick up from your pharmacy every four weeks?
Stop calling it a cure!
You know it will definitely gather income. Good for you. Rehashing unresearched claims that have yet to be clinically trialled is not OK. It is even less OK when it's done on the backs of people who day in day out, live in hope because they want to get on with life instead of having to go on living with critical illnesses. It is a hideous way of earning some bucks.
Heat sensitivity and MS?
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The duality of MS
In ever memory of physical betrayal and every second of dislike of my illness, I am still intrigued by its complexities and continue to care for all its nuts and bolts.
When life with MS is like The Clash’s ‘Should I stay or should I go’
We each tailor our own agenda on how best to adapt should this risk materialise, and in my view, the final outcome is achieved by writing, for the story writes itself, as if I am just a mere spectator while paper accepts the narrative of the illness.
